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Jeepney

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Posted: Sunday, February 23, 2003 - 02:55 PM UTC

These are in progress pics of my M88A1. These were taken at 0130 so excuse the lighting. I just wanted to show the work done on the suspension.

The gray sprue inside the door will be used as the anchor for the winch cable. This way I can kinda raise or lower the winch if I decide to put this beast in a dio sometime in the next decade. Comments are definitely welcome!

These pics are posted on the request of Steve aka WeWillHold, who gently reminds me time and again to post some pics. Here ya go Steve!

GIBeregovoy

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Posted: Sunday, February 23, 2003 - 03:43 PM UTC

Nice work so far Jeep! Looks quite clean (my models are always a mess

Q: what are those shiny thingys? Are those the winch cables? What material? Part of the kit?

Jeepney

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Posted: Sunday, February 23, 2003 - 03:58 PM UTC

Clean? You call that clean? Well my models don't stay on the workbench long enough to gather dust because I have to move them to the TV if I want to eat #:-)

Those shiny thingies are pieces of thread that come with the kit. They're supposed to be painted black or silver to make them look like cables.

War_Machine

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Posted: Sunday, February 23, 2003 - 04:00 PM UTC

Everything's looking good so far! What paint scheme are you going to use on it? Please keep us posted!

GIBeregovoy

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Posted: Sunday, February 23, 2003 - 04:20 PM UTC

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Those shiny thingies are pieces of thread that come with the kit. They're supposed to be painted black or silver to make them look like cables.

A local IPMS member (actually the judge who judged my dio :-D ) told me how to make cables using several strands of copper wire.

I recently found a nice source of cable that can be twisted to any shape - and it won't spring back! It's a picture frame cord, metallic, but it's soft enough not to spring back to its original shape. Very nice and I'll be using it for my tow cables. It's of good thickness, too. You can get it at Ace Hardware (I think that's where I got my supply) if think you need to replace the thread.

WeWillHold

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Posted: Sunday, February 23, 2003 - 04:32 PM UTC

John, aka Jeepster, aka "Da Ale-Meister", aka "Da Man", aka "Da Guy we miss in the Chat Room"

Well, it was worth the wait. That suspension looks just GREAT!

I know how much time and effort you have put into it, do get that "up on the spade" look. Really well done. This is one nice beastie you've got Jeepster.

The fit on everything looks clean and solid. This is a nice model. I appreciate you taking the time to put out some pics for all of us to enjoy.

Jeeze-you're a busy guy, the Brummbar a couple weeks back, now an M88. Now all you need is that airbrush. Keep up the good work.

ps: Nice to see you post, --- us "Sty folk" miss you in the chat rooms.

Jeepney

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Posted: Sunday, February 23, 2003 - 04:42 PM UTC

Thanks Steve aka "Da Beermeister"! I hope the paint job will do the beast justice. Weather clearing up there?

I miss the Sty too. Guess I have to make up for it by posting more pics. Darn firewalls

I plan to paint it overall Forest Green. I'm still looking through the paint shop for a can that closely approximates it.

I have a few meters worth of hair-thin audio wires at home. I tried twisting them into cables but I haven't been successful so far. Will try again next time

GIBeregovoy

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Posted: Sunday, February 23, 2003 - 08:59 PM UTC

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I have a few meters worth of hair-thin audio wires at home. I tried twisting them into cables but I haven't been successful so far. Will try again next time

One way is to get several strands, clamp each on both ends, and away you twirl. The judge said he uses dentist's clamps. There's an article here on making barb wire fence. You could use the same principle mentioned in that article for your cables. For an instant solution (with a small price), you could just get the picture frame cord. I hope I still have the box. Will tell you ASAP what brand it is

Jeepney

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Posted: Sunday, February 23, 2003 - 09:05 PM UTC

Thanks komrade! I will try the clamp and twist method tonight. I think I have a clamp somewhere under all the junk at home #:-)

FAUST

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Posted: Sunday, February 23, 2003 - 09:23 PM UTC

John

this is a NAM vehicle right. Looking good dude. Is it going to feature in a dio???

and for your wire question
I tried the barbed wire technique last week and I borrowed a couple of meters of very thin and soft copperwire. Took one strand of about two meter. bended it so i had two strands of 1 meter tied the loose end together in a knot. Put the end with the knot into my workbench-clamp-thingy. then grabbed my screwdriver and put that through the bend and simply start twisting. After an hour I had a nice strand of barbed wire.
I think you can use this same technique for things like towingcables and stuff but the coolest thing was that it remained in the shape where I have twisted it in

hope it`s of some help

Jeepney

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Posted: Sunday, February 23, 2003 - 09:29 PM UTC

Thanks Robert! I'll do a lot of experimenting tonight

This is not the 'Nam version though. It's the A1 with the APU behind the crew compartment. I bought the AFV Club tracks for it since the vinyl tracks that came with the kit were twisted.

GIBeregovoy

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Posted: Sunday, February 23, 2003 - 09:42 PM UTC

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Thanks komrade! I will try the clamp and twist method tonight. I think I have a clamp somewhere under all the junk at home #:-)

I suggest you do this while watching your favorite soap opera #:-) 'coz by the time it ends, you'd have half-kilometer length of metallic twine

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Posted: Monday, February 24, 2003 - 01:32 PM UTC

Jeepster aka DEM,

Nice M88, the choice of the subject is bad, but the workmanship is great. Now get it painted and put in a dio, so my Tiger can shoot it up...

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Posted: Monday, February 24, 2003 - 02:12 PM UTC

John,

You returned from Singapore? Anything you got there? Did you enjoy the trip?
By the way, you did a great job on the M88. Are you planning to make all pulleys workable?
What is the forest green referring to Tamiya's paint? I will paint the my M88 soon so I wanna know if the forest green should be used during Nam period.

Steve, Sushi and Pig# 6

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Posted: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 - 12:57 AM UTC

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What is the forest green referring to Tamiya's paint? I will paint the my M88 soon so I wanna know if the forest green should be used during Nam period.

Humbrol has Forest Green color on their palette. I thought of using that for my M88..

Mario M.

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Posted: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 - 06:25 AM UTC

Looking really good John....a most interesting subject.

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Posted: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 - 07:19 AM UTC

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What is the forest green referring to Tamiya's paint? I will paint the my M88 soon so I wanna know if the forest green should be used during Nam period.

The forest green in Tamiya's paint range would be their NATO Green; however, this would not be the proper color for a Vietnam era M88. That would be OD green, sometimes mixed with some gloss black to give it a semigloss dark OD green color.