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Hey Shaz!

Looking good there.. I really like the form the body of the tank is taking on!

Nice looking turret too... IMHO it should be offset to one side... I think it would be a cool aesthetic! plus then it leaves some space for another hatch perhaps or commanders cupola?!

Maybe even mounted on the front section above the driver might look good... I know that defeats the purpose of the drivers area.... but you could say the internal layout is different....

Just my 2cents....

Looks cool though mate!

Cant wait to see more.....

the work on your chimera looks very promising... i am a bit puzzled where the leftover turret is from,as i am not that firm with all your builts... (vast amount of...)
but i like how you added the sights and the humpback conversion is very sound!

iron wolvie looks stunning... and you captured the iron man scheme very good with that mini... i have to say...it is pretty late that you discovered red as a colour for a comumnist army...all that grey, black and blueish grey.... now you´re cooking with a lil bit more than just hot water... but then...red is always my primary color for minis it seems^^

I like the modified chimera, looks solid.

MagosBiff90 wrote:Hey Shaz!

Looking good there.. I really like the form the body of the tank is taking on!

Nice looking turret too... IMHO it should be offset to one side... I think it would be a cool aesthetic! plus then it leaves some space for another hatch perhaps or commanders cupola?!

Maybe even mounted on the front section above the driver might look good... I know that defeats the purpose of the drivers area.... but you could say the internal layout is different....

Just my 2cents....

Looks cool though mate!

Cant wait to see more.....

As can be seen in the last pics, I had to build a special section for it to be off-set tot he right, I still have a forwards area that will be for the commander to be right behind the driver, his very own hatch as the driver can use the hatch that makes the driver viewblock (Chimera uses a T-34 style arrangement for the driver.). But in case of trouble driver could escape the same way as the commander as I am making the set up.

Viktor von Domm wrote:the work on your chimera looks very promising... i am a bit puzzled where the leftover turret is from,as i am not that firm with all your builts... (vast amount of...)
but i like how you added the sights and the humpback conversion is very sound!

iron wolvie looks stunning... and you captured the iron man scheme very good with that mini... i have to say...it is pretty late that you discovered red as a colour for a comumnist army...all that grey, black and blueish grey.... now you´re cooking with a lil bit more than just hot water... but then...red is always my primary color for minis it seems^^

Thanks Vik! I am making sloped armor over the fenders based on actually a never made German light tank the E-10 concept tank which got scuttled due to the war ending too soon for the crazy 10ton light turretless machine. I will add a piece of plastic for the "pop-up las rifle" ports that I will also put vision blocks on the flat top of the machine. The turret is a spare from the "starfish like carrier of the Gamilon fleet i bought
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As for Reds like the iron-Wolverine, heroes get to have such bright colors well his mates are the Ice blue steel.

GrimDork wrote:I like the modified chimera, looks solid.

Thank you, I wanted to make something a bit sturdier looking than the usual ones, well also a more pleasing tot he eyes machine. the modified chimera does look more "bricky" than usual

I had seen that one outside the box. It's huge.

M.

 Miguelsan wrote:
I had seen that one outside the box. It's huge.

M.

Longest span is 39cm, all the 1/1000 scale kits are great! Just waiting for the Domelas-III to be reprinted they are out of stock!

Saw one a couple weeks ago, I especially like that you can split the ship in two for easier storage !

M.

 shasolenzabi wrote:

 Miguelsan wrote:
I had seen that one outside the box. It's huge.

M.

Longest span is 39cm, all the 1/1000 scale kits are great! Just waiting for the Domelas-III to be reprinted they are out of stock!

Perfect for a tzeench disc rider

Miguelsan wrote:Saw one a couple weeks ago, I especially like that you can split the ship in two for easier storage !

M.

Yeah, 73cm is a BIG ship model.

Jehan-reznor wrote:

 shasolenzabi wrote:

 Miguelsan wrote:
I had seen that one outside the box. It's huge.

M.

Longest span is 39cm, all the 1/1000 scale kits are great! Just waiting for the Domelas-III to be reprinted they are out of stock!

