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My M923A1 truck - feature article ready
Vodnik
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Posted: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 - 03:44 AM UTC
I just want to let you know that I put the article describing my modifications of Italeri M923A1 model on my webpage here:
http://vodnik.net/index_feat.htm.



Best Regards,
Pawel
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Posted: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 - 04:17 AM UTC
Wow, Vodnick, great article. Now I afraid to start building mine...
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Posted: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 - 04:34 AM UTC
Pawel, this is a very detailed piece of work. The article is serperb. Thank you for sharing this and the other article on the aircraft. Your attention to detail is astounding.
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Posted: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 - 11:18 AM UTC
Hey Vodnik-
Definately a great model, second to none. What did you do to make the paint job so realistic?
Kyle
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Posted: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 - 11:59 AM UTC
Truely amazing Pawel, its taken me over an hour to read your article, so much detail.
Please keep them coming :-) :-) :-)
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Posted: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 - 12:56 PM UTC
That is a nice Model Guy!!
Tony_Frey
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Posted: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 - 02:38 PM UTC
That's a great looking truck, and a top-notch article. Excellent work!
Vodnik
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Posted: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 - 08:33 PM UTC

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What did you do to make the paint job so realistic?



Nothing special, really. First I airbrushed the camouflage using Tamiya acrylics freehand (no masks). Then I airbrush Future over it. Next I applied the thin oil paint wash of Raw Umber and Black. Next was the cote of Dullcote Over it I applied some MIG pigments and covered almost the whole model with light gray dry pastel. Next was the light spray of Tamiya Buff paint on the lower parts of the model. Then I applied final cote of Dullcote. Done

Rgds,
Pawel
Jurgen
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Posted: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 - 09:26 PM UTC
Oooooh boy....

My M925 Trouble

Major_Goose
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Posted: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 - 09:33 PM UTC
When someone does so many work it shows guys!! my Congratulations for both the building and the writing . You are very good !!!
NoMercy
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Posted: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 - 08:02 AM UTC
AWSOME!!! That looks just like the real thing. Mission Accomplished!!
Zverko
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Posted: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 - 08:32 AM UTC
Salute comrade,
it is amazing how many models you have on your waiting list! (around 70)!!!!! Do you buy them by the dozen and keep them stored? lol #:-) #:-) #:-)

Regards, Zver
GeneralFailure
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Posted: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 - 08:53 AM UTC
We urgently need a pedestal for guys like you. Wonderful work and superbly illustrated article ! Thank you for sharing this !
Ranger74
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Posted: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 - 09:14 AM UTC
OUTSTANDING!!!! SALUTE

Looks better than the ones in my motorpool!! Love the boot prints in the cargo bed.

Wonder where Italeri ever got the idea that the bed had a wood floor?? #:-)
SFC_StJohn
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Posted: Monday, February 02, 2004 - 05:25 AM UTC
This is better than I could ever do! Congratulations are in order.

I noticed on minor detail missing - Bumper markings. I saw that one side was complete but there are markings on both sides of the bumper (as you are looking at the vehicle from the front the left side of the bumper holds the unit identification and the right side is stenciled with the actual bumper number (ie: HQ-12)).

Other than that your model looks incredible!

Vodnik
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Posted: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 - 01:11 AM UTC

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This is better than I could ever do! Congratulations are in order.



Thanks!


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I noticed on minor detail missing - Bumper markings. I saw that one side was complete but there are markings on both sides of the bumper (as you are looking at the vehicle from the front the left side of the bumper holds the unit identification and the right side is stenciled with the actual bumper number (ie: HQ-12)).



Actually you are wrong in this case. What you described is perfectly true for US Army vehicles. But my track is USMC one! Take a look at photos below - my truck is "one of these" - USMC vehicle during Provide Comfort operation in Northern Iraq in April 1991:





Best Regards,
Pawel
SFC_StJohn
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Posted: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 - 04:46 AM UTC
Absolutely my apologies! I am an army guy and I tend to have tunnel vision when looking at details. I definately commend you on your work, this is a wonderfully crafted model. Great job and once again, I apologize for the detail oversight. Take care!

cardinal
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Posted: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 - 07:28 AM UTC
Thanks for sharing Vodnik. Superbly done. Now I'm itching to do one myself. #:-)
TreadHead
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Posted: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 - 08:20 AM UTC
Howdy Vodnik,

Or, is that your real name!?! Your attention to detail, coupled with your modeling skills, as well as your writing skills....did I mention your graphic layout abilities? Are inspiring!

