M-24 CHAFFEE "DONE"

[MrT]

M-24 CHAFFEE "GETTING A HANDLE ON IT"

:gogo :stinker

:laugh:

I'm waitin' on some pe for my TIger so, I'll be experiencing the fun soon...

No sweat! You can do it.

Yeah Have done pe on ships & of course aircraft. Will be interesting on the Tiger tho... I'm definitely outta my comfort zone with it :drinks

The engine deck grilles are parts you really want to add. Everything else is just gravy.

 

[Hippy Ed]

M-24 CHAFFEE "GETTING A HANDLE ON IT"

:gogo :stinker

:laugh:

I'm waitin' on some pe for my TIger so, I'll be experiencing the fun soon...

No sweat! You can do it.

Yeah Have done pe on ships & of course aircraft. Will be interesting on the Tiger tho... I'm definitely outta my comfort zone with it :drinks

The engine deck grilles are parts you really want to add. Everything else is just gravy.

It comes with pe grilles. Not sure what-all will be sent to meso, I gotta wait until it gets here

 

[Skinny_Mike]

M-24 CHAFFEE "GETTING A HANDLE ON IT"

Nice work T! Would love to see a SBS on how you did the weld beads. That's a skill I haven't quite mastered yet.

 

[MrT]

M-24 CHAFFEE "GETTING A HANDLE ON IT"

Nice work T! Would love to see a SBS on how you did the weld beads. That's a skill I haven't quite mastered yet.

Well I've got some more to do so I'll see what I can do.

Thanks

B)

 

[MrT]

M-24 CHAFFEE "GETTING A HANDLE ON IT"

Update time.....first the the track runs are done.

Next more hull details....replaced kit headlights with resin from Verlinden. Then added PE brush guards from Verlinden.

Next I added the mounting steps which are typical on the World War II version. These are made of copper wire.

I added some more weld beads....and this is how it went.

Using styrene rod I apply it the area that needs a weld with liquid cement.

I then trim any excess rod and sand the rod until it is almost flat since this is a butt weld.

Then I apply more liquid cement to soften the plastic rod.

After waiting about 30 seconds using sharp edged tool I creat the weld bead texture.

Lastly the fenders are added.

Thanks for dropping by....More to come.

B)

 

[Hippy Ed]

M-24 CHAFFEE "GETTING A HANDLE ON IT"

Interesting how ya did the weld bead!
Back when I was a trailer mechanic I went out to Sharpe's Army Depot to fix a container trailer. Someone ran the tip of a forklift thru the side. When I got there, found the trailer loaded with ammo!! hmy: :frantic Aint gonna weld it so, broke out the caulking gun & laid a nice bead acrossed it & painted it.

 

[MrT]

M-24 CHAFFEE "GETTING A HANDLE ON IT"

Interesting how ya did the weld bead!
Back when I was a trailer mechanic I went out to Sharpe's Army Depot to fix a container trailer. Someone ran the tip of a forklift thru the side. When I got there, found the trailer loaded with ammo!! hmy: :frantic Aint gonna weld it so, broke out the caulking gun & laid a nice bead acrossed it & painted it.

Cheater!

Thanks!

B)

 

[lupanzer]

M-24 CHAFFEE "WELD BEADS AND THINGS"

Very nice improvments.,Terry...the weld beams look perfect!

Luiz

 

[MrT]

M-24 CHAFFEE "WELD BEADS AND THINGS"

Very nice improvments.,Terry...the weld beams look perfect!

Luiz

Thanks Luiz!

 

[Sherman 18]

M-24 CHAFFEE "WELD BEADS AND THINGS"

Nice SBS for the welds

Looking good.

 

[MrT]

M-24 CHAFFEE "WELD BEADS AND THINGS"

Nice SBS for the welds

Looking good.

Thanks Jeff!

 

[The Zod]

M-24 CHAFFEE "WELD BEADS AND THINGS"

Terry.

You are doing a smashing job with that kit. Hard to believe that so much time has past since that kit came out back in 1987. I got one from APC Hobbies mail order back then.

 

[MrT]

M-24 CHAFFEE "WELD BEADS AND THINGS"

Terry.

You are doing a smashing job with that kit. Hard to believe that so much time has past since that kit came out back in 1987. I got one from APC Hobbies mail order back then.

Yeah I know there are better kits out there now, but I already had the stuff to upgrade the old one sooooo..... It's been fun so far.

Thanks

B)

 

[MrT]

M-24 CHAFFEE "WELD BEADS AND THINGS"

Ok the figure parts came in yesterday and I got a little side tracked and wound up building the Chaffee crew up. With the help of some spare arms I don't think they turned out too bad.

With the figures in the turret you can see just how small the M-24 is.

Driver and Co-driver.

Thanks for looking in.

B)

 

[Hippy Ed]

M-24 CHAFFEE "GETTING A HANDLE ON IT"

Interesting how ya did the weld bead!
Back when I was a trailer mechanic I went out to Sharpe's Army Depot to fix a container trailer. Someone ran the tip of a forklift thru the side. When I got there, found the trailer loaded with ammo!! hmy: :frantic Aint gonna weld it so, broke out the caulking gun & laid a nice bead acrossed it & painted it.

Cheater!

Thanks!

B)

:evil: :drinks

 

[moon puppy]

M-24 CHAFFEE "GETTING A HANDLE ON IT"

Crewed up it looks small.

 

[MrT]

M-24 CHAFFEE "GETTING A HANDLE ON IT"

Crewed up it looks small.

It is small...

 

[Skinny_Mike]

M-24 CHAFFEE "WELD BEADS AND THINGS"

Nice SBS for the welds

Looking good.

Thanks for the SBS Terry. Well the good news, that was how I was doing mine, the bad news - I need more practice But Rome wasn't built in a day, I'll get there.

Mike

 

[MrT]

M-24 CHAFFEE "WELD BEADS AND THINGS"

Nice SBS for the welds

Looking good.

Thanks for the SBS Terry. Well the good news, that was how I was doing mine, the bad news - I need more practice But Rome wasn't built in a day, I'll get there.

Mike

You will get it mastered. I also use solder. That's next.

B)

 

[MrT]

M-24 CHAFFEE "WELD BEADS AND THINGS"

I workded on the turret last night. The WW 2 version is setup somewhat differently then the post war version. It's good to have lots of extra parts laying around so don't throw away sprues with parts on them you may need them elsewhere. ldguy

Added more welds....a mixture of plastic and solder. I use solder when a weld has to go around complex curves. Notice also that I have added casting texture to the mantlet and turret face. These were cast parts.

The WW 2 version had a simple antenna mount as a opposed to the one cast on the later turrets.

I also added wire lift rings to both sides.

Still more to add, but this is a start.

B)