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| Subject: | [Chapter] The Rear Deck Rack |  |
| Date: | Jan 19, 2008 |
| From: | Bruce Probst | |
The Rear Deck Rack
The biggest remaining issue at this point is the grill found on the back of the upper hull behind the crew compartment. I'm not sure exactly what the purpose of this was (to catch and store spent shells, perhaps?) but it's a very obvious feature of the vehicle's exterior and the kit part is somewhat disappointing (aside from being too thick, it has no surface details on the inner facing, even though it's just as visible as the outer facing). I determined to replace it with a scratch-built grill that would look more appropriate, brand-new territory for me. Clearly the first order of business was to obtain an appropriate scale grill, and after considering a number of options decided to send away to England for some "0.50mm (0.125mm bar width)" PE from Scale Link. This seemed like it would be very close to scale, based on the plans and photos in my references. My idea is to cut and shape a section of this grill and use some strip styrene around the edges. I figure that even if I cock it up completely it will still look better than the kit part!
The mesh arrived and scale-wise it seems correct. It's not perfect, because the "holes" in the mesh are not very well-defined, but it will do. I measured out a strip of the mesh to cut and fold. The bends need to be rounded, not sharp, so I used a Mission Models "multi-tool" to bend the strip around. The cut was not very even (I need to get myself some proper tin snips) but a little work on some fine wet-and-dry paper got rid of the worst of it. Then I needed to build the "frame" around the edges. Checking my reference works it became clear that this frame was only on the outer side, with the mesh attached to it on the inner side; this made building the frame a lot simpler, as I didn't have to worry about shaping it to the inside of the PE! Just shaping it to the outside caused me enough problems and I needed several attempts before I was satisfied. I used some hot water to help bend the styrene strips around the curved bends. Some final sanding work, including an attempt to create the curved corners on the upper front of the grill, and the final part will do. I'm hoping that the paint will cover up the worst of its sins. If nothing else it has been an interesting "experiment". |
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 | [BLOG] Panzer Jaeger I - Bruce Probst - Dec 17, 2007 |
| . . . [Chapter] Lower Hull and Interior - Bruce Probst - Dec 17, 2007 |
| . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Lower Hull and Interior [IMG] - Bruce Probst - Dec 17, 2007 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Lower Hull and Interior [IMG] - Bruce Probst - Dec 17, 2007 |
| . . . . . . Re: Painted interior [IMG] - Bruce Probst - Dec 17, 2007 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: Painted interior [IMG] - Bruce Probst - Dec 17, 2007 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Painted interior [IMG] - Bruce Probst - Dec 17, 2007 |
| . . . Re: [BLOG] Panzer Jaeger I - Darryl - Dec 17, 2007 |
| . . . . . . Re: [BLOG] Panzer Jaeger I - Bruce Probst - Dec 18, 2007 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: [BLOG] Panzer Jaeger I - Darryl - Dec 23, 2007 |
| . . . Excellent! A small scale blog! - Saul Garcia - Dec 24, 2007 |
| . . . [Chapter] Upper Hull - Bruce Probst - Jan 1, 2008 |
| . . . . . . Upper Hull - view #2 [IMG] - Bruce Probst - Jan 1, 2008 |
| . . . . . . Upper Hull - view #3 [IMG] - Bruce Probst - Jan 1, 2008 |
| . . . [Chapter] The Gun - Bruce Probst - Jan 1, 2008 |
| . . . . . . The Gun - photo #2 [IMG] - Bruce Probst - Jan 1, 2008 |
| . . . . . . The Gun - photo #3 [IMG] - Bruce Probst - Jan 1, 2008 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: The Gun - photo #3 - charles ortegon - Feb 16, 2008 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: The Gun - photo #3 - Bruce Probst - Feb 17, 2008 |
| . . . [Chapter] Assembled Hull - Bruce Probst - Jan 6, 2008 |
| . . . . . . Assembled Hull - Port side [IMG] - Bruce Probst - Jan 6, 2008 |
| . . . . . . Assembled Hull - Starboard side [IMG] - Bruce Probst - Jan 6, 2008 |
| . . . . . . Assembled Hull - Rear view [IMG] - Bruce Probst - Jan 6, 2008 |
| . . . . . . Detailing the Upper Hull - Bruce Probst - Jan 13, 2008 |
| . . . [Chapter] The Rear Deck Rack - Bruce Probst - Jan 19, 2008 |
| . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] The Rear Deck Rack [IMG] - Bruce Probst - Jan 20, 2008 |
| . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] The Rear Deck Rack [IMG] - Bruce Probst - Jan 20, 2008 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] The Rear Deck Rack - Darryl - Jan 30, 2008 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] The Rear Deck Rack - Bruce Probst - Jan 30, 2008 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] The Rear Deck Rack - Darryl Palmer - Feb 11, 2008 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] The Rear Deck Rack - Bruce Probst - Feb 12, 2008 |
| . . . [Chapter] Initial Painting, Track Assembly and Disaster - Bruce Probst - Feb 2, 2008 |
| . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Initial Painting, Track Assembly and Disaster - charles ortegon - Feb 8, 2008 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Initial Painting, Track Assembly and Disaster - Bruce Probst - Feb 8, 2008 |
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