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1/100 EFF Type 61 Tank for Gunpla Diorama - WIP

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1/100 EFF Type 61 Tank for Gunpla Diorama - WIP
Posted by dj898 on Tuesday, October 7, 2008 7:06 PM

Does anyone know or come across the 1/100 Type 61 tank build?
I'm looking for the build up to use as the reference 'coz currently having hard time to locate the references on the net...

I know 1/35 one is coming out but I'm looking for the old design as used for 1/144 B-Club resin kit.
One thing I did find was that the designs were all slightly different and none of them show full front/rear view - just quarter front view which gave enough info but lacking the rear view details...

Anyhow it seems 1/100 Type 61 is as rare as hen's teeth... - -;
anyhow I've started using the 1/72 Dragon's Challenger tank kit - wanted 1/72 Merkava Mk-III but couldn't find the kit at my local hobby shop when I went there~

here are some shots of initial work using Challenger kit.


firstly the Challenger has its the turret forward than rear like Merkava so had to chop it up in four places and rearranged them so the turret hole is now at the rear.



and worked on the side skirt. I'm based this one on the anime style Type 61, not more recent Igloo Type 61 as shown in my rather poor drawing.


the most significant feature of Type 61 would be its twin cannon unlike any of modern military tank.
to do that first I have to cut out and widen the opening at the front of the turret. And build the centre divider.
so it would be looking like this...

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Posted by dj898 on Tuesday, October 7, 2008 7:06 PM
right! this was going to the follow up of the previous WIP but I did managed to find the Revell's Merkava Mk-III kit finally. This means what work I've done with Challenger kit will be scrapped and I would start all over again using Merkava kit. _ _;


Firstly the front section of Merkava's turret is very narrow leaving no room for twin cannon. Therefore, I had to cut out the front section completely and attached shrinked Challenger turret's front section.



Also test fitted the side skirt that I made for Challenger. Luckily it fits fine with any work...


To avoid building wheels and what not from Revell kit and also I like Dragon kit's wheels better. So I decided to use the base from Challenger and top from Merkava. Obviously they were not designed to be coexisted together so usual modification was called for. Basically what I did was putting the rear as well as front lower section from Merkava and used them to hide the Challenger undercarriage.



finally I pre-assembled to see how it would look like...
and what I saw I liked it~

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Posted by dj898 on Tuesday, October 7, 2008 7:07 PM
Did side skirt in MS 08Team fashion.
It's held together using CA 'coz I'm going to pull it apart to clean up/detailing up and etc.
Think it looks not too bad in proportion to the rest of tank...
Took me about third attempt to get the size right..



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Posted by smeagol the vile on Wednesday, October 8, 2008 9:20 AM
Woh DJ, I cant belive I didnt see this earlier.  I had been wanting to do that for a long time, but scrapped it when they announced the 1/35th scale one.  Yours looks really good, is it true to 1/100?

 

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Posted by dj898 on Wednesday, October 8, 2008 7:46 PM

It's part of 1/100 diorama I'm working on.

It's based on 1/72 kit but with shrinking the hatch and 1/100 figures it shold be alright. Besides EFF Type 61 supposed tobe bigger than curret modern tank so in terms of scale it won't be too far off...

And being part of diorama you can get away with bit of sclae difference... [I hope~] ^ ^

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Posted by smeagol the vile on Thursday, October 9, 2008 7:34 AM

Just remember to watch your anime to get the size.  08Th ms team has alot of the type 61.  Especially in the beginning sequence, with infintry, to give you a GOOD size comparison!

Do this baby right, one of the FEW things the EFF got right 

 

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Posted by archangel571 on Monday, October 13, 2008 1:45 PM
ohhh... when i first read type61 i was think the JGSDF MBT Type 61...  n ...godzilla...
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Posted by Puma_Adder on Sunday, October 19, 2008 8:07 PM

that tank is gona look great when its done! I cant wait for more pics!

Some people spend their whole lives wondering if they made a difference. Gundams don't have that problem.
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