Perfect for a tzeench disc rider

Oh it would be big enough for a war party!



So, got more work done on the Modified Chimera(really had ideas flowing. Forward structure work
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Unique angles, crazy stuff, I know
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That plating trimmed down
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Nice work, Shas.
Your plastic appears to be cut straighter recently. Good job, will make your life easier for the later stages.

 Dr H wrote:
Nice work, Shas.
Your plastic appears to be cut straighter recently. Good job, will make your life easier for the later stages.

Those straighter edges are due to a Maun Safety Rule I bought through Amazon. 12" and looks like the one this chap is using


Stamped Maun Industries LTD England. I cut the lines in the plastic much as shown above and I get much straighter cuts done!


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But mine is numbered like this

that station is fething huge... if you think about the scale it was built for even more so...

your chimera looks super good... i wait with baited breath for the riveting process^^ and then the priming!

that ruler looks interesting too...the middle section for the finger to be guarded is a clever idea!

That chimera looks nice, I like the geometry of the armour you've added, nice APC .

That's a cool looking ruler, I just use a bog standard steel rule, I've yet to cut myself too badly from a knife slipping, but I might look into picking up something like that at some point.

It is a neat ruler. Also a neat chimera. Good work.

Viktor von Domm wrote:that station is fething huge... if you think about the scale it was built for even more so...

your chimera looks super good... i wait with baited breath for the riveting process^^ and then the priming!

that ruler looks interesting too...the middle section for the finger to be guarded is a clever idea!

LOL! the "Starfish" is no station, it is a High-Speed-Carrier for fighter bombers,

I have other plates and details to add, then the mighty rivets will be added!

It was a major good investment as it makes my cuts near perfect now!

OneManNoodles wrote:That chimera looks nice, I like the geometry of the armour you've added, nice APC .

That's a cool looking ruler, I just use a bog standard steel rule, I've yet to cut myself too badly from a knife slipping, but I might look into picking up something like that at some point.

THank you OMN! I wanted to make a new thing from an established and older model. Just the track sections and hull from Hoard-O-Bitz

It works so well, and with the depression groove, I can press hard to keep things in place.

I got mine via Amazon

GrimDork wrote:It is a neat ruler. Also a neat chimera. Good work.

Yeah, I am liking it, and it may help me cut hab units and such.

Thanks, I will be pleased with the end results now.

New work update pics everyone! I am still needing to do more additions, but the progress pics will show how much further along the beefed up Chimera is shaping up

Rear fender stowage hatches added
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Gunport hatches, episcope potectors, and other details as well shown here
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The port covers slip down into a recess at the end of which the rifles can be slid out and fired, the two hatches forwards are stow bins recessed into the sloped armor.
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The front end shows the commander's hatch which has an episcope while solid armor is i front.
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New shot of front that let's one know more was added to the new APC
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The addition of a filter vent, double piece top hatch and hand grips to the stowage hatches as well as a 30liter can has been added
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The right side also has a 30liter can, this allows me to do one in a fuel only color and a water only or do both in water cans, hand grips can be seen on the right side stowage hatch.
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speaking of right side stowage, the two are normal stowage, the larger forward one is for the tools
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Rear shot showing hand grips added but also a pad next to the ramp. Also the rear has brake lights, as well as turn signals
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Now chop sprue for episcope vision blocks and then to the rivets for the new plastic sheets.

after a certain stage in your builds you get really fast paced... the new details look very business like! what i currently not understand... probably due to speech impediment, is the broken circles ?... are these for the lasgun to poke throough?

View ports or periscopes I think.

M.

Viktor von Domm wrote:after a certain stage in your builds you get really fast paced... the new details look very business like! what i currently not understand... probably due to speech impediment, is the broken circles ?... are these for the lasgun to poke throough?

Miguelsan wrote:View ports or periscopes I think.

M.

Miguelsan has it right, they are protectors for the vision blocks

Front views
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The idea is that the long strips are drop down panels, the end near the viewing blocks drops and allows the lasguns to pop out and shoot, and when not in use they pull the rifles out, and the panel pops back up.
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Here is a teaser of 5 pics.

