Mak " GIRAFFE " -- ECM Camel

[Hagoth]

What a fascinating build! Great insight into the source for details like the hoses.

 

[urumomo]

Thanks , Hagoth ;D

Hopefully have some more photos up tonight .

Uru

 

[the Baron]

Thanks for explaining the stock you used for the hoses. This really convinces me to use my old shoelaces on one of my queued-up MaK builds.

 

[urumomo]

No prob , Baron ;D

I almost bought some waxed string used for jewelry to experiment with ( not as hoses but other lines ) but figured they might look odd with the texture they posses --- still might .
It comes in a lot of really vibrant colors ..



I also have these Tamiya hoses in 2mm
The texture is OK but they are tinsel-shiny ;D



Regular old nylon cord in the middle .
... The Model Factory Hiro 'hoses' are in ~92mm sticks ( : ) :



I was going to use the 2mm Tamiya to connect the BiC tanks on the port side , but it needs something heavier so I'm deconstructing this piece in the foreground from a 105mm howitzer limber ( AFV Club )



I've found that artillery kits make great donor kits !
They invariably have multiple hand-wheels and other goodies and I always scoop up ones on sale

Components going together - slowly - to replace laser and become giraffe ...




Added head-lamps ( shin-lamps ) ,,, I think they need a little something more added .. :





I added to the " muffler-pump "

as given :



" fantasticated " :



shorter connecting line in the end :



I ditched the copper pipe pieces .

I needed to mill 1.5 X 3.5mm slots in them to facilitate attaching tie-down straps and soon realized that I do not posses the tools required to make it less than a week long event ;D

.... plus they were too heavy for their purpose :

Switched to 1/2 styrene and trimmed the design -- just a bit
I just don't feel like doing any of this detail drilling and sanding right now :-[ :-[



.. Especially rounding the ends of all these things --- I need to get creative to make sure they're all as identical as possible ...
..................... stuff always looks goood until you snap a picture and view it on the monitor ..




More to come -- I hope ,

All comments , questions appreciated

Ciao ,

Uru

 

[urumomo]

... with the intention of using the 1" bench-top belt-sander to roll the edges ... but was quickly poo-poo'd due to the plastic melting from the friction , and I really needed to construct a jig to accurately pull it off , ... : more work

so I just went back to the file and 400 grit sanding stick



it's getting there ..

then the plan is to cut these ' bolts ' to the depth of one and a half the depth of the hole and solvent weld 2 together while rotating the joint to avoid cementing the joint solid : :

 

[MaschinenKrueger]

Just saw this thread. Wild conversion for the Camel. Love the camo pattern!

 

[urumomo]

Thank you , BK

I'm anxious to finish building and get on the shading and moon weathering to blend it all nicely ;D

I plan on posting the finished model on Maschinenkrueger when that happens -- maybe couple of weeks :-\


Have you built this thing ?
I don't see many -- ever

 

[urumomo]

Well ,
Just visited Maschinenkrueger.com and gazed upon a blessed Camel .
Quite nice .
It employs the transition piece between the cockpit and the fuselage ..


And
Hot off the press
ready for further sanding




There's some rejects in there but there's at least a half dozen extras anywaze


This plastic stock ( Evergreen 3.2x4.8 ) has some mondo saw marks on the cut sides

..........i can't get this camera to focus close enough for a pic ....
But it needs some 500 grit wet action for sure .

Later

 

[MaschinenKrueger]

Dwartist's Camel? The white one? Yeah, he's really good.

I don't see many Camels either. I'm not a fan of the design and didn't bother with getting a kit. I did have plans ages ago to scratch build one just for the challenge (even obtained a few of the uber rare motorcycle kits involved) but ultimately ditched the plans and sold off the donor kits. :-/

 

[urumomo]

Interesting .

Do you recall which motorcycles ?

I came across a resin build -- I don't remember the artist , it was 2 plus years ago ,, -- that was cool and had various differences but was painted fairly monochromatic .
But black or close to it . The opposite of Dwartist's .

Off to work I must go ...

Later

 

[MaschinenKrueger]

1/8 scale kits from Audley that are long out of production. Super Rare.

 

[urumomo]

1/8 th huh ?

I was pondering what scale the carcass would have to be ..

I can't really visulize it ( them , those )
Maybe :-\
I'd really like to see that WIP

ciao ,
Uru

 

[MaschinenKrueger]

The motos donated the "A" shape parts for the feet and some other misc. parts. The 1/35 Tamiya Gepard donated the leg joint hubs, main chin laser, and other misc. parts. The sphere was one of those gashapon - vending machine - type balls. The main body was built up from putty as far as I know.

I never started the build but spent A LOT of time researching the parts.

 

[urumomo]

Very cool ;D

so the main body isn't a kit-bash
I was trying to see the motorcycle shape , tank and tail , in the fuselage

 

[urumomo]

Wet sanding in progress ,

Please wait ;D

 

[urumomo]

Just picked this up :




Will be experimenting ....

Anyone familiar with it ? :

Ciao

 

[urumomo]

Not a lot of progress ...
Lots of little stuff

Few shots of the direction the rack and tank connections are headed :







Ciao

 

[urumomo]

six sets ....

I'm going to run out of the resin bolts joining them up ,,, on back-order






..... parts from a 1/35 Russian 122mm & Flak43 , a gun shield from a 1/72 U-boat , Model Factory Hiro hose joints , and some WaveCo nuts .. .
. .. walk into a bar onto a bench

 

[urumomo]

..... need a tiny-little putty work on that intake pipe ....

 

[Chiefpettyofficer]

Excellent Paint Job