Churchill BARV - Done !

zenrat · January 31, 2023, 02:59:13 AM

It's like a mini Jawa sand crawler.

buzzbomb · February 03, 2023, 03:22:10 AM

Quote from: zenrat on January 31, 2023, 02:59:13 AMIt's like a mini Jawa sand crawler.

it does have that vibe

Getting near the end. Added the walkways, although I would really like to have a do over on that. Did not get the grain right and it is all over the place, plus the joins are lot more obvious than what I would have liked.
Sadly I did not have enough brass mesh on hand to do one piece job, that would have made it much easier to handle. Oh well it is not a competition model by any stretch.
Added grab handles around the superstructure and tow cables and some chains

Front view with pushing rig

Quick primer coat to really highlight the missed and missing bits. There are a few, so another session to fix all that.
I have been on/off about rivets vs welded for the front face. it sort of looks wrong without the rivets, so another thing on the fix list

zenrat · February 03, 2023, 03:41:48 AM

PR19_Kit · February 03, 2023, 03:53:50 AM

That looks so very plausible, to my un-trained eyes anyway.

Dizzyfugu · February 03, 2023, 04:38:33 AM

Very steam-punkish.

Lord_Voyager · February 03, 2023, 05:23:57 AM

Gets me thinking... An uncommon occurrence really.

Has anyone tried to take say, an H/O scale locomotive and attach 1/72 scale tank tracks to it? perhaps throw some MB barbettes on top? maybe hauling a long tom artillery?

Owww. headache now.

Dizzyfugu · February 03, 2023, 05:33:32 AM

Reality can be stranger than fiction...

NARSES2 · February 03, 2023, 05:47:50 AM

Quote from: PR19_Kit on February 03, 2023, 03:53:50 AMThat looks so very plausible, to my un-trained eyes anyway.

Does to mine as well, indeed I can't get my brain around the fact that the Churchill wasn't used as the basis for a BARV ? It was used for almost everything else.

I'm also convinced that one of those vents on the roof is for the steam from when they have a brew

buzzbomb · February 06, 2023, 02:12:49 AM

So pretty much this is it

With its Sherman cousin, this Sherman BARV is a really old build that was cobbled together for a club display, so not really that accurate.

Pellson · February 06, 2023, 02:40:56 AM

Dead cool! I get a strong medieval feeling!

PR19_Kit · February 06, 2023, 03:28:18 AM

You could put that in the Bovingdon Museum's model collection and everyone would believe it!

Old Wombat · February 06, 2023, 04:06:07 AM

That is awesome, BT!

Looks so steampunk it's scary!

TomZ · February 06, 2023, 05:09:43 AM

That looks great!

TomZ

NARSES2 · February 06, 2023, 06:06:46 AM

That's stunning

killnoizer · February 06, 2023, 07:45:08 AM

L I K E A LOT ! Thank you for that nice ideas , very inspiring .