1:35 rebuild

[Steel Penguin]

Now the F111 is built im going to  have a go at a simple turret swap job.
ill be taking my slightly battered tamiya 1:35 scale Marder icv, and replace the turret with the equaly battered Cheiftain one, giving a overgunned tank hunter type,  i recon that the weight problem is solved by simply machineing internal metal out of the turret structure. Itll hopefuly look like a resonably possible Twilight 2000 / post apoc lash up.
any comments  ?

[Taiidantomcat]

Sounds good 

[apophenia]

If the Marder VTS-1 could handle a 105 and the CV90120 a low-pressure 120, why the heck not!

[Steel Penguin]

ive started, de turreted both, then de hatched the marder, used a circle cutter to put in a turret ring, and removed anything that stood proud on the marder body cut some platicard circles to fill in the remote MG mount and the 2 remaing body circular hatches, and glued the nose back together, though im slightly at a loss as the back hull plate appears to be a bit far back now..... still itll be clamped in place then a large wodge of glue added to hold it in place.
a quick question for any one as well.    does the marders auto cannon pod hold the gun and ammo in toto?  as it seems a bit of a waste not using it, though im not too shure where id put it on the cheftain turret if i do.
for cammo ittl be a lovely mix of berlin turret and the 3 tone system that the Germans used for the hull. should clash well.

[apophenia]

The Marder's Rh202 RWS has a basket beneath it (if that's what you're asking). If you want a stand-alone RWS, use the rear MG RWS -- it's genuinely 'remote' and self-contained.

[Jacques Deguerre]

This sounds pretty cool and I'm looking forward to the photos. Were you inspired by the Argentine TAM? LINK

[Steel Penguin]

vaguely inspired by the TAm , yes. that and ive had both kits built for 20 ish years, 5 ish house moves and uni, and both were looking a little worse for wear and the hard angles of the marder seemed to mach the turrets curves in a way simaler to some of the sci fi  / post apoc  vehicles ive seen.