Hobby Fan M667/M752 Lance Launcher,4/24/10 COMPLETE!!

Nice to see this one's getting some bench time Mike, nice work on the tracks, very nice!

Bill - Thanks.....I am rounding the clubhouse turn on this one. Hoping to finish it up this weekend.....and hoping nothing else gets in the way!!

The Ferule's are well known for the German tracks The T130 tracks from them are fantastic...IMO. The time I saved cleaning up, assembling, painting and weathering styrene.....I can assemble and weather these with Blacken it and have plenty of time to leftover to work on other parts of the model. In that instance, the value of my time FAR outweighs the extra cost.

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Man-o-man there Mike, lookin' just fantastic! Like mentioned prev, those lights are killer and well... just adds to the beauty of the rest of the beast. Hoping to see it finished up shortly.

Awesome job on this one as well!

  Well this Germaholic would like to make a comment and that would be Freak-en Sweet there Mike! From the real wood benches to the extra work that you put into the missile and everything in between that's just an awesome piece of work!

You know what would be a great companion piece for this guy , a Chaparral.Those were our primary AD system back in the day.

My name is Steve and I'm a Germaholic.

Kevin - Thanks, I love the MV headlights, they have depth and pop the look. Yep, into washes and weathing, hope to finish soon.

Steve - Thanks.....ahhh..the M730.....its on the shelf for sometime in the future....but you know....so many models so little time.

My name is Mike...I'm OD

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I finally had some time to finish up this build. The entire chassis was given two was coats of MIG Grey for Light Green wash. This was to try to get the “chaulky” effect the MERDOC paints always seemed to have.

I then pin washed the details with MIG Dark wash. Finally a mix of MIG Dried mud and Industrial debris was laid on with a Turponoid wash.  After it was dry, the excess was dusted off.  Finally, in and around the exhaust, the pipe was dusted with MIG Light Rust and inside with Smoke pigment.

Here is a closer shot showing the completed front with straps on the tools

Here is a closer shot with the launch cable running out of the vehicle and off a safe distance!!

Here is a close view of the cables inside the vehicle. Both cables are painted solder. The cable to the launcher, the tie downs were done with thin lead strip.

Here is a close up rear view. The bottom of the missile has a scratch made nozzle cover. Made with .020 and .010 sheet styrene cut into circles

Well that’s another one off to the motor pool. Now it is time to clean up the bench and get ready for my next build, the M50 Ontos.  

As always, all comments are welcome and thanks for stopping by.

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EOM!!!

This is awesome, Redleg, very cool build, I missed it until I saw the "completed"tag.  I am going back right now and checking out this build, those headlight clusters look very cool, and the missile looks pretty menacing.

Bill

Bill - Thanks...everyone loves the headlights. Thats why I love using the MV headlights...it gives such a realistic look.

As for the missile....thanks also....this was a staple at Ft Sill in my day (back when we trained on catapults!!)

Thanks again

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Awesome Mike! Two thumbs up and a pat on the back for completing this... wonderfully executed... just gorgous!

I think that you should move to Massachusetts!

Congratulations on this one Man!

Looks awesome Mike.  I love the MERDC camo.  The missile came out great too.  Another winner.  Great job.

Looks like a winner to me Redleg!

Brian

Excellent work on this one Mike! Enjoyed watching it all come together and can't wait to see what you do with the "Thing"!

Kevin – Thanks….move to Mass….I wish we were closer…lived for a period in CT….the wife loves New England….but for now, I have to stay where the $$$ are.  At some point we will meet again.

Thanks

Gino – Thanks….MERDOC is my camo!!! Ahhhh..the good old days

Brian – Thanks

Bill – Thanks…..spent Sun with my after build cleaning of the bench area ….the bench is clean, the floor vacuumed , all is prepared for the thing to move to the bench !!

Thanks guys

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  Mike another spectacular finish. With all the predominately WWII armor (guilty) you definitely keep it interesting around here.

