In support of the Merdeka GB. :)



Hopefully I can finish in time.

Oh dear, I was thinking of buying and building this kit as well. Now that Master Pooh has decided to build it, I am shaking for fear that my weak skills are going to produce a wimpy kit next to Poohs :D .

Seriously man, go for it! I am sure it will be absolutely fantasic!

so 1 more additions to the Merdeka GB..

i also have this kits and also contemplating with the idea to build it OOB to support the event... but again if i can manage my other build as well for the GB :(

kindredd
- built it away.. no harm having a few of them for the GB,no lah... ur build will be fine :D

Lan/kuman

er..David, this particular pooh is no master leh. Just an average (+/-) joe modeller toodling along.

Unless... you meant Master of Weevil Darth Pooh - Dark Lord of the 100.5 acre weeds (insert favourite obligatory evil laugh here) who is totally harmless (no, really) being stuffed entirely with nothing else but fluff. :)

Go ahead with your build. It'd be nice to have a whole convoy of UN peace keeping force IFV's on display.

Cheers :)

Wow, another one for the Merdeka Event. Hope there will be more Malaysian armour since I think there are quite a number of aircrafts already.

Good luck on the builds PoohBear.

Kindredd, go ahead and build it lah. We can never have enough Malaysian Armed Forces vehicle models for the Merdeka Event. :D

Poohbear,

I'm reworking an old work that was left unfinished so 8 years ago right now.. I will post some photo soon.. I think BomberV is doing another one.. So we actually can have the whole convoy of UN peace keeping force IFV's on display... :D

kindredd,
You must join the fun too....

Most excellent Darth PE Pooh, Holder of smallest styrene hand rail and Guardian of the weeds. We were getting a bit skinny on the ground but your addition should help beef up the ground contribution. I believe we have a fair bit of planes but could do with more ground vehicles and dios.

Hear that kindredd? Your MIFV is sorely needed for the ground forces! So, come on and join in the fun.

masterqq, do you happen to have more references for this vehicle?

Poohbear.. check your email

Thomas, replied to your mail.

Much obliged.

Jason K.

Construction works has started. :)

First order of business is to rework on the interior based on several references of the vehicle. So let's get going.

Academy instructions per Step 2 (see in photo below) has us assembling 2 pairs of foldable seats back to back to seat four persons (see assembly step in the pic below) whereas in the reference photos the central seats is a long bench for seating 8 (rough sketch in the same pic). I start by modifying parts 2xD14 which are originally to be glued back to back. I cut off the nubs and sanded all the raised portions off until I get two smooth and flat rectangles (grey pieces). These will serve as the new bench's backrest. For the base legs, I cut three rectangles from some plaplate.


The two rectangles parts D14 are glued lengthwise to make up the bench's long backrest. Joint seam gap is filled with super glue and sanded smooth. The backrest is then attached on to the already constructed base support.


There will be a folding seat at the end of the bench so I will have to modify the kit seat to represent this. First off, I glued the seat as per the instructions in Step 1. Then I sawed off the top half of the seat frame to shorten it and glued the backrest to the frame with some styrene strips. The semi-completed bench can be seen in the background. It is awaiting some cushions and other details.


The modified seat from the back.


Same seat but folded up.


The folding seat will be located here and facing to the front of the vehicle. The bolts on the seat rest are not yet placed.


Dry fit to the interior.


Here's the 8 seater bench with cushions, seat belts, foldable seat and bolts added. The cushions and seat belts are made from two part epoxy putty.


Another shot of the bench with the seat folded up.


Close up showing the bolt heads on the bench ends. These are made from stretched sprue.


Close up showing the other side of the bolt head. It is slightly longer than the opposite bolt head to represent the longer end of the bolt as seen in the reference photos. It is also made from stretched sprue.


Dry fit with the commander and gunners seats in place.


Same as above but angled from the back.


Test fit in the vehicle without the roof cover.


Viewing inside from the rear exit hatch with the roof in place for dryfit purpose.


To be continued...

Thanks for looking in.

Cheers and happy modelling. :)

Continuing from where we last left off. :)

The commander and gunners seats receives more detail.

Close up of the commander / gunner seat. I added the lever (for raising / lowering the seat?) from copper wire.


This pic shows the grab handle on the opposite side of the lever. It is made from brass wire bent to shape.


The detailed commander / gunner seat in place for dryfitting. The engine firewalls are in place also for dry fit purpose.


