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 Subject:  [Chapter] Roll Cage and Weapon MountList thread.  
  
 Date:  Nov 12, 2007
 From:  James Wechsler 
Roll Cage and Weapon Mount

At this point I started to think about how I was going to paint this model. It seemed to me that it would be nearly impossible to paint the inside of the truck bed and the parts in it if I mounted the roll cage and weapon mount. So I set out to assemble the roll cage and weapon mount as a separate assembly that I’ll attach after painting.

Unfortunately, all three of the pieces of the roll cage were badly warped and there was some mold shift as well. So I first cleaned up the parts as best as possible. Fortunately, most of the roll cage is covered by stowage anyway so I can hide many of the mold shift problems. Once cleaned up and removed from the pour block, I dropped the pieces in some hot water. I’ve found that when you need to heat an entire part, hot water works better than a hair dryer. This time was no exception and the parts returned to their intended shape with only a little extra bending on my part.

Assembly of the main roll cage and weapon mount platform was tough. There aren’t any distinct mounting locations for most of the connections so I had to make a best guess. Most notable is that the location of the weapon mount platform has no clear mounting position. All of this makes it a real challenge to get everything to line up perfectly straight. Of course having to do all of this with Krazy Glue doesn’t help much. But after about an hour of testing and adjusting, I think I’ve got it. There were still some gaps that I had to fill with putty but not too bad.

If I did it again, I’d add some small mounting pins and holes to make this easier.

With the main parts assembled, I then added the small photoetch tie downs, screen and the fire extinguishers, thus completing the basic assembly of this item. I’ll cover the rest of the parts, including the weapon and stowage in a later chapter.

Yet another tough series of steps. But not as bad as the last ones.
 
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  [BLOG] SAS Land Rover 110 DPV - James Wechsler - Sep 26, 2007
. . . [Chapter] A Simple Build? - James Wechsler - Sep 26, 2007
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] A Simple Build? - Chris Oldfield - Sep 26, 2007
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] A Simple Build? - Michael Powers - Sep 26, 2007
. . . . . . . . . Reference Pictures - James Wechsler - Sep 26, 2007
. . . . . . . . . Zip file - Chris "Panzer" Mrosko - Sep 26, 2007
. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Zip file - Bruce Oomen - Sep 26, 2007
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Zip file - Chris "Panzer" Mrosko - Sep 26, 2007
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Zip file - Michael Powers - Sep 26, 2007
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Let's see - James Wechsler - Sep 27, 2007
. . . Re: [BLOG] SAS Land Rover 110 DPV - Mike Powers - Sep 27, 2007
. . . [Chapter] Maybe Not - James Wechsler - Sep 29, 2007
. . . [Chapter] Getting Started – Rear Suspension - James Wechsler - Oct 8, 2007
. . . . . . coil springs [IMG] - spencer norcross - Oct 9, 2007
. . . . . . . . . Re: coil springs - James Wechsler - Oct 9, 2007
. . . [Chapter] The Front Suspension - James Wechsler - Oct 13, 2007
. . . [Chapter] The Engine, Drive Train , and Exhaust - James Wechsler - Oct 15, 2007
. . . . . . Radiator Mounts - Hans Haase - Oct 15, 2007
. . . . . . About the Radiator - Michael Powers - Oct 15, 2007
. . . . . . . . . Re: About the Radiator - spencer norcross - Oct 16, 2007
. . . . . . . . . . . . Hilarious! - Jim Wechsler - Oct 16, 2007
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Looking good so far - Chris "Panzer" Mrosko - Oct 26, 2007
. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: About the Radiator - Chris Oldfield - Oct 27, 2007
. . . [Chapter] The Body and Wheels – Part 1 - James Wechsler - Oct 31, 2007
. . . . . . About the hood - Michael Powers - Nov 1, 2007
. . . . . . . . . I can attest to that! - Hans Haase - Nov 3, 2007
. . . [Chapter] The Body and Wheels – Part 2 - James Wechsler - Nov 5, 2007
. . . . . . build/rebuild woes - spencer norcross - Nov 6, 2007
. . . [Chapter] Roll Cage and Weapon Mount - James Wechsler - Nov 12, 2007
. . . [Chapter] Front End Details - James Wechsler - Nov 18, 2007
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Front End Details - Michael Powers - Nov 18, 2007
. . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Front End Details - James Wechsler - Nov 19, 2007
. . . [Chapter] Cab Details - James Wechsler - Nov 23, 2007
. . . [Chapter] The Driver - James Wechsler - Nov 26, 2007
. . . [Chapter] Truck Bed Details - James Wechsler - Nov 29, 2007
. . . [Chapter] Roll Cage and Weapon Mount Details - James Wechsler - Dec 5, 2007
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Roll Cage and Weapon Mount Details - Glenn Bartolotti - Dec 5, 2007
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Roll Cage and Weapon Mount Details - Michael Powers - Dec 5, 2007
. . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Roll Cage and Weapon Mount Details - Jim Wechsler - Dec 6, 2007
. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Roll Cage and Weapon Mount Details - Brian O'Donoghue - Dec 8, 2007
. . . [Chapter] Commander and Machine Gun - James Wechsler - Dec 17, 2007
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Commander and Machine Gun - Michael Powers - Dec 18, 2007
. . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Commander and Machine Gun - John Desrosiers - Dec 24, 2007
. . . [Chapter] Gunner and Grenade Launcher - James Wechsler - Dec 23, 2007
. . . [Chapter] Construction Complete – Perspective - James Wechsler - Dec 25, 2007
. . . [Chapter] Basic Painting - James Wechsler - Dec 27, 2007
. . . [Chapter] Camouflage - James Wechsler - Jan 1, 2008
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Camouflage - John Steinman - Jan 3, 2008
. . . . . . Re: Excellent Wheel overspray... - Michael Powers - Jan 4, 2008
. . . . . . . . . Re: Excellent Wheel overspray... Maybe not - James Wechsler - Jan 4, 2008
. . . [Chapter] Detail Painting – Step 1 - James Wechsler - Jan 6, 2008
. . . [Chapter] Decals and Dash Board - James Wechsler - Jan 13, 2008
. . . [Chapter] Drybrushing - James Wechsler - Jan 19, 2008
. . . [Chapter] Wash - James Wechsler - Jan 19, 2008
. . . [Chapter] Figures - James Wechsler - Feb 2, 2008
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Figures - Michael Powers - Feb 3, 2008
. . . [Chapter] Putting it all together - James Wechsler - Feb 2, 2008
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Putting it all together - John Yarosh - Feb 2, 2008
. . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Putting it all together - James Wechsler - Feb 4, 2008
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Putting it all together - Chris Oldfield - Feb 3, 2008
. . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Putting it all together - James Wechsler - Feb 4, 2008
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Putting it all together - Steve Camley - Feb 3, 2008
. . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Putting it all together - James Wechsler - Feb 4, 2008
. . . . . . Still more chapters - Paul A. Owen - Feb 3, 2008
. . . [Chapter] The Groundwork - James Wechsler - Feb 9, 2008
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] The Groundwork - Michael Powers - Feb 10, 2008
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] The Groundwork - Jason Bobrowich - Feb 10, 2008
. . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] The Groundwork - James Wechsler - Feb 11, 2008
. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] The Groundwork - Walt Babst - Mar 13, 2008
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] The Groundwork - spencer norcross - Feb 13, 2008
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