Area 88 1/144 - A Game of Chicken (T-62 + Jeep)

strobez · April 14, 2019, 04:41:20 PM

zenrat · April 15, 2019, 03:33:52 AM

Old Wombat · April 15, 2019, 04:33:33 AM

Nice start but I thought the resin barrel had so-o much more character than the metal one you replaced it with!

Steel Penguin · April 15, 2019, 10:26:18 AM

" a reporter always comes back for their camera"

going to look nice

I did wonder if you were going to do him catching the sword blade as well

strobez · April 15, 2019, 03:35:05 PM

Quote from: Steel Penguin on April 15, 2019, 10:26:18 AM
I did wonder if you were going to do him catching the sword blade as well

Heh, that might be a bit difficult to do in 1/144... but I will include the camera!

strobez · April 19, 2019, 05:21:21 PM

A bit of an update here... BTW, I would've included my obligatory novelty-sized Tamiya glue bottle, but it was too big to squeeze into frame....

I dunno why, since they won't be visible, but I felt the need to add axels.

Cut and flipped down the windscreen... and yes, I drilled out the headlights...

Painted and started some work on the base.

If it all gets painted together, is that going to look like blowing sand? Let's hope so!

zenrat · April 23, 2019, 11:06:58 PM

What, no diffs & drive shafts?

Rick Lowe · April 24, 2019, 05:15:03 AM

Quote from: zenrat on April 23, 2019, 11:06:58 PM
What, no diffs & drive shafts?

Don't encourage/traumatize the poor boy...

strobez · April 24, 2019, 09:05:23 AM

No drive shaft... but how 'bout a 1/144 scale scratchbuilt photojournalist camera?

We're all done with this one... so let's review...

First up, I was worried this wasn't going to work, but I was just hoping that once it all got painted it was going to look like blowing sand...

Anyway, while we wait for the glue and hairspray to dry... Hello... Rocky.

He needed a bit of surgery to make it into the Jeep... but now he can have a seat.

This was much harder than it looks... it's really quite difficult to paint the cotton without it clumping up and/or blowing away.

Ok... I might have met my match... a 1/144 scale PE steering wheel... madness. If you look REALLY carefully...

...you'll notice Rocky is basically holding a free floating steering wheel. Of course that's the least of his problems at the moment.

Ok. And now for the final shots. And yes... that black dot next to the Jeep is indeed the 1/144 scale news camera.

Steel Penguin · April 24, 2019, 10:36:06 AM

looking good.

did Rocky ever turn up again? I only ever got a few issues of Area88 so don't know if the character showed again

strobez · April 24, 2019, 05:25:26 PM

He did indeed turn up. I've got his return slotted for another build. After Kanzaki takes over Yamato Airlines and buys the cheapo MB-14 aircraft and then they have a major crash in Tokyo bay, Rocky turns up in a Bell 206 Jetranger to cover the crash site... and then saves a damsel in distress for good measure. I've got plans for a major project to convert a 1/144 B-767 into the doomed Yamato Flight 31 (complete with fiery engines with smoke pouring out) as well as a side-bar project to have the news chopper covering the crash site if MiniWings ever releases the foretold 1/144 Jetranger.

Captain Canada · April 24, 2019, 06:48:50 PM

That is so cool ! What a neat build. Love the base !

strobez · April 25, 2019, 04:28:37 AM

Thanks Cap'n!

In case anyone is interested, I updated my blog with the build. You can skip past my personal musings and check out the manga pages that illustrate the story behind the build... http://strobez.ca/wp/index.php/2019/04/25/a-game-of-chicken-area-88/

zenrat · April 26, 2019, 04:09:06 AM

Another miniature triumph.