Hussein El Kaissy shares with us a series of images of his Egyptian BM21 Grad Launcher, built using the 1/35th scale offering from Trumpeter.
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Egyptian BM21 Grad LauncherPosted: Sunday, December 14, 2014 - 12:23 PM UTC
voryah
Iran / فارسى
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Posted: Sunday, December 14, 2014 - 01:52 PM UTC
Nice work.
HeavyArty
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Posted: Sunday, December 14, 2014 - 03:47 PM UTC
The truck looks great. Very good weathering and finish as well. There is an issue with the base though. The tire tracks are going in the opposite direction as the truck. Also, not all the wheels touch the ground, but are floating a bit. If the truck isn't attached, you could turn it around to match the tire track direction.
helkaissy
Al Qahirah, Egypt / لعربية
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Posted: Sunday, December 14, 2014 - 04:05 PM UTC
Good point HeavyArty, its good that the truck is not actually attached to the base. I will reverse it
panorama
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Posted: Sunday, December 14, 2014 - 09:46 PM UTC
I second HeavyArty: the truck is very convincing. Hussein, when you turn the truck you might add some pigments to base and wheels/lower frame to blend truck and base a bit more together. A figure would add too.
But again: the truck is a pearl!
But again: the truck is a pearl!
mwells63
Gauteng, South Africa
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Posted: Tuesday, December 16, 2014 - 10:05 PM UTC
Very nice. Like the weathering.
PantherF
Indiana, United States
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Posted: Tuesday, December 16, 2014 - 11:02 PM UTC
I had to 'torque' my chassis as it was a bit off.
Then when I added some AM tires/wheels and I had to sit a heavy weight on top and relaxed the chassis (frame) with a hair dryer repeatedly to get all tires to touch the surface.
Now if I can just finish it! Yours looks great Hussein!!
Jeff
Then when I added some AM tires/wheels and I had to sit a heavy weight on top and relaxed the chassis (frame) with a hair dryer repeatedly to get all tires to touch the surface.
Now if I can just finish it! Yours looks great Hussein!!
Jeff
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Posted: Thursday, December 18, 2014 - 09:41 AM UTC
Very nice work especially the weathering on the tires. How do you guys get all four wheels to touch down? I had fits with a I.E.D gun truck, I ended up tossing the model for that and other quality issues with the model.
helkaissy
Al Qahirah, Egypt / لعربية
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Posted: Thursday, December 18, 2014 - 03:07 PM UTC
I corrected the truck placement
i reversed the truck position to adjust the track direction and i added sand putty to the base so that each wheel would touch the ground, it was better to modify the base height than to modify the wheels height
Here is the photo:
i reversed the truck position to adjust the track direction and i added sand putty to the base so that each wheel would touch the ground, it was better to modify the base height than to modify the wheels height
Here is the photo: