G-Made Sawback, Long Range Desert Group Theme..

[ibo]

Just finished the Sawback build and have dicided to go for the WW11 desert rats look..

 

Edited June 8, 2014 by ibo

[53HRA]

Brilliant choice of colour

[tonysmini]

You need some Vickers guns and other bits now

[Theodore Bagwell]

Whoa remember making that model around 30+ years ago.

 

@ ibo ,you are gonna need to dull that body down,I would try t-cut

[ibo]

This was all nice and clean till I got me hands on it lol..

 

Edited June 9, 2014 by ibo

[ibo]

You need some Vickers guns and other bits now

This is what Iam after

[The Dark Knight]

The Sawback & tank look awesome, the Sawback will look even better once its dirty and had more detail added to it. I'll be following this

[ibo]

A bit more progress on the body,not sure what the container is headertank/condenser but have to fix it to the body..

Edited June 12, 2014 by ibo

[ibo]

Scale rope now done this wraps round the bumper..

Edited June 13, 2014 by ibo

[bazbill]

Looking good, I am going to have to follow this.

 

Like the Tiger by the way.

[ibo]

Made a start on the weathering..

 

Edited June 16, 2014 by ibo

[The Dark Knight]

Nice bit of progress there.

 

It looks like you've got your tyres on the wrong way around?

[ibo]

Cheers there bud,yes it was the front offside one

[n_d_fox]

Nice work... like the look of this. something a bit different.

 

Ive seen a lot of rigs running the front tyres backwards... on some tyres / setups it supposed to give better grip

[ibo]

Just made my first of six jerrycans I need still needs a bit of cosmetic work.

jerrycan brackets done have done a respray as well..

Edited June 20, 2014 by ibo

[ibo]

Another 4 jerrycans done..

[ibo]

Skin water bottle done and fitted.

Edited June 20, 2014 by ibo

[ibo]

Making progress.a few more jerrycans to make and a couple of sand ladders to fix on.....

[ibo]

Have a second lewis gun to make up.then will mount them as a pair,2 jerrycans now mounted on top,another six to mount yet..

 

Edited June 22, 2014 by ibo

[Oh How Original]

That's a cracking build.

Great eye for detail, looking forward to more progress shots

[ibo]

Sand ladders fitted,now to paint the scratch built shovel and fit

 

Edited June 23, 2014 by ibo

[Gaz!]

looks like you have caught the scale bug good and proper mate.

 

top work on this too 

 

im expecting a pink panther next though 

[ibo]

looks like you have caught the scale bug good and proper mate.

 

top work on this too 

 

im expecting a pink panther next though 

[The Dark Knight]

Top work but could do with a bit of dirt on it

[Nitroholic]

About time this got moved from crawlers to scale builds

 

It's really starting to take shape and get the 'feel' with all the bits hung/bolted/strapped on. With the twin Lewis mounts and the 50 cal on the front, it will look a treat. Though from what I can gather, they swapped the guns around and there was no hard and fast rule.

 

I found this pic on a modelling site:

 

http://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php?topic=16521.0

 

Also.... the can on the front....It's a water condenser for the radiator.

 

Water Condenser - This simple yet ingenious device invented by LRDG officer Ralph Bagnold in the 1920's quickly became a standard piece of equipment for car engines, thus not only enabling the desert patrols to use their vehicles in extreme temperatures, but also greatly contributing to the reliability of car engines in general: As opposed to earlier water cooling systems which allowed boiling water to evaporate through a vent on top of the radiator, Bagnold simply placed a pipe on top of that vent, collecting all the steam and directing it to an external container where it condensed back to water. As the engine cooled, pressure in the radiator would drop and the water from the external container would be sucked back into the cooling system.