Hi Niel, great work on the antislip panles and the wiring!.


I've just orderd one of these bad boys

Hey there Rick,

I carry a line of masking tape from Line O Tape, comes in 1/8", 1/16", 1/32", and 1/64". $3 a roll, 240" on a roll. If you need some, I can throw them in an envelope and mail them up to you, so shipping is a pittance.

Shoot me an e-mail and let me know if you need them.

the anti slip coating is un believable it looks great

Hi james
Great to here that you have bought a challenger when you make a start send me a pm and i'll send you some of the anti-slip so you can have a go yourself.........

Hi scott
You'll probably get more orders if you take out an advertisement with kitmaker network.

Thank's for your input calvin.
I personally feel that the anti-slip has come out a bit course but if you like it thats good enough for me
neil.....

Hi niel i was thinking about that and how to tackle it lol.

Thanks thats rather kind of you!.

btw i started to paint my Scimitar today

Great work Neil! It sure does look very realistic.

lars

hi lars
i looked at your bradley it looks very nice you should show the pictures here on the english side of armorama.......

heres a picture of some of the stowage that i mentiond at the beggining of the blog.the four pieces were made from tamiya epoxy puty rolled out to a very thin thickness and attached using my 1.00mm masking tape.

neil..........

Hi Niel its looking superb where did you get the tape from?.

The stoage looks nice, your scratch building is pritty neat!.

Really nice job on the details, the wiring and stowage is really well done.

I also ordered some of that tape from the UK, thanks again.


cheers

Your Chally is looking very nice. I particularly like the wiring for the headlights. Look forward to seeing more updates.

Thanks. But that Bradley isn't finished yet.

Your chally definitely looks better with those tarps on the back.

Lars

P.S. I'd already posted at at the English section.

OOPS !!!!
Sorry lars i must have missed it......

I have done a little work with the rear stowage boxes and added the voyeger clamps and the tiny padlocks.The thermal exhaust covers are on and i just have a few more peices to add to the hull and the bottom half of the challenger will be complete.I hope to get a coat of primer on the hull over the weekend and try to blitz the turret but i am still waiting on the lionmarc barrel.....


I have also thinned the edge of the exhaust with a 10A scalpel.

neil.....

come on england :-)--

Niel Nice work on the stowage bins. Where did you order the barrel from?

Its looking really nice

Ebay - china, james
I don't mind if the lionmarc barrel doesn't arrive in time as the kit supplied styrene one is good enough.
neil.............

Hi Neil ...Great job so far ...you're really taking out all the stoppers on this one ...One thing you might want to do is add the bolts the the hinges on the engine deck ..ither than that you haven't missed a thing ..Keep up the good work Sir.

Rick

Hi Neil
Great job so far.
Do you think the process you used for the nonslip material would work in 1/72nd?

Cheers


Chris

Great progress so far, i've got a challenger two to build yet but it is not the tamiya kit, its the trumpeter kit, cant wait to see yours painted and weathered.

Hi richard
I might just add the bolt heads but then again i might not, it all seems to depend on how hard the days work has been and how much modelling time i can get in the evening

Hi chris


Thats a very good question but i doubt it would work.It seems that any finer than 120 grit then the media starts to turn to a powder and would clump together on the varnish.
I hope that helps you.

Hello phil
You could always upgrade your trump kit with some extras from accurate armour.
neil.............

I have just finished adding the anti-slip to the top of the turret.This time i used a lot less varnish and less of the alluminium oxide.Once i have sprinkled on the ant-slip i take the masks of straight away.....

neil..........

Niel great work

I get mine on sunday cant wait!

the anti slip looks superb

The lionmarc barrel (LM20000) arrived in the post this morning along with a packet of hornet heads (modern uk).The tamiya barrel went together with absolute precision and in all respects is good enough for an out of the box challenger build.But if you want to add that little extra to your chally then invest in the lionmarc barrel.There are two reasons for this the first is the extra detailing around the muzzle although i'm sure this could be scratch built with some good refernce material.Secondly the correct sag around the base of the barrel has been cast very nicely.So this time i'll use the after market item but if i build another chally in the not to distant future i will probably use the kit supplied item.....



neil....
TGIF

This is looking really good

Looking forward to more!

Cheers,
Ian

Coming to think of it... I didn't realise the Challenger 2s had anti-slip on them...

Still looking great Neil...

Hi Neil,

Looking good. Here are a few pictures you might find useful for weathering stages.

Cheers, Jim.





Good luck.