US tank crew Vietnam War

vince wai · Nov 14, 2023

A small update with the M48 capola. Had been working on the Browning M2 and should be done soon.

Ned Ricks · Nov 15, 2023

Looking good!

engeee · Nov 15, 2023

Excellent! I'm really looking forward to see where this is going. I wish I'd have had a detailed helmet like yours while I was working on some figures. I ended up using the head/helmet from a 1/16 Tankercraft Vietnam Tank Crew figure that I found on eBay. Carved out the face and replaced them with other options...lol... Anyways, they're still in progress but I've attached a few pictures.

Again, great work and I look forward to seeing your model finished!

Steve
[email protected]

Ned Ricks · Nov 15, 2023

Nice look, Engeee!

vince wai · Nov 15, 2023

engeee said:
Excellent! I'm really looking forward to see where this is going. I wish I'd have had a detailed helmet like yours while I was working on some figures. I ended up using the head/helmet from a 1/16 Tankercraft Vietnam Tank Crew figure that I found on eBay. Carved out the face and replaced them with other options...lol... Anyways, they're still in progress but I've attached a few pictures.

Again, great work and I look forward to seeing your model finished!

Steve
[email protected]

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Thanks Steve, your models are great work as well.

Horacio Alcantara · Nov 16, 2023

engeee said:
Excellent! I'm really looking forward to see where this is going. I wish I'd have had a detailed helmet like yours while I was working on some figures. I ended up using the head/helmet from a 1/16 Tankercraft Vietnam Tank Crew figure that I found on eBay. Carved out the face and replaced them with other options...lol... Anyways, they're still in progress but I've attached a few pictures.

Again, great work and I look forward to seeing your model finished!

Steve
[email protected]

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Excellent work!!

Horacio Alcantara · Nov 16, 2023

vince wai said:
View attachment 479936 A small update with the M48 capola. Had been working on the Browning M2 and should be done soon.

very good!! Blender?

Nap · Nov 17, 2023

Hi Vince

So many angles , turns and lines to deal with on the cupola, you did a great result on the helmet so looking forward to seeing more

Have fun

Nap

vince wai · Nov 18, 2023

Horacio Alcantara said:
very good!! Blender?

Yes, it done with Blender

Ned Ricks · Nov 19, 2023

Amazing likeness. Does the hatch have the rather feeble rubber pad supposed to protect the tank commanders head? (It does not do so, I can say)

I am in awe of what can be done these days, and you do it well.
NR

vince wai · Nov 19, 2023

Ned Ricks said:
Amazing likeness. Does the hatch have the rather feeble rubber pad supposed to protect the tank commanders head? (It does not do so, I can say)

I am in awe of what can be done these days, and you do it well.
NR

The only reference that I can find is from a model someone made, seems there's no rubber padding. However, there should s indent area that I need to remodel with the inner surface. Thanks for raising the question and made me look into the matter again.

vince wai · Nov 19, 2023

Hi,
Got some progress, attached are some images of the M2 Browning 0.5 Cal. Still working on some of the details, it's really addictive.

Horacio Alcantara · Nov 20, 2023

very good M2 Browning

vince wai · Nov 20, 2023

Horacio Alcantara said:
very good M2 Browning

Thanks, now I can add the Browning to the capola and move on to prepare the pose of the figure.

Nap · Nov 21, 2023

Hi Vince

Good updates on both cupola and the Browning looks great

Amazing what can be achieved

Looking forward to seeing more

Happy sculpting

Nap

vince wai · Nov 21, 2023

Nap said:
Amazing what can be achieved

Nap

Thanks, it's a chance for me to learn the process by actually doing the modelling ( not the catwalk ).

vince wai · Nov 21, 2023

Some more images of the M2 Browning

vince wai · Nov 24, 2023

M2 Browning added to capola

vince wai · Nov 25, 2023

This is the initial base pose put together with the MG and capola, further refinement of the uniform and figure details will follow

vince wai · Dec 10, 2023

Hi all,
Attached are some "work in progress" pictures of the M1955 body armor. Haven't work on the body yet, so the arms and pants are just for position reference only
vince