Just make's me think if just maybe you're a 'ringer'. You know, maybe a Content Editor for MMIR, or a Technical Writer for FSM, or even a Graphic Layout Artist for Adobe! Maybe you're just using a fake 'stage name' so none of us find out your cunning little secret!......yeaaaahhh, maybe that's it Mister! You're really a spy for Tamiya!....oops, ...no, I meant Osprey Publishing!....no, wait a minute.......Microsoft!.....Yep, he's a 'spook' for Bill!

Tread.

#:-) Just yankin' your hairy legs Vodnik! #:-)

Now, your assignment is to cook up one of those wonderful article's at least once a week!
Maybe twice a week . Just stop eating and sleeping. Rumour has it, those sustaining habits are overrated anyway...
Vodnik
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Posted: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 - 10:11 AM UTC

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Howdy Vodnik,
Or, is that your real name!?!



Not a real name for sure Just an Internet nickname. But Pawel IS my real name


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Just make's me think if just maybe you're a 'ringer'. You know, maybe a Content Editor for MMIR, or a Technical Writer for FSM, or even a Graphic Layout Artist for Adobe! Maybe you're just using a fake 'stage name' so none of us find out your cunning little secret!......yeaaaahhh, maybe that's it Mister! You're really a spy for Tamiya!....oops, ...no, I meant Osprey Publishing!....no, wait a minute.......Microsoft!.....Yep, he's a 'spook' for Bill!



Actually I would love to have a job where I could use some of those skills you mentioned. I work in IT. But not for Bill - I work for Carly


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Now, your assignment is to cook up one of those wonderful article's at least once a week!
Maybe twice a week . Just stop eating and sleeping. Rumour has it, those sustaining habits are overrated anyway...



I wish I could use all this time wasted for sleeping to build some models, but for some unknown reason my body refuses to cooperate...

Rgds,
Pawel
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Posted: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 - 01:23 PM UTC
Can anyone tell me if the US Marines use this truck???

straightedge
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Posted: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 - 05:44 PM UTC
That is a great paint job you done there, but what I was wondering, which it makes it hard to see on the computer, but what you are calling brake chambers, isn't that part of the automaitc tire inflation devices, to the best I could see there isn't any brake chambers, or s cams that go to the wheel to apply pressure to the brakeshoes, every truck I ever seen has the brake chambers connected to the axle about a foot back from the wheel, which that would be pretty hard to make, but it could be simplified by putting backing plates on the back of the wheel, that way you wouldn't haft to make brake shoes or the other parts, now a brake chamber looks close to to what you pointed to, but with a rod going out to the slack adjuster, and in the slack adjuster a round shaft goes toward the wheel to an S cam inside the wheel, which when it turns it spreads the brake shoes out against the drum, of course unless it has disk brakes then it is another whole different ball game.
Vodnik
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Posted: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 - 10:17 PM UTC

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Can anyone tell me if the US Marines use this truck???



Sure - my model is USMC truck (US Marine Corps).

Rgds,
Pawel
Vodnik
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Posted: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 - 10:23 PM UTC

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That is a great paint job you done there, but what I was wondering, which it makes it hard to see on the computer, but what you are calling brake chambers, isn't that part of the automaitc tire inflation devices, to the best I could see there isn't any brake chambers, or s cams that go to the wheel to apply pressure to the brakeshoes, every truck I ever seen has the brake chambers connected to the axle about a foot back from the wheel, which that would be pretty hard to make, but it could be simplified by putting backing plates on the back of the wheel, that way you wouldn't haft to make brake shoes or the other parts, now a brake chamber looks close to to what you pointed to, but with a rod going out to the slack adjuster, and in the slack adjuster a round shaft goes toward the wheel to an S cam inside the wheel, which when it turns it spreads the brake shoes out against the drum, of course unless it has disk brakes then it is another whole different ball game.



The truck I built is M923A1 and it does not have the central tire inflation system. As for the use of the "brake chamber" name - it is most likely incorrect, I don't know how to call these parts properly. On the photos below you can see what I was trying to build:





On photos thick "U" shaped hoses are visible - those are part of CTIS, as those trucks on photos are A2 variant. I omitted those parts in my A1 model. Everything else looks the same in A1 and A2 trucks and I tried to replicate it all in my model.

Regards,
Pawel

Rgds,
Pawel
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Posted: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 - 11:27 PM UTC
Hello Vodnik, This is an outstanding piece of work! I enjoyed the very detailled article as well, I bet it was a very big conversion/superdetailling job....very well executed.
Love the realistic paintjob as well.

Keep up the good work, John.
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