Terry
Hosted by Darren Baker
RSO/3 WITH PAK 38
redraider
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Posted: Wednesday, June 25, 2014 - 07:35 AM UTC
My latest completed project.
Terry
Terry
easyco69
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Posted: Wednesday, June 25, 2014 - 08:16 AM UTC
very sexy!!
justsendit
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Posted: Wednesday, June 25, 2014 - 09:03 AM UTC
I love this vehicle/gun combination! The equipment, the figure and display base are very nicely done as well. The ground cover with subtle flowers -- very nice. 
--mike
--mike
panzerbob01
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Posted: Wednesday, June 25, 2014 - 12:43 PM UTC
VERY COOL!
Echoing mike; I LOVE this combination of vehicle and towed gun and the cargo. Very sexy, as David said. It hangs together well and you have done a splendid job on almost everything! The key being "almost"
I'm not laughing at YOU 
There is one thing which really jumps out at me with your RSO... Your road wheels. The RSO had stamped all-steel wheels. The roadies set, as you correctly have them, between the paired horns of the track. So... there would be NO paint left on the sides of those wheels where those horns rubbed and scraped along! And being as this beast is not "showroom new"...
You can probably, with either a small brush and some powdered pencil "lead" or other graphite powder, or some well-thinned "steel" color paint, fix these wheels up pretty quick and easy. It would add a little detail sizzle and realism to what I think is already a very very nice build and presentation!
Whether you do that or not, it's a great job of a neat combo. Way to go! and Thanks for sharing this!
Bob
Echoing mike; I LOVE this combination of vehicle and towed gun and the cargo. Very sexy, as David said. It hangs together well and you have done a splendid job on almost everything! The key being "almost"
I'm not laughing at YOU There is one thing which really jumps out at me with your RSO... Your road wheels. The RSO had stamped all-steel wheels. The roadies set, as you correctly have them, between the paired horns of the track. So... there would be NO paint left on the sides of those wheels where those horns rubbed and scraped along! And being as this beast is not "showroom new"...
You can probably, with either a small brush and some powdered pencil "lead" or other graphite powder, or some well-thinned "steel" color paint, fix these wheels up pretty quick and easy. It would add a little detail sizzle and realism to what I think is already a very very nice build and presentation!
Whether you do that or not, it's a great job of a neat combo. Way to go!
and Thanks for sharing this!Bob
redraider
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Posted: Wednesday, June 25, 2014 - 01:42 PM UTC
Well thank you panzerbob the wheels are painted a dark metal color. Thanks for the kind words guys.
Terry
Terry
panzerbob01
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Posted: Wednesday, June 25, 2014 - 03:23 PM UTC
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Well thank you panzerbob the wheels are painted a dark metal color. Thanks for the kind words guys.
Terry
Perhaps I have missed something? I see that you did clearly "steel-paint" the "bearing face" of those wheels in direct contact to the track-surface. What I am "pointing at" is that the vertical sides of the "tire-portion" of those roadies would also be well-worn and "paintless".
Cheers!
Bob
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Posted: Thursday, June 26, 2014 - 12:28 AM UTC
Great job. Love this combo! I have the gun, (Currently paired with a one ton Demag D7.)
May have to build the RSO thanks to this post!
(Weapon from the former Patton Museum collection -- All photos Mike Koenig)
May have to build the RSO thanks to this post!
(Weapon from the former Patton Museum collection -- All photos Mike Koenig)
redraider
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Posted: Thursday, June 26, 2014 - 01:54 AM UTC
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Quoted TextWell thank you panzerbob the wheels are painted a dark metal color. Thanks for the kind words guys.
Terry
Perhaps I have missed something? I see that you did clearly "steel-paint" the "bearing face" of those wheels in direct contact to the track-surface. What I am "pointing at" is that the vertical sides of the "tire-portion" of those roadies would also be well-worn and "paintless".
Cheers!
Bob
I see and point taken. I will remember that for the next time.Terry
redraider
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Posted: Thursday, June 26, 2014 - 01:55 AM UTC
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Great job. Love this combo! I have the gun, (Currently paired with a one ton Demag D7.)
May have to build the RSO thanks to this post!
(Weapon from the former Patton Museum collection -- All photos Mike Koenig)
Thanks I look forward to seeing it.
Terry
panzerbob01
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Posted: Thursday, June 26, 2014 - 02:17 AM UTC
Oh, yeah. I'll echo the above post!
Seeing this RSO build has once again caused me to pull my Dragon RSO w/ PaK 40 out and shuffle around in the baggies!
As the RSO had all-steel roadies... perhaps this would fit right into that "Steel Wheels" campaign now in-build...!
Bob
Seeing this RSO build has once again caused me to pull my Dragon RSO w/ PaK 40 out and shuffle around in the baggies!
As the RSO had all-steel roadies... perhaps this would fit right into that "Steel Wheels" campaign now in-build...! Bob
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Posted: Thursday, June 26, 2014 - 02:18 AM UTC
Lovely pictures show a great result but how was the kit going together?
I'm not talking about rivet-counting or anything like that just was the kit easy to go together or were there any problems?
This is the last of the RSO's I need to get to have them all.
I do like yours.
Jeff
I'm not talking about rivet-counting or anything like that just was the kit easy to go together or were there any problems?
This is the last of the RSO's I need to get to have them all.
I do like yours.
Jeff
SgtRam
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Posted: Thursday, June 26, 2014 - 02:23 AM UTC
Great build, nice simple good looking diorama to display, very well done.
redraider
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Posted: Thursday, June 26, 2014 - 03:16 AM UTC
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Lovely pictures show a great result but how was the kit going together?
I'm not talking about rivet-counting or anything like that just was the kit easy to go together or were there any problems?
This is the last of the RSO's I need to get to have them all.
I do like yours.
Jeff
Thank you! The main problem was that the doors don't fit in the cab openings. To get the door closed I had to trim quite a lot material off the cab. Otherwise the kit went together few problems.
Terry
redraider
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Posted: Thursday, June 26, 2014 - 03:17 AM UTC
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Great build, nice simple good looking diorama to display, very well done.
Thank you Kevin!
Giovanni1508
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Posted: Thursday, June 26, 2014 - 04:09 AM UTC
Hi Terry,
Very good work. I like both the RSO and pak38. Definitely good !
redraider
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Posted: Thursday, June 26, 2014 - 04:12 AM UTC
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Hi Terry,
Very good work. I like both the RSO and pak38. Definitely good !
Thank you Giovanni!
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