Another angle.


Yet another angle.


Final pic viewed through the exit hatch at the rear. The roof is in place and everything seems to fit okay at this time.


To be continued...

Thanks for looking in.

Cheers and happy modelling. :)

AWESOME PoohBear :)

I think seat belts a bit thick,but nice.Why dont you use masking tape :)

just my two sents :)



dremel

Thanks, Dremel.

I'd have used tape but the putty is more posable. Easier to twist and turn about.

Cheers. :)

Thats right,i agree with you :)

I might try to use epoxy putty also for my seat belt in future.Thanks PoohBear :D


dremel

A very detailed W.I.P. :D ... and this is just the interior works. Keep 'em coming!

Wow... detailed WIP you got there PoohBear.

Nicely done with the epoxy seatbelts. I'm using that too for the seatbelts of my F-5E Tiger II cockpit (not the ones for Merdeka build but the 1:32 scale).

I just hope that all this hard work will be visible when the body is assembled. Is it?

awesome....

and you'll going to have an all open hatch build... right? :D

i'm going to skip the internal build for my build.. :D

kuman

Kuman, yup, the 'plan' at this stage is for the rear and top hatches to be open. Hopefully, this will come to pass. :)

Imran, so far, with the roof on, the interior can be seen through the rear and top hatches. Hope it stays that way when the front plates are on though. The interior is light in colour so that will help to brighten things up some. At the very worst, at least I'll know the details are there... :lol:

Xamel1975, thanks for the encouragement.

There are more works to be done on the interior like the stowage handles, stowage straps, stowage rack, pipings etc. Lots to scratch built. :blink:

Thanks again, guys.

Cheers :)

poohbear

just a wild suggestion.. :D and i dunno how confident are you with wiring (although i'm not) maybe can hook-up 1-2 led light on the inside or maybe a strand of fiber-optic to the inside.. at least sure got a bit of light inside...

well maybe someone else can help you on this and just a wild sugegstion.. :D

Lan/kuman

Hmm...that's a good idea Kuman. Only thing is, I don't know where the light fixtures are and with MGB coming closer, I doubt I have enough time to do electronics.

Great idea though and something to think about for future builds.

Thanks, kuman. :)

Mr Pooh!

Excellent work on the MIFV! This is something I've wanted to do for a long time and will find your progress pics very helpful.

Is that yellow stuff Gunze's Mr Epoxy or something?

Aidy, the putty I used is Tamiya's two part epoxy putty from the green/white box. It cures in 6 hours so there's plenty of working time (more than half an hour).

I acquired mine ages ago and I think now the box is blue/white in colour?

Happy cheers :)

jason, love those added details, man... but how do you control the epoxy putty in such a way that it wont leave any finger prints..??

What I did is to rolled lengths of epoxy sausages and then used a metal ruler to flatten them to get the basic shape. Then I trim to size and gently lay it on the assembled plastic. Light fingerprints are smoothed out by wetting finger tip and stroking the putty (don't get any funny ideas about what that sounds like :P ). Once cured, the putty can be sanded lightly.

I'm still trying to get the hang of using it though...

Cheers :)

Continuing with the interior details...

I used some plaplate to construct the mid wall mounted stowage racks that is located on the left side (looking in from the rear), just after the storage box. There will be two vertical support bars which I will add later.


Constructing the air scrubber (I don't know what the real term for it is?). Again, this is constructed from plaplate. The grid marks are for punching the vent holes. There are thirty five holes, as on the real thing.


This pic shows the 'air scrubber' after assembly and clean up. It will be located on the right side just in front of the engine firewall.


Here's looking at the left fuel tank and storage box. I used aluminium foil to represent the anti dust flap on the lid. The left side lower leg cushions are in place. The pipings are from brass wire. To the right, you can see one of the tie down handles that is made from thin wire.


This picture is looking at the right fuel tank. This area is practically empty except for a lot of tie down handles. I drew the black line as a guide for keeping the handles aligned. The straps are made from Tamiya tape. One of the strap ends nearest to the fuel tank came loose and I have since re-fixed it. The right side lower leg cushions are in place.


Here's an overall view with most of the details in place. The stowage rack on the left side is in place temporarily with some blue tape. You can see the 'air scrubber' just in front of the firewall on the right side.


Peeping in at the 'scrubber' from the top.


Look to the right...


Look to the left...


