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| Subject: | [Chapter] Chapter 7 - Revisiting the Front Fenders |  |
| Date: | Nov 28, 2003 |
| From: | Roy Chow | |
Chapter 7 - Revisiting the Front Fenders
I tend to sometimes be a stickler for scale representation of thickness -- especially when it comes to sheet metal or thin armor plate (Hmmm... I'd like to ride around in a 1/35 Universal Carrier with scaled down 4" thick armor panels!). A technique that I've only recently become comfortable with is using sheet brass. I'm very satisfied with its usability -- particularly for my scratch front and rear fenders. As the kit ones needed to be replaced, I used some card stock to make a template. Dry fitting this card stock and aligning the angles and lines to the fit of the hull and mid-section fenders allowed me to make two identical front fenders. I used sharp scissors on my thin brass. I measured equidistant perpendiuclar lines so I could emboss the fender ribs. I marked the lines out with a permanent marker and just used a ball point pen to emboss it from underneath. I followed up with a wooden craft stick to flatten out the fender and to more define the ribbing. I bent the front edge with my PE folder to replicate the mounting ridge for the absent front-most fender piece. A few drilled holes and some CA and voila! |
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 | [BLOG] Super Pershing: Scratch Conversion - Roy Chow - Jul 22, 2003 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 1: Backdating the Pershing Turret - Roy Chow - Jul 22, 2003 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 2: Up-gunning the Turret - Roy Chow - Jul 24, 2003 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 3: Up-Armoring the Turret - Roy Chow - Jul 25, 2003 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 4: Turret: Finishing Details - Roy Chow - Jul 26, 2003 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 5: Hull: suspension and fenders - Roy Chow - Jul 28, 2003 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 6: Nose Armor - Roy Chow - Jul 29, 2003 |
| . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 6: Nose Armor - Warrink Brothers - Jul 29, 2003 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: Accurate Armour conversion. - Christophe Jacquemont - Jul 29, 2003 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Accurate Armour conversion. - Paul A. Owen - Jul 29, 2003 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Accurate Armour conversion. - Christophe Jacquemont - Jul 29, 2003 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Accurate Armour conversion. - Roy Chow - Jul 30, 2003 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 6: Nose Armor - Roy Chow - Jul 30, 2003 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . SP templates - Diego Rojas - Oct 21, 2004 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: SP templates ...can i have one to? - Ivan Loera - Nov 28, 2004 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 7 - Revisiting the Front Fenders - Roy Chow - Nov 28, 2003 |
| . . . Re: [BLOG] Super Pershing: Scratch Conversion - Brian - Jul 11, 2006 |
| . . . . . . Re: [BLOG] Super Pershing: Scratch Conversion - Roy Chow - Jul 14, 2006 |
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