The next build after the Chieftain MK11,a few AM bits going into this build.







Should be quickish build.

Dan

Not hanging around with this one.































Enjoy

Dan

A few more photo's, crew will get Hornet resin heads





Looking at using the Castoff CVRT bin set for the Scimitar.
They look like they will fit with a bit of trimming.







Enjoy

Dan

Glad to see you cracking on with this one fella, but my god those figures need new heads alright! The fella on the left looks like dame edna, and the driver appears to be a zombie.

Is it me or does the kit show its age ? The casting doesn't look that fine for a AA kit.

Interesting subject by the way. I'll follow your build.

Oliver, it's a good kit but as you saynits showing its age a little now.

So some work on the crew figures.





Hornet heads used and they are much better than the AA heads.



Enjoy

Dan

Hi Dan,

Just as a suggestion you might consider moving the crew down a little so they aren't protruding so much from their hatches. They almost look like they are driver training or on a parade. Crew commanders typically show as little of their torso's as possible above the cupola, usually just enough to be able to see above the sight cowl. The operator would be lower also, usually visible from about the chest pockets of his smock. As a Troop Sergeant if any of my crews were exposed that far they would have come in for a little re-education.

Max

Thanks Max,
I'll amend them, I did think that they were a little high up in the hatches but I'm at the stage of just roughing them out so they can be sorted. So as a person who has been up close with these wagons, can you tell me how the GPMG is fed with link, no external ammo box so I figure it's the built into the cupola?
I served 6 years on 432's back in the mid 90's and our GPMG mounts had a bracket to clip in a box of 200 on one side and another box that collected the link and brass, all very easy but I can see no feed tray or system on the Spartan.
I dove one back in early 90's but never paid any attention back then !
Really wish I did now
Kind regards

Dan

There is in internal ammo box inside the cupola for the MG. It even has a weight sensor that activates when the last of the belt lifts from the bottom of the box so that the MG stops allowing the commander to snap on another belt.

On the cast section of the cupola below where the GPMG mount is bolted is the ready round stowage for a box of 7.62. It is only accessible internally from the commanders position via a small hinged door. It feeds vertically through a slot in the gun mount to the left hand side of the gun itself. Les is right to a degree about the sensor, however it is a spring loaded pressure plate which contacts a micro switch and makes the firing circuit. When loading a new box the commander would pull one end of the belt out so it hangs down the side of the box. When the stowage door is closed due to the belt end being there it pushes on the plate and makes the circuit. As rounds are expended and the box empties the end of the belt is pulled away from the pressure plate which springs back and breaks the circuit. The gun stops with about 20 or so rounds hanging through the slot for the new belt/box to be clipped to. Sounds complicated but in reality it is very simple.

Thanks Max, I thought it was like you mentioned, I'm going to use a live resin GPMG with a scratch built mount and I now know where to drape the belt.

Ta very much to both les and yourself

Dan

If you go to Prime Portal on the following link and look at pages 4 and 5 there are some very good pictures of the gun mount. The square cast box just in front of the mount itself with the casting numbers on it is the external section of the ammunition stowage.

http://www.primeportal.net/apc/dan_hay/spartan/

A bit more playing around with the figures,
looking a bit better now I think.










Enjoy

Dan

Change of hand for one figure.





Cheers

Dan

Bulking out the arm, once cured I'll add the combat jacket sleeve to the Jacket.







Hornet resin hands being used for this figure.




Cheers

Dan

A bit more work.









The interior sprayed black.












Cheers

Dan

Commander figure roughed out, A bit high up
but to get him lower will be a nightmare.

Hand will get changed to something more natural looking.









Cheers

Dan

Commander get an Arctic Windproof smock, ranck tabs front and back just need adding








Dan

Looking a bit better now, just got to wait for it to cure up now.








Enjoy

Dan

I like what you're doing with the figures.

Just one suggestion... If the arm is raised I think you need to rework the shoulder and raise it as well, it would look more natural.

Mario

I agree, he has a bit of a rubberman look atm. Nice build though!

Thanks Chaps,


The shoulder I agree, it still need a bit more work and I'll address it soon. I've never sculpted an arm or limb before so this is all new to me.

Dan

A bit more work on the arm,
Shoulder re worked with more Green stuff, its looking more natural now I think? Let me know chaps if its passable?

Commander figure has had new larger buttons added to his smock.















A bit more work on the Spartan,










Let me know if I'm going in the right direction

Regards

Dan

Really nice work Dan, I've built this kit and many other AA CVRT range I think they really are cracking kits

Thanks Paul,

I've had a change of plan with the figures wasn't happy with my first arm so I re did it, let me know if you think this one is better please chaps.

















Made up the Commanders CPU and added that to him.





Slow progress and a right Royal pain to get right but hopefully these will look good ?

Dan