Corricon's Workbench Window 2018

[chrism]

Have you by any chance got the Milicast upgrade pack for that Matador?

I guessing that it is the white metal wheels from Wee Friends?

[Corricon]

Shaun, looking to do the gun as well and to try and add some scratch work detail to it to try and ‘beef’ it up a bit!

[Corricon]

Chris, I’m using the Matador Models up grade kit and the white metal wheels come from that kit too!

[Softscience]

your mini masterpieces would be most welcome at my little corner of FB. See link in my signature.

[Corricon]

More work today.
First off I did one side of the Centaur's Link and Length tracks :



Not my favourite pastime, so the other side is for another day.
I then moved on to the Matador and completed the cab and got that attached to the chassis:



The tilt and wheels are still dry fitted at this stage.
Next up I did a little more painting on the Sheridan and also drilled the smoke dischargers:



Next up for this one some markings possibly.
Finally for the day I made up another hatch for the Crusader dozer:



These want cleaning up a little and then I'll add the tracks.
Updates to follow.

[ShaunW]

Wow, your military vehicle factory is always worth a watch, Steve! Looking at the upgrade parts, I take it that old Airfix Matador has issues in the wheels and cab roof departments. Good bit of micro-drilling on the Sheridan smoke dischargers, well worth the eye strain if you ask me!

[Corricon]

Shaun I believe the wheels and tyres are too small and the roof should have the area over the driver covered. This can be achieved by cutting a rectangle of plastic card and covering the area on the kit roof, but it was in the kit so I thought, what the heck, I’ll use it!

[PTB11]

Excellent work. The Airfix Sheridan is a bit of a rarity, I don't think I've ever seen it built before.

[Dazzled]

Beautiful bit of small scale armourising.

[Corricon]

Today sees the wheels, tilt and new front and rear hooks cemented to the chassis on the Matador:



Then I applied the green, brown for the tilt and then I painted in the tyres:



Next up will be some 'Mickey Mouse' camo on this one.
I then turned to the Centuar, this is how the resin wheels appear from below:



So they need the groove sawing into them to allow the L&L tracks to bed down into the wheels:



Once the groove is deep enough the tracks can be assembled around the wheels and now you know why it takes around 1 to 2 hours to fit these tracks:



Then I assembled the rest of the kit, added some stowage and also added a commander figure from the HAT tank riders I have:



Finally it got a coat of green:



Finally I went back to the Crusader Dozer and completed the new hatches and also coloured them green to see how they look:



A good day and updates will follow.

[ShaunW]

That old Airfix Matador has come up a treat, Steve, as indeed has that Centaur - it was worth the hassle with the wheels and tracks if you ask me. Top work.

[Clashcityrocker]

The Matador is a great looking truck. The tanks are very nice too.

Nigel

[Corricon]

The Crusader Dozer now has it's tracks fitted. This was a kit acquired via Ebay and came to me without the tracks so I have fitted some white metal ones from Friendship Models:
Fitted reasonably well with a little filing required where they went round the sprockets and any imperfections will be hidden by the small track guards once they are fitted:



Next will be to paint the tracks before installing the Dozer kit.
Updates to follow

[59North]

It seems you really know how to dance with small scale vehicle's. There is always interesting stuff coming off your bench.

[ShaunW]

Nice one, Steve, those white metal tracks look good. I always like it when a tank features track guards or side skirts - there's always somewhere to hide the track join then!