For a moment I was afraid that I had to abandon the painting project of the Infantry Tank Company from the MW Dieppe PDF. Not only put it on hold for a while but abandon it completely. But gladly I saved some money and could buy a few blisters. I ordered 4 blisters with Churchill I or II and a blister with an infantry platoon (BEF) only to found out that the store owner forgot to order the infantry blister.
Two of the Churchill blisters are set aside these will bes used to form the Company HQ. The other two blisters are used to converted them to Churchill I OKE.
Using the prototype that I built earlier, that can be found here: here, and also using this webpage Modelling the Churchill OKE on the BF website as references I set to work. Not saying that this is the best or easiest method to convert the tanks but it is the method I used.
I am not going to write down every little detail because some can be found in the above mentioned website.
Materials used: 2 Churchill’s I, cardboard (I used a cardboard that is used to protect photo,s when you mail these,brass wire, greenstuff, small tubing, plastic of blister, wood-glue (can also be pva), super-glue, pliers, cutter, ruler pencil with a very sharp point, hobby-knife, ruler.
Of-course when you take a picture you always forget to include some of the materials.
First I cleaned the model and removed all flash from the hull and tracks (a lot) and removed at the back of the hull
those little piece that are no longer needed there. Make sure it is flat. On the picture below you can see at the right tank which pieces are removed from the back of the hull. Then I drilled a little hole in the front of the left track the size of the brass wire. When this was all done I glued, after dry-fitting, all pieces together.
Next I take the plastic of the blister and cutout a piece with the size of 15mm x 4.5mm. This piece is then glued to the back of the hull in such way that it sticks out a little above the hull. Most importantly is to keep the top of the plastic strip horizontal.
Two of the Churchill blisters are set aside these will bes used to form the Company HQ. The other two blisters are used to converted them to Churchill I OKE.
Using the prototype that I built earlier, that can be found here: here, and also using this webpage Modelling the Churchill OKE on the BF website as references I set to work. Not saying that this is the best or easiest method to convert the tanks but it is the method I used.
I am not going to write down every little detail because some can be found in the above mentioned website.
Materials used: 2 Churchill’s I, cardboard (I used a cardboard that is used to protect photo,s when you mail these,brass wire, greenstuff, small tubing, plastic of blister, wood-glue (can also be pva), super-glue, pliers, cutter, ruler pencil with a very sharp point, hobby-knife, ruler.
Of-course when you take a picture you always forget to include some of the materials.
First I cleaned the model and removed all flash from the hull and tracks (a lot) and removed at the back of the hull
those little piece that are no longer needed there. Make sure it is flat. On the picture below you can see at the right tank which pieces are removed from the back of the hull. Then I drilled a little hole in the front of the left track the size of the brass wire. When this was all done I glued, after dry-fitting, all pieces together.
Next I take the plastic of the blister and cutout a piece with the size of 15mm x 4.5mm. This piece is then glued to the back of the hull in such way that it sticks out a little above the hull. Most importantly is to keep the top of the plastic strip horizontal.
