High Mobility Battlefield Logistics Transport - The Build

zenrat · January 12, 2016, 12:43:50 AM

Not seen this before.
It's very good.

The Chaos · January 13, 2016, 11:45:25 AM

Wow a road Train?
very cool.

Old Wombat · January 13, 2016, 04:52:03 PM

Thanks, guys! Good to be back at it.

Roof is on & glue drying as I write. I'll take photo's soon (or tomorrow $:-\$ [Man's gotta work to pay the mortgage.]).

Old Wombat · January 14, 2016, 03:43:15 PM

Update:

The roof & rear bulkhead are on & the hydraulic rams are fixed in place (they move, so every side-hatch will be openable [if that's a word]).

I've had to fight a bad case of AMS with this & have managed to stop myself putting in all of the hydraulic lines along the inside of the centre beams, although I will be putting in either 12 or 16 lines on the front bulkhead to represent the lines to the control boxes on the outside of the front bulkhead.

Need to buy more brass rod 1st, though.

kerick · January 14, 2016, 05:58:13 PM

WOW!
How many Stryker kits have you gone through on this project?

Old Wombat · January 14, 2016, 06:54:14 PM

Four.

But I have a recce vehicle in mind for the remaining bits, so I'll have 4 builds plus parts left over from 4 kits.

Captain Canada · January 14, 2016, 07:33:34 PM

Excellent work ! Keep the update pics coming

kerick · January 14, 2016, 08:10:06 PM

Quote from: Old Wombat on January 14, 2016, 06:54:14 PM
Four.

But I have a recce vehicle in mind for the remaining bits, so I'll have 4 builds plus parts left over from 4 kits.

Can't beat that! Carry on!

zenrat · January 15, 2016, 01:53:15 AM

Fantastic.

As Kerick says, carry on.

Old Wombat · January 16, 2016, 08:37:09 AM

Carrying on, as instructed!

Photo's ~~tomorrow~~ later today, hopefully!

kerick · January 16, 2016, 04:42:36 PM

We'll be here!

Captain Canada · January 16, 2016, 07:38:49 PM

Me too

Old Wombat · January 17, 2016, 01:02:31 AM

Update:

Not much to see but I've put both ends on the trailer & have the hatch panels marked out on the styrene in the 1st pic. The browny blotch on the front bulkhead was a painting error that got turned into a patch effected by a ruptured battery, or similar in-transit accident.

PS: What I've forgotted to mention is the inside part of the door hydraulic control boxes & associated hydraulic lines have been added to the front bulkhead. It's grey-on-grey, so a little difficult to see. Used lead wire, instead of brass rod, as I got impatient - worked, though.

kerick · January 17, 2016, 06:37:15 AM

Awesome!!!!!!!!

Old Wombat · January 18, 2016, 06:19:16 AM

Well, a major fail with my hinges,

so I've ordered some Aber & Voyager workable hinges to see how they go. $:-\$

In the meantime, I have 24 resin weighted wheels for AFV Club Strykers which I'll have to modify to suit my Trumpeter Stryker-based build(s).

It's a lot of resin to be worked on, when you pile it up in front of you.