  Got to get me some of those MV lenses.

Awesome job Mike!!

I've been itchin' to do a Lance.  I just can't get past the cost!

Again, awesome job!

Steve - I guess I am the Monty Python

of the armor forum!!!...Glad to keep something different in this mess!!

Thanks

Slusher - All I can say is....ebay.....at some time you will get a deal!!  My stash is made from a vultures nest on top of ebay...!!!

Thanks for stopping by and for the comments!!

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I just joined the site and found this forum, I was in the Lance system for 10 years at Ft. Sill and Germany in two different units. This brings back old and good memories. I have the Launcher and the LZL of this kit and this has made me get the fever to start them and try and do as well as the individual who just completed this one. A great job and I can’t wait to continue on mine. I have tons of pics and manuals of this subject from when I was in. There is even a complete LZL one in a Albuquerque NM museum

Les

Great looking build Mike, that big missile on the back makes it look just mean!!

P51f4f - Well welcome fellow Redleg. I am glad you enjoyed it and happy that it has inspired you to get back building. Thanks for taking the time to comment. If you want, click on the Redleg-2-scale below. Once you are in my website you can also see the Lance big brother Pershing....another one of my builds.

As I said thanks for stopping by and for the comments. Good luck on your build and if you have any questions on mine feel free to PM or email through my site

Jester - Nice of you to stop by this oldie. Thanks for the comments!!

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Heya Mike, I shure wouldn't want to be near the blast area when this baby goes for a ride...

 beautiful work man, and I enjoy youir ' redleg 2 scale ' site.... very well done!

tread   aka william carls ... its all very confusing

Bill - thanks for the comments on the web site....it was a labor of fun with my daughter's help. I will have some updates soon!!

Yep.....nice wiener roaster!!

PS....there is never any confusion with a good friend like you!!

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Woowwww!!! .... a really impressive work here!

I love the shinny look of the missile, the detailing of the vehicle ... the subtle weathering ... great!!!!!

Redleg 12

thanks for the offer, I will have find to the pic of my launch in Crete back in the day and post.

Les

Heya Mike, how you doing?

I had to read the last three pages to get caught up. Wow that baby looks awesome, and I am sure I will get to see in person some time .

Man that camo really brings back memories, fantastic painting Mike and a very nice built too.

Rob

www.scratchmod.com

Jose - Thanks for the comments and thanks for stopping in

Rob - Coming from you it is well appreciated. Actually, you missed it....it won a gold at AMPS East. I may have it at AMPS International. Thanks for the comments.....love the old 4 color camo!!

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You mean I missed it, or maybe I forgot about it, or maybe I thought it was someone elses sucks getting old.

Either way, this came out awesome MIKE. I hope to make it to Va. next year, but it's not looking good. If I do make it to the show I have to give a demo again. Hopefully we get more than an hour.

Rob

www.scratchmod.com

WOW, Mike--that is COOOOL!

I think I missed most of this thread as well until I just saw the "finished" post? This is one cool, different-looking vehicle! The detailing looks really sharp., and the paint is perfect.

Nice to see you finished this up before your busy month starts! It looks excellent!

Karl - Yep....finshed this while you were on one of your European adventures Thanks for stopping in and for the comments.....you are always welcome and I always appreciate your candor!!

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Another round of applause and a bump to the top for Redleg's newest addition to his growing "Doomsday Arsenal"

 I love those headlights too!

Let's hear it.........   pheet , pheet, pheeeeeet.......

Always such interesting and super detail on some of the more obscure subjects, but nontheless just as important. Very, very good looking work here Mike.

OK, so now what's  NEXT..........

Steve - It is always a pleasure to have the smiley face stop by. thanks for the comments....I love the MV headlights....they look great.

As for what is next....working on the T19 105mm HMC (on M3 Half track)....hope to have an update soon.

Kepp your head up.....won't be long and Santa smiley will drop onto your kitchen counter!!

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