And go straight in.


Still got the driver area to do up plus a few more interior details to scratch.

That's all for now.

Thanks for looking in.

Comments/questions welcome.

Cheers and happy modelling. :)

Very detailed work. There I was thinking the hand rails on the Dresden was tough but you've proven me wrong again Darth Pooh Defender of Styrene.

Looking at the amount of superdetailing going into this you might want to consider doing a cutaway. Its your superdetailing that raises this kit many notches up and it would be good if the viewer gets to appreciate it. For me having open hatches just wouldn't do your lovely work justice. The cutaway would probably look like some of the cutaway drawings of AFV and planes we see in books with the characteristic uneven edge colored red.

To Master Pooh,

Lord of all things plastic and styrene.

I wish add my humble contribution to the master plan.



Hope to start work on this in a couple of weeks, once I have completed the leftovers on my work bench. :D

Thanks CK.

Cutaway is a great idea but sadly I don't have a lot of info on how the component interior is like when cut away. Example the interior vents, the fuel tanks, the side armour, etc. I don't think I'm ready for cutaways at this time. Perhaps on another build, though.

For now and since time is short, I'll just limit it to a complete vehicle as close to available references as possible.

Thanks and appreciate your valued input.

Jason you may not need to show a cross-section of the side wall, vents, etc as it can be a solid walled cutaway and painting the edges red should let the viewer know that he/she is just taking a peep at the interior but not the stuff in-between.

May not take up much more time and need not be a whole side but just partially. Just a thought though coz really the interior work is what makes this Personnel carrier interesting as the exterior is not as interesting as a tank. I've seen one M113 with magazines, bottles and rubbish strewn in the interior but even with the open hatches one can only see so much.

Again just a thought.

David, great stuff. Welcome to the ranks and hope to see your build soon. :)

By the way, my apologies but have to contradict you, as 'master' is waaay out of my league. The true zen masters of styrene are out there. Somewhere. ;)

Darth Pooh
Lord of the 100.5 acre weeds

Okay, I'll give it some consideration. No guarantee I'll do it though as I'm still not confident for a cutaway yet. :P

VOTE for a Cutaway :D

have to agree with beachbum there .. a cutaway would be very nice as what he already said... but again its all up to you.. :D

but you'll have my vote for it :D

kuman

Pooh.. this is a awesome build, after seeing yours, I gonna close all my hatches... :D

Thanks, Thomas. Couldn't have gotten this far without you though.

Cheers and happy modelling :)

Small update with more details for the interior.

Let's begin with the fire extinguisher. I had itchy fingers so I carved out the nozzle end. It'll never be seen once installed so I don't know why I did it but I'll know it's there. :P


Constructing the air ventilation shafts. I used 0.2mm thick plastic plate to construct the vents. The whole assembly has 13 parts. The vent hose is constructed by wrapping some black wire around a brass rod. This makes it easy to bend the 'hose' to the position I need. After constructing the hose, I took some plastic card and drilled two holes into it and CA'd one end of the hose in one of the hole. The other end of the hose I plugged into the long vent shaft. Repeat for the second hose and finish by constructing the box at the end of the hoses. The panel that is sticking out of the side wall incline is made from 0.2mm plastic plate.


Test fitting the roof with the added details. Everything seems to fit okay at this time.


Here's the interior after priming with Surfacer1000.


Another angle. Next is to apply some technicolour.


To be continued...

Thanks for viewing.

Cheers and happy modelling.

Short update.

The interior has been colourised.

The first pic is of the roof with the added aircond vents and stuff. The hand hold straps, grab bar and air filter are still missing.


Here's a shot of the interior. I used stainless steel for the deck. I will give it a wash and drybrush later. The interior looks like white but is actually very light brown. I didn't measure the paint mix but should be about 95% flat white + 5% light brown or somewhere thereabouts. Once the roof is in place, the light brown shows up nicely.


Another shot from the rear.


Dry fit with the roof in place. The light brown is light and subtle.


Another angle.


And the last one for now.


Still some work to be done on the interior i.e gloss coat, decals, wash, flat and drybrush.

Thanks for looking in.

Comments / questions welcome.

Cheers and happy modelling. :)

the seats look very nice indeed....

lovely work all round

cheers
mr b

Thanks, mr b.

Cheers :)

ooo ....la la...

cest manifique, mon ami.
we need some packets of nasi lemak in there... :lol: