Hi all,
I know that in some AFV Club Stryker family kits, the protection for the antennas tip were included but are there any set of these things available without a full Stryker which could prove expensive?

I tried to make some from resin bits but they are not neither perfectly symetrical nor identical.

Olivier

1. ADLERS NEST - ANM-35038 - U.S. Army vehicle antenna AS-1729


2. ADLERS NEST - ANM-35039 - U.S. Army vehicle antenna AS-3916

http://www.adlersnest.com/page051.html

3. ADLERS NEST - ANM-35040 - U.S. Army AS-3916 mast cap (4 pieces)

http://www.adlersnest.com/page073.html

ET Models 1/35 NATO Vehicles Common Antenna set (ER35-027)

Very nice set indeed!

Wow,
that's a lot of offerings I was not aware of.
Thanks a lot. I think the ref ANM-35040 - U.S. Army AS-3916 mast cap (4 pieces) is the one I need.

Olivier

Ok,my two cents worth! Why not chuck a piece of sprue in a DreMel tool and, using it as lathe, and make tip bulbs with files and sandpaper! Just my 2 cents worth.

Why don't you just dip the antenna tips in CA Glue?
We held those on with tape, so the size isn't going to be uniform across the board anyway

AFV Club has individual sprues that contain the tip protector in their M151 OWS kit.

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/image/10060925/10/0

Positive sideeffect: You have a lot of parts for the spare part box.

I dip the tip of the antenna in white glue and hang it upside down until dry. Makes a nice teardrop shaped antenna cap.

^^Ditto^^

Thanks for all the inputs.
I intended to use the white glue method but that was not possible at the time I needed those tips.
I think CA glue could be easier to handle as it sets faster than white glue.
I made some from resin bits cut from an old sprue. I guess I would have had a better starting point with some rod.

Here is how my first tips look like.



The model is my entry for the 500+ campaign.

Olivier