Haunted Tank.. the Jigsaw Tank,, w JEB Stuart, Arch, Rick, Slim... ( WIP, updated 10/16 DONE !!)

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lol.. there were a few stories where the Haunted Tank was para-dropped in the action.. close.. but no wings..lol

Para-dropping a tank?? Filed with helium first?!?!

lol.. there were a few stories where the Haunted Tank was para-dropped in the action.. close.. but no wings..lol

here's some pics of the recent work......:550:0]

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and if you think there is not enough road wheels here,, remember she will have some steal wheels to..:550:0]

a little pre-shading..:550:0]

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What's going on in here? I see no wings, or propellers...

Good Job on the rails!

Upper and lower hulls mated tonight,, and painted the rubber road wheels.... added some tools to the hull and turret... preshaded the hull, and painted some of the inerior,,, pics soon !

Got more work done tonight... worked on JEB's MG mount.. and I think it's coming along nice..

here ya go... first I drilled out some holes to mount the wire ringt.:550:0]

here are the 2 rings for the mount.. I made them from copper wire, wrapped around a paint bottle to get the roundness correct.. then I soldered them together.:550:0]

[here are the risers... super glued in..:550:0]

here it is ..with the lower ring attache.. the hatch still opens and closes..:550:0]

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now.. the upper ring... :550:0]

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[i just quickly glued together the figure from the Walker kit ,, to mock up JEB, and see how he looks with the MG..:550:0]

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this MG mount/ ring is one of those items from the Jigsaw tank that is a memory stuck in my head.. It is used alot in the comic, although not all the time.. But again.  a feature that is prominant in "MY" version... hope you enjoy and it brings back some memories..

WOW!  That weld bead looks like crap.    

IT'S PERFECT!

got some errands to run tonight after work, and auto repairs when I get home.. Hoping to be back at the bench by dark-thirty tonight.. and finish up the 20mm mount,,, and start on JEB's 50cal mount..

Thanks guys.. ! I think I'm going to smooth out the weld bead more..

and Herc, ya.. the ball turret for 20mm really brought out the "classic" Jigsaw tank in my mind,,, I know it changed alot from issue to issue.. but that big round bulge with the 20mm poking out.. I always thought was cool...

I think you are making some great progress. I love that ball turret and think it fits right in on this frankentank!

Not easy work scratching. I admire your determination.

did some more work tonight. added the weld bead,, not entirely happy with it.. but I'm not done yet either..Got the PE engine grills done.. had to modify them to fit as I cut the hull deck, and shortened it earlier in the build.. also the PE is for a Dragon kit , not the Tamiya I'm working with.. so.. scratch building is the name of the game..[:550:0]

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still working on these grillls,more touch up.. putty..etc..

I'm still working on it... sprayed the primer on to see what I looked like.. I smeared Testors putty cut with Tamiya cement.. stippled it .. I may add the weld bead yet...

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this looks pretty sweet!

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ah. .got some more work done today.. in between fire calls.. training.. and EMS calls.. and some yard work..

Glued the 20 mm bulge to the hull.. and worked up a way to mount the 20 mm...And worked on some more PE on the engine grills..

Well done gun cover!! 

Progressing nicely, I like the new molded bulge !

Keep it coming P-38.

Happy to see it back on your workbench!  Good process on the bulge... it looks pretty challenging.

well. got the 20mm assembled.. heat smashed a new hull bulge for the 20 mm.. scrounged the spares box for a mount for the cannon... and here' what I got now..:550:0]

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[candle at the reAdy to warm up the plastic stock.. then I pulled it down over the screwdriver to make the bulge.:550:0]

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took the dremel to the original Tamiya MG mount,,,:550:0]

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Welll at the bench tonight, dug out the Haunted Tank to get back at it,,,  pondering painting the hull, Russian green first,, then US OD green on top,,

assembling the 20mm Oerlikon cannon for the hull MG mount now...

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Uncle Jeb wants you!

Did the TV just go to grey bars?

Well ...fellas.. stay tuned...

Oh man, this is a sweet build. My Dad gave me a bunch of his old GI Combat, Weird War, and Unknown Soldier comics when I was a kid and I would reread them all the time. It's been a long time since I've read them now, but I particularly remember a story where the crew destroys a German trap in a canyon, where the Germans had a destroyed looking tank with a working turret but gave themselves away because the Jeb saw their breath rising (it was winter). I always thought that would be a sweet diorama to build, if I ever get into dioramas one day. I was just in a comic store a few weeks ago and found some back issues of GI Combat and was thinking how cool it would be to build a Haunted Tank. I was even telling my friend about the series while we were in the store, lol. I'm looking forward to more updates on this project!

I know the feeling. Add in yard work, now that the weather has improved.

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Okay, enough tie, back to the bench.

 

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Dang mobile phone spellcheck. 

So.. hopefully.. some progress soon !