Up date time ..well its got colour now...tomorrow ..its gets weathered and then it will be done ..here's what it looks like now .





More to follow guys

Sean ,,, Here in NZ bus drivers are hated and if they drove your machine ..they would be hated even more lol
That is without a doubt the most original M3 concept i have ever seen mate and i utterly love it .brilliant idea mate ..brilliant lol

Phill

Nice camo, Phill. I like it alot.

Looking forward to see the final result tomorrow. You are a quick modeller!

That's the plan. No hiding this bad boy.

Sean, my first thought was a tracked observation vehicle for VIPs during combat exercises or weapons trial demonstrations. Imagine plush seating for those government/pentagon bigwigs, being served drinks by WACs that "weren't drafted for their typing".

Am I close?

Yes, please??

Sure why not. So much PE bending..... so much bending.....

I third that ,,yeah another week would be very useful right now .


Phill

Oi, mate, you're not saying you're "bent" are you??

(For my American cousins, "bent" has a particular connotation, for which ComradeMP may duly smack me when next we meet. And don't just answer "Yes", OK? )

Paul

Oh, and I actually got the camo on my Aussie 25 pdr Churchill last night. Looks pretty deadly, too!

I'll concede that I need another week too. All the masking and painting I have in mind can't be done in just 2 days. More pics soon.
...and looking around, nice camo, Phill! What a good group build this has turned out to be!
Cheers!
Sean H
Ps: I like that idea! I could add some cushy furnishings while the paint dries!

As of this morning, the primer is cured and no longer tacky, so I'll start masking and continue painting tonight-- after the trick or treaters!
Ready for paint by windysean, on Flickr
Ready for paint by windysean, on Flickr
Primer on by windysean, on Flickr
Primer on by windysean, on Flickr
Cheers!
-Sean H.

Oh...or maybe a signal corps vehicle to document battles for the newsreels. Can you imagine WW1 or WW2 being covered with 24 hr news networks?

I like odd stuff so I might build some of this myself. I'd probably use a Chaffee or Sherman for the VIP luxury box vehicle though. Now I just need to source some 1940s era film cameras. Does anyone make a 1/35 cigarette girl?

And i is done ,,even tho here its the 1/11 its the 31st there in the States so here it is .
I will post pics to the galley soon as i have done this posting here .
So with out any further a do ..i present the Tracked Boxer .










Its been another pleasure and if no one objects i will be looking at What if 5 in the very near future

Phill

This was a great Campaign.

Thanks for all participants, great job to all.

Ribbons sent to all those who managed to finish it !



An extra special thanks to Alex who managed to get 3 more builds

Built a few years back so not up as a current entry but I wanted to share the model on this thread none-the-less. This offering has been thrown out of one regional competition for "never having existed" but it has also won several second place trophies at local competitions and it took a silver metal at the AMPS national in Auburn so I am willing to stand on those credits.


Above is my initial plan sketch for the model. A combination of Italeri's Jagdpanther and Bergepanther kits with a scratch built A frame boom.




Beautiful Tiger Models Maybach resin engine as a load for the A frame.
Also scratch built lifting fixture built for the Maybach

Definately a "What IF" machine to fit this campaign. It certainly reminds me of a cross between an M32 and an M88!

As to this vehicle having never existed, I figure if someone named Koenig could conceive of this machine in 2002 then some design engineer named Koenig probably sketched this out on a bar napkin back in 1941 as well!

The front and rear blades function and the boom can be unpinned and folded back into the travel position. Also though hard to see, the winch mechanism has been accruized as compared to the Italeri offering





The design engineering for this model was as much fun as the actual construction.

Thanks for the campaign and the ribbon. Its great to see the stuff that gets built here.

I enjoy these style campaigns. I build what-if subjects and if I build multiple ones during a campaign I might as well include them.

Hopefully there'll be a next installment.

yeah, great campaign Paul & everyone

Soooo, when's What If V ?

Great campaign and a lot of fun as normal ... loved the builds and yup it got the mind going again .
Now the question is ,,when do you guys wants What if V to happen cause i would only be to happy to run it .

Phill

Here I come, still poking along...
Since my can of Olive Drab was feeling light, I sprayed a light coat of Desert Mustard first over the brown primer, then while still wet, another light coat of the OD. Here's how that turned out...
Over the brown primer, I dusted a light spray coat of Desert Mustard and then another light coat of Olive Drab (partly because the OD was almost empty). by windysean, on Flickr

Then, to indicate that there were once seats mounted in this bus body, I masked rusty unpainted rectangles on the floor, also indicating that I'd lost my mind.
Seat mounts-- and proof of my increasing insanity! by windysean, on Flickr
Seat mounts-- and proof of my increasing insanity! by windysean, on Flickr

I intend the bus body to be roughed up, so after masking the green parts, I sprayed a heavy dose of hairspray, let that dry overnight, then Testor's gloss red. Unfortunately, gloss being finicky and the can nearly empty, it spit and struggled and covered terribly, so there it sits until I buy another can of red.
Cheers for now!
-Sean H

So we didn't get the extra week???

Poop!

Oh, well, I'll finish it for the next one.

Very cool build, Phill.

Michael, that is a very imaginative build. Looks great!

I am on for a "What if V"

Jesper ..I already got a proposal up for what if v ...check it out cause i am in there of course and you gotta be too


Phill

I am ready for it! It is great fun to go crazy with kits. Next time a Panzer '46 project.