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Model miniature ERC 90

Started by chrisonord, September 19, 2024, 01:44:30 PM

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chrisonord

This is the resin 1/72nd scale kit, and not a great one to be honest. I had to do some wiffy mods due to parts being not fit for purpose,  ie the main gun is noe from an M1 Abrams, and the pintle gun is from the spares box. The kit needed a bit of work, as it had lots of pin holes in places you had to be really careful with, like on the rear edge of the turret, and on the front around the lights. The vehicle is in service with the Honduras army, and I built it as I needed a change from copious mirages and the Kawasaki Impulse I have been building. I also have one of their AMX-10P kits and that isn't great either. The kits have no instructions, and the  companies site doesn't have any either, so good job there is plenty of pictures. I think I shall weather the ERC 90 some more too.
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That's a big ol' gun on a little AFV! :o
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Wardukw

That's cool Chris and I do like the firepower upgrade 😀  :thumbsup:
I'll bet it's a soft recoil version of the M256 120mm gun  ;)
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chrisonord

Quote from: Rick Lowe on September 19, 2024, 10:26:06 PM
Quote from: Old Wombat on September 19, 2024, 08:00:31 PMThat's a big ol' gun on a little AFV! :o
Overcompensating?  :rolleyes:
The original gun is longer, and has similar girth too.
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Pee on it and walk away!!

chrisonord

Here is a picture of my ACE ERC 90, with the standard gun on,  as you can see, its a big gun still.
The dogs philosophy on life.
If you cant eat it hump it or fight it,
Pee on it and walk away!!

Wardukw

You'll find that the main gun on the ERC 90 is actually wrong Chris ..it's only  4.68mtrs long where the M256 is 5.3mtrs long ..and those are barrel lenghts not overall.
Take a looksie at a side profile of a RW ERC 90 and you'll see what I mean 😅
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Over kill is often very understated .
I know the voices in my head ain't real but they do come up with some great ideas.
Theres few of lifes problems that can't be solved with the proper application of a high explosive projectile .

NARSES2

Come out well mate. Particularly like the camo scheme  :thumbsup:
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chrisonord

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Quote from: Wardukw on September 20, 2024, 02:31:30 AMYou'll find that the main gun on the ERC 90 is actually wrong Chris ..it's only  4.68mtrs long where the M256 is 5.3mtrs long ..and those are barrel lenghts not overall.
Take a looksie at a side profile of a RW ERC 90 and you'll see what I mean 😅
I see, so a wiff all the same. Cheers Chris, after I had finished it, I realised that is was a very similar scheme to what I put on my Cartel armour, my wiff Honduras enemy. Be reet.
The dogs philosophy on life.
If you cant eat it hump it or fight it,
Pee on it and walk away!!

Wardukw

Quote from: chrisonord on September 20, 2024, 06:40:15 AM
Quote from: Wardukw on September 20, 2024, 02:31:30 AMYou'll find that the main gun on the ERC 90 is actually wrong Chris ..it's only  4.68mtrs long where the M256 is 5.3mtrs long ..and those are barrel lenghts not overall.
Take a looksie at a side profile of a RW ERC 90 and you'll see what I mean 😅
I see, so a wiff all the same. Cheers Chris, after I had finished it, I realised that is was a very similar scheme ti what I put in my Cartel armour, my wiff Honduras enemy. Be reet.
Yep ..two wiffs for the price of one so to speck 😆
Don't ya love it when that happens 😏 😁
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Over kill is often very understated .
I know the voices in my head ain't real but they do come up with some great ideas.
Theres few of lifes problems that can't be solved with the proper application of a high explosive projectile .

Captain Canada

Nice one. Looks good with either gun lol
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chrisonord

Quote from: Captain Canada on September 23, 2024, 12:44:35 PMNice one. Looks good with either gun lol
Cheers,
I put the Ace one next to the model miniature one, and the ACE one is quite a bit smaller. I would say that the ACE one is out of scale, as the Model Miniature one is a French company, so you would have thought they would get it right. Maybe.
The dogs philosophy on life.
If you cant eat it hump it or fight it,
Pee on it and walk away!!

NARSES2

Quote from: chrisonord on September 23, 2024, 02:34:00 PMI would say that the ACE one is out of scale, as the Model Miniature one is a French company, so you would have thought they would get it right. Maybe.

Depends how long lunch was ?  :drink:  ;D
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chrisonord

Quote from: NARSES2 on September 24, 2024, 05:31:06 AM
Quote from: chrisonord on September 23, 2024, 02:34:00 PMI would say that the ACE one is out of scale, as the Model Miniature one is a French company, so you would have thought they would get it right. Maybe.

Depends how long lunch was ?  :drink:  ;D
Haha, so very true.
The dogs philosophy on life.
If you cant eat it hump it or fight it,
Pee on it and walk away!!