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| Subject: | [Chapter] The Chassis part 2 |  |
| Date: | Sep 19, 2006 |
| From: | Alex Hill | |
The Chassis part 2
This chapter begins with a tale of good fortune. I'd considered the Wespe Humber HUP as a donor for this project, but rejected the idea as £40.00 is rather too much to spend on a kit for one or two spare parts, but at the same show where I was able to get some excellent HUP reference photo's, I found a battered Wespe HUP on a second hand toy stall. It was missing a wheel, but for £1.00 you can't complain!
As I mentioned, there are really only only a couple of Wespe bits that can be recycled, but they're important parts that would be fiddly to build from scratch, so I'm happy to take the short cut. The model itself is looking a little scruffy. As a brush painter, I have to colour areas that will be boxed in as I go, which doesn't make for a pretty build.
The pictures:
1+2) Needless to say, the kit's front axle is somewhat lacking in the accuracy department.
3) This is where some of those Wespe bits come in handy. Although they still need a little modification they do offer a vast improvement over the kit. The differential comes from the rear axle of the IMA Humber- it is, of course, heavily modified. Both half axles are formed from a single piece of brass rod that runs straight through the dif'. The axle agrangement would otherwise be pretty delicate.
4) The need to paint the area early becomes apparent as this plate goes on. I've left one half un-painted and without all it's bolt heads for clarity's sake.
5) The front spring is a modification of the kit item with all the heavy detailing filed back to something a little more refined. The rubber bump stops on the wishbones are the tips of 25pdr shells! |
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| . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] First Impressions - Paul A. Owen - Sep 11, 2006 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] First Impressions - Alex Hill - Sep 11, 2006 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] First Impressions - Paul A. Owen - Sep 11, 2006 |
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| . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] The Chassis - part 1 - Alex Hill - Sep 15, 2006 |
| . . . [Chapter] The Chassis part 2 - Alex Hill - Sep 19, 2006 |
| . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] The Chassis part 2 - Paul A. Owen - Sep 19, 2006 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] The Chassis part 2 - Alex Hill - Sep 19, 2006 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Shall I make one too...? - Paul A. Owen - Sep 19, 2006 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Shall I make one too...? - Alex Hill - Sep 20, 2006 |
| . . . . . . Extra note on Chapter - Alex Hill - Sep 20, 2006 |
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| . . . [Chapter] The Axles in 1/1 Scale - Alex Hill - Sep 23, 2006 |
| . . . [Chapter] Wheels - Alex Hill - Sep 25, 2006 |
| . . . . . . Extra notes on wheels - Alex Hill - Sep 25, 2006 |
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| . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] An Early Look at the Body Work - Paul A. Owen - Oct 5, 2006 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] An Early Look at the Body Work [IMG] - Alex Hill - Oct 5, 2006 |
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| . . . . . . . . . Re: Close-up [IMG] - Alex Hill - Oct 5, 2006 |
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