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AFV Sd.kfz.263 WIP with crew (COMPLETED)

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  • Member since
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  • From: Central Florida
Posted by plasticjunkie on Sunday, January 31, 2021 11:05 PM

Cm82

The 8 rad could be steered front for normal turns and both front and aft for tight turns. This AFV model has a complete interior and both steering positions will be seen in the coming build steps.

The 6 rad steered from the front only. I’m planning to show mine with both front and rear tires traversed in a small vignette setting. I think this shows off the complexity of the machines’s drive train. 

 

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Posted by Floki on Sunday, January 31, 2021 10:10 PM
Got to love the 8rads! I built the Dragon 234 last year and it wasn't nearly as detailed as the AFV club
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Posted by CapnMac82 on Sunday, January 31, 2021 5:26 PM

Help an old fart out--were the 263 double-ended, driver fore and aft, like previous German recon cars?

I'm trying to remember if it was the front four wheels that steered, or just first and last?

I have this nagging memory that the 6 rad cars ditched the fore-and-aft arrangement, but I'm not certain.

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    November 2008
  • From: Central Florida
Posted by plasticjunkie on Sunday, January 31, 2021 3:38 PM

Bish

Thats a well detaile chassis. Nice work.

 

Thanks Bish. Was looking at the rims and they are like 3-4 parts each. They threw out simplicity with this one. I have the Italieri 6 wheeler and Dragon 8 wheeler in the stash. Have to compare to see if they have less parts 

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Posted by Bish on Sunday, January 31, 2021 1:22 PM

Thats a well detaile chassis. Nice work.

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Posted by plasticjunkie on Sunday, January 31, 2021 8:02 AM

A short update about my 8 wheeler. Got most of the suspension done, added another 34 parts and the floor and sides are next. 

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Posted by Bish on Tuesday, January 26, 2021 6:17 AM

Greg

That complex chassis is intriguing to say the least. Good job so far.

I hadn't heard of AFV Club. They certainly have some cool tank kits. 

 

 

They certainly produce the best 35th Sd.Kfz 251 on the market, IMHO. I am looking forward to trying a couple of their other subjects this year. In fact, all 3 armour builds i have planned for this year are AFV Club.

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On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

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Posted by plasticjunkie on Monday, January 25, 2021 6:56 PM

Greg

That complex chassis is intriguing to say the least. Good job so far.

I hadn't heard of AFV Club. They certainly have some cool tank kits. 

 

 

Hi Greg, thanks for dropping by. Yes AFV has some pretty neat armor subjects and are very well detailed. They have been around for several years.

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Posted by Greg on Monday, January 25, 2021 4:15 PM

That complex chassis is intriguing to say the least. Good job so far.

I hadn't heard of AFV Club. They certainly have some cool tank kits. 

 

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  • From: Central Florida
Posted by plasticjunkie on Monday, January 25, 2021 3:36 PM

Gamera

So cool! Love the AFV Club kits even with all the parts! 

Remember building the ancient Italeri Puma kit back in the '80s. Haven't touched one of these since then. 

 

I have that Puma kit. I bought back in the early 80s and finally started on it like 5 years ago scratch building most of the interior but very little info is out there on the Puma and the build stalled. I need to finish it.

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Posted by Gamera on Monday, January 25, 2021 11:35 AM

So cool! Love the AFV Club kits even with all the parts! 

Remember building the ancient Italeri Puma kit back in the '80s. Haven't touched one of these since then. 

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Posted by Tojo72 on Sunday, January 24, 2021 8:04 AM
Wow,this should be good,will be following

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Posted by GreySnake on Sunday, January 24, 2021 7:31 AM
Nice start, PJ. The AFV kits sure pack a lot of parts into the box. Have a couple Centurions by them and was surprised by the parts count.
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Posted by stikpusher on Saturday, January 23, 2021 10:56 PM

You're off to a great start with this! That 100 parts on what youve done so far? Crazy!

 

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Posted by Mopar Madness on Saturday, January 23, 2021 8:07 PM

This will be a good one!

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At the plate: 1/48 Airfix Bf109 & 1/35 Tamiya Famo

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Posted by Keyserj on Saturday, January 23, 2021 6:51 PM

There sure is a ton of detail packed into that chassis! I am gonna tag along on this build.

"Why don't you knock it off with them negative waves?"- Oddball

 

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  • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Posted by Bish on Saturday, January 23, 2021 12:28 PM

Nice start, following this one.

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On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

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  • From: Central Florida
Posted by plasticjunkie on Saturday, January 23, 2021 11:50 AM

 

Don’t look like much but this is where it stands after several hours of dry fitting and assembling over 100 parts so far, being extra careful to keep glue away from the working internal parts.

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AFV Sd.kfz.263 WIP with crew (COMPLETED)
Posted by plasticjunkie on Saturday, January 23, 2021 11:48 AM

Finally started on this monster. I counted 489 parts, with 55 being pe ones.  Work began with the very complex drive train. Each axle has 12 parts x 8 axles = 96 axle parts, and yes the suspension works and is steerable.

The chasis and 2 axles are done for tonight. Lots of parts

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