Paint-it-Pink

 

After fettling the previous day's application of Kneadite and Milliput. this time with more Milliput, and less blue in the Kneadite mix, this is where I've managed to get to.

You can see clearly see the difference in size between my early SJG model and my facsimile of Martian Metals Ogre. 

With the help of Keith Falk's pictures, I have captured both the shape and size of the original casting. Or at least as close as I can replicate, given the donor model I started with.

And a pic from above.

 

And finally, a three-quarters view for good measure, and I hope you've enjoyed this series of pictures. 

The finish still looks pretty rough, but besides the filing and sanding to buff out all the imperfections, I've still got to fabricate new cylindrical missile launchers.

So, there's still a bunch more to do. More in due course. 

I've been fortunate to have been sent some pictures by Keith Falk of his classic Martian Metals Version one Ogre, and furthermore, graced with calipers to show me the salient measurements. This made me reassess my progress, and consider what I wanted to do.

I drew up a side elevation drawing, and compared the measurements on my model to those of Keith's. Thus armed I mixed a some more Kneadite and Milliput to add to my model. Here's it is sitting on my workbench curing.

 

I'll let it harden overnight, and start work on it again tomorrow.

Note: I've retitled this post as I'm not making a Huscarl, but rather trying to capture the quirky charm of the original Martian Metals version 1 of the Ogre Mk 5. 

I abandoned this conversion about ten years ago. I wasn't happy with the shape of the nose, as it didn't replicate the iconic Martian Metals Mk5 Ogre. Over the recent break I played a couple of games of Ogre Objective 218.

Afterwards, I found myself invigorated to have another go at finishing my conversion/rebuild.

During the intervening ten years I have acquired a few more reference pictures, see above. I started by using my new Dremel accessory bits to carve away metal, which can be seen in the first picture. I also realized I'd misinterpreted how the track bogies were meant to sit, which I will correct during this build.

Even If I can't reshape the Ral Partha casting perfectly, I want to get as close as I can to making the model symmetrical. The next step was to rebuild the nose.

Now I'll let that harden overnight, and work on it again tomorrow. 

That's all for now. Happy New Year to everyone.

Catch you on the bounce.