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Well, we are on the same coast ya know. I am north of you in Oregon, Dave. I do have some nice cannon barrels I can stick out of the front, but left the little Bren gun, as for the top I can going to plate over the passenger area, and wonder if a servo turret would do the trick? BTW Metal OC cannon barrels.

OOoohh! yeah, do that!


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Maybe some mesh windows too?

Hmmm, now to find a likely "turret" with just a barrel sticking out.

I was just thinking how prolific your are shazo , every time i look in your thread anew vehicle is been converted and painted up ,
the bren is coming along nicely mate .

neil101 wrote:I was just thinking how prolific your are shazo , every time i look in your thread anew vehicle is been converted and painted up ,
the bren is coming along nicely mate .

Thanks Neil. I figured I would do a conversion from a vehicle of our friends across the pond!

Coming Soon: Fully armored, and hatched Modified Bren.Weapons will be added!

Still figuring out a turret for the upper gun. May have to actually do some sculpting!

maybe a toothpaste cap?

Viktor von Domm wrote:maybe a toothpaste cap?

Smaller than a glue cap. and the glue cap I was going to try is still so small for the spot and job! Gray Stuff it may well be....time to truly test those sculptee skills from years ago!

will this then be a round one or more an angled shape? the latter i would find a hell lot difficult if to be sculpted...

Yeah, the glue cap would help make it look like:
that kind of turret.

it.s a shame we live so far apart... i have some plastic bitz in my junk box that would go well for this build... they came from those sparkly wine corks made from plastic...

Those plastic wine corks would be HUGE!. This turret has to stay withing 18mm in full base size.

the ones i mean have a small cap to them... ontop of the actual sealing bit... sort of for looks...the ones i have are red...

Those look cool, but i did find out I will be moving in the next 2weeks it seems



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sleep time.

oh... well..then sleep well for now!

Well now, fror an idea where my madness is taking me for the Bren concept, I have some pics that show drilled holes for the hand rails, the hatches and the bow weapon mounted. For the turrets' area, I have an "Army Painter" glue cap and then that helpful Catachanian trooper in the spot to show the size issue of it all.

left side, gunner's hatch and climbing points as well as left passenger hatch visible.
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Climbing points on the left side.
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Right side, driver's hatch, and right side passengers' hatches shown as well as climbing points.
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Climbing points right side
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Front end, Bow mounted Gatling Stubber
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From above
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With glue cap to show turret area size
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With Catachan and his 25mm base to show such is to big
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Handrails as you can see will be metal and super glued in to place. Turret, well, one of those cap bases with some putty around it would work, flat top and a mantlet maybe.

i like the individual armor plates... and the handrails /handles will look good... with so many you really sell the look of a vehicle often used to the comings and goings of troops i think...

turret will be some major issue here... have you looked into thze fridge or other household things for some help? some sodabottles thse sporty ones where you suck the beverage out rather than spill might be helpful too...

Looking badass Shas! Maybe check the fridge for a mustard bottle cap or something that shape?

Viktor von Domm wrote:i like the individual armor plates... and the handrails /handles will look good... with so many you really sell the look of a vehicle often used to the comings and goings of troops i think...

turret will be some major issue here... have you looked into thze fridge or other household things for some help? some sodabottles thse sporty ones where you suck the beverage out rather than spill might be helpful too...

Thanks Vik. I also added round stock to the hatches, I just need to make hing holds for those, handles for lifting the hatches will be next, that turret is still the stumper.

Oh we yanks get just pop-top cans or screw top bottles and those are still too wide for the spot.

hmmm... what about a nut? you could get them in any shape and size you want them? the rest could then be filled?

Viktor von Domm wrote:hmmm... what about a nut? you could get them in any shape and size you want them? the rest could then be filled?

No worries, I will figure it out and then show all.

well... we are an anxious bunch^^

Viktor von Domm wrote:well... we are an anxious bunch^^

I know, I know!

Yeah, hurry up! lol

dsteingass wrote:Yeah, hurry up! lol

I have few tools, and have to bend those handrails with a GW or GF-9 clipper and tweezers!

I find bending grab irons from scratch is still easier than trying to snip GW grab irons off the sprue without them breaking.

dsteingass wrote:I find bending grab irons from scratch is still easier than trying to snip GW grab irons off the sprue without them breaking.

Time intensive is all it is.

Now for some pics!

Part of turret and handrails!
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Waiting on the Grey Stuff to harden