Some may call me inspired, others may call me Mad! others may have different things to say, but I will leave you this. It will be the armaments for the 2nd Kielerkopf-Hanomag
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Nice gun system mate!! Love the ammo belts!

The APC is looking cool! Those viewports / handles & access hatches really bring it to life! As my old tutor used to say.... "The richness (and the devil) is in the detail"!

Love the way you power through your projects! Volume & quality!

Yup, you are mad!

M.

MagosBiff90 wrote:Nice gun system mate!! Love the ammo belts!

The APC is looking cool! Those viewports / handles & access hatches really bring it to life! As my old tutor used to say.... "The richness (and the devil) is in the detail"!

Love the way you power through your projects! Volume & quality!

TY, I was thinking more weapon options may make the Kielerkopf more interesting and fun! The ammo belts are from Zinge Industries.


I had to do what I could the turret freed up space to make the upper deck as it was, had I gone with the original larger turret, the front and deck would have been expanded to handle the beast!


I get these manic moods where I can't stop until the concept comes out and shows the shape my head had envisioned.

Miguelsan wrote:Yup, you are mad!

M.

So, it seems working on the Hanomag as separate modules will be the way to go for any more of them (even at MM prices they are not cheap, and they are big, so I will need Battlefoam pack just for a collection of them. Heck I may have to buy a BIG roll case as they are beefy machines, plus the space STuG's when they make the things. For future hanomags I need to order more "Tusk Ivory" as that is my main color for the interior had to finish some gaps with a home mix that came off more yellow mustard like.

Main floor in initial coat as I had to paint this in layers as it is one of those colors that lets stuff show in the 1st coat
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Troop benches also initial coat
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Crew chairs
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Platforms that fold down for those using hatches to stand upon
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Dashboard/console
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Hull sides and stowage compartments
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After more licks of paint, I assembled the parts that could be so, ( need to paint the crew and put them in place as well as finish the dash


Main hull floor and benches all set together.
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Ceiling and hatches
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Hull sides with the dual paints as I ran out, had to approximate, I may try another batch mix and use less yellow
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Crew chairs and doors
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Dash, much lighter blue and blue+white will ba added and buttons in red and green and yellow, and I will add blue to the control syicks and steering wheel as glow
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Crew primed and ready for their colors so I can plant them in the Hanomag!
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After mixing a sand medium with pure white and yellow in controlled manner, I came closer to the Tusk Ivory and there will be no yellow mustard striping after all!
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So let me know hoiw you guys are liking the 2nd hanny

Inteeeerioooooor!

may i add that despite you are completely bonkers, you also have a small ongoing typo...it´s keilerkopf...from the head of a hog instead of a head of person originated from "Kiel"... a city in Schleswig Holstein...here in germany....

i see now...protected viewports...and even made from sprue...am i right?

and the added zinge belts on that turret make it look ace!

You stole my interior color idea!

GrimDork wrote:Inteeeerioooooor!

Yep! and I had to finish the interior parts before assembling the rest of the components.

Viktor von Domm wrote:may i add that despite you are completely bonkers, you also have a small ongoing typo...it´s keilerkopf...from the head of a hog instead of a head of person originated from "Kiel"... a city in Schleswig Holstein...here in germany....

i see now...protected viewports...and even made from sprue...am i right?

and the added zinge belts on that turret make it look ace!

Ah, so Keilerfopf means Hogshead? so used to the mantlet using the term schweinkopf as on some of the German Tank destroyers like the STuG and Jagd-Panther

Yes, protection for the vision blocks! Had to use the right kind of sprue as well.!

Zinge helps make many vehicles look better.

Jehan-reznor wrote:You stole my interior color idea!

Actually, it is a close to actual interior for Hanomags found in restored Hanomags from WW2.


Now for the completed parts, starting with the console
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indeed... keiler is the male aka boar...and it is not only used because the front of the hanomag is shaped like one...but also as these beasts are quite aggressive when provoked...

consoles look very good! A+ mate!
and i can´t unsee this, but the two fellas look as if they have quite a quiet moment for themselves...getting rid of some bricks...