{"id":1689,"date":"2005-04-01T17:25:30","date_gmt":"2005-04-02T01:25:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/?p=1689"},"modified":"2009-02-12T16:06:51","modified_gmt":"2009-02-13T00:06:51","slug":"in-progress-%c2%bb-mg-av-98-ingram-swat-diorama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/in-progress-%c2%bb-mg-av-98-ingram-swat-diorama\/","title":{"rendered":"In Progress \u00c2\u00bb MG AV-98 Ingram SWAT Diorama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"subhead\">10.28.03 \u00c2\u00bb Foo City<br \/>\nPolice Department<\/p>\n<p>Next up is my most ambitious project to date. A 1\/35<br \/>\nscale diorama consisting of an AV-98 Ingram MG, Tamiya Ford Quad<br \/>\nTractor, Dragon Navy Seal Team and some kind of tank. I haven&#8217;t<br \/>\ncompletely decided yet which one, there are sever 1\/35 scal Tamiya<br \/>\nTanks I am considering.<\/p>\n<p>The premise will be an in-progress or thwarted bank<br \/>\nrobbery where the criminals decided to use a tank to rob the Foo<br \/>\nCity Bank. This is still pretty early in the planning stages, but<br \/>\nI think the base of the dio will be 24&#8243; x 15&#8243;. It&#8217;s going<br \/>\nto be pretty large. Plus it will be on a city street so that means<br \/>\nlots of little details to make this project complete.<\/p>\n<p>As I come up with ideas for this project, I will post<br \/>\nthem to this page. I have a lot of little touches that I&#8217;d like<br \/>\nto add, but I&#8217;ll list them as I build them. What I have completed<br \/>\nso far is the decal sheet, and the color schemes for the SWAT team.<\/p>\n<p>Seeing as this will be my second diorama project,<br \/>\na lot of research will be done. I&#8217;ll need to research tank damage<br \/>\nto buildings and pavement, SWAT team tactics, and a lot about how<br \/>\nto go about building this project in general.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FCPD SWAT Color Schemes and Decals \u00c2\u00bb<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fichtenfoo.com\/images\/prog-ingram\/FFIngramLineArt.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"537\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fichtenfoo.com\/images\/prog-ingram\/FFDecals.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"182\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fichtenfoo.com\/images\/prog-ingram\/FFQuadLineArt.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"596\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ideas and Little Touches\u00c2\u00bb<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<ul>\n<li>The diorama needs trees.<\/li>\n<li>Light posts with posters<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"subhead\">11.16.03 \u00c2\u00bb Change<br \/>\nof Scenery<\/p>\n<p>I decided to go with a beach scene instead for this<br \/>\ndiorama. Building a bank from scratch plus finding all the little<br \/>\nextras to make the city look real just seemed to daunting a task<br \/>\nfor me rignt now. Plus the beach is always more fun than the city!<\/p>\n<p>This new set up will also allow for more action and<br \/>\nstill keep an equal amount of destruction as the city. Heh heh!<\/p>\n<p class=\"subhead\">11.25.03 \u00c2\u00bb Griffon<br \/>\nColors<\/p>\n<p>I recieved my MG Griffon the other day. I am using<br \/>\nthat instead of a tank now. Here is the color scheme I am going<br \/>\nwith. It will be a metallic red candy coat in a high gloss. Yum!<br \/>\nI haven&#8217;t decided on decals yet.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a civilian sports model that has been stolen<br \/>\nand taken on a dangerous joy-ride. Only to be taken down by the<br \/>\nFoo City PD SWAT Team.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fichtenfoo.com\/images\/prog-griffon\/griffon-colors.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"589\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"subhead\">11.30.03 \u00c2\u00bb Cut it<br \/>\nout!<\/p>\n<p>The Ingram is all cut out, sanded, and ready for paint.<br \/>\nSee my Griffon page for what I think of the vinyl joint covers.<br \/>\n<a href=\"02b-ingram2b.htm\">Grrrr<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fichtenfoo.com\/images\/prog-ingram\/partsPile-01.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"117\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"subhead\">12.03.2003 \u00c2\u00bb Lenses<br \/>\nand Antenna<\/p>\n<p>So far on the Ingram, aside from cutting everything<br \/>\nout, I have the lenses painted and the antenna replaced.<\/p>\n<p>For the lenses, I used a mixture of Tamiya Clear Yellow<br \/>\nand Clear Green for the Green Eyepieces and View Screen and for<br \/>\nthe lights, I used a few layers of Clear Yellow, then a layer of<br \/>\nClear Orange to really get that amber look. The yellow alone didn&#8217;t<br \/>\ncut it.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fichtenfoo.com\/images\/prog-ingram\/lenses-01.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now the main antenna on the Ingrams head is perfectly<br \/>\nfine as is. I figured that the large tubes are holding sensors and<br \/>\nsuch.<\/p>\n<p>The one on the neck however looked like crap. I was<br \/>\ngoing to replace it with wire, but the thing about wire is that<br \/>\nit is straight with no taper. I&#8217;ve seen it done on other Ingrams<br \/>\nand it didn&#8217;t look all that great to me.<\/p>\n<p>I wanted the antenna to get narrower as it got to<br \/>\nthe tip. For this I used a piece of sprue heated ever a candle then<br \/>\nstretched thin. I had enough to get a really long antenna for the<br \/>\nQuad Car as well.<\/p>\n<p>The other neck antenna was replaces with tube styrene<br \/>\nto give it a sensor look. The line around the sensor was grooved<br \/>\nout with a scribe while spinning the tube in a drill.<\/p>\n<p>The springs around the antenna are copper wire ripped<br \/>\nout from some speaker wire and wrapped around the plastic, then<br \/>\nglued into place.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fichtenfoo.com\/images\/prog-ingram\/antenna-01.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"129\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fichtenfoo.com\/images\/prog-ingram\/antenna-02.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"160\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"subhead\">12.09.2003 \u00c2\u00bb Wet<br \/>\nPaint<\/p>\n<p>The Ingram is almost done with it&#8217;s paint job. I just<br \/>\nhave to do little touch-ups here and there. Afterwards, it&#8217;s on<br \/>\nto weathering, decals, and panel lines.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fichtenfoo.com\/images\/prog-ingram\/paint-01.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"122\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fichtenfoo.com\/images\/prog-ingram\/pilot-01.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"139\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fichtenfoo.com\/images\/prog-ingram\/pilot-02.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"131\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"subhead\">11.30.03 \u00c2\u00bb Poorly<br \/>\nPlaced Seams on Legs and Arms<\/p>\n<p>First, I gotta give Bandai credit for making a kit<br \/>\nwith minimal seams. Unfortunately though, the few seams that need<br \/>\nglued and puttied are in very obvious places and require some modifications<br \/>\nto deal with.<\/p>\n<p>Right on the front of the Griffons calves is a big<br \/>\nseam. Worse yet, you&#8217;re supposed to build the internals and then<br \/>\nsnap on the two halves afterwards. What made this easy to deal with<br \/>\nwas the fact that the front armor only had to hook onto 4 pegs.<br \/>\nI cut down the pegs and the glued together calf armor slid snugly<br \/>\non. Honestly, I&#8217;m not sure why this part couldn&#8217;t have been connected<br \/>\nvia a polycap or two, but at least it was easy to fix.<\/p>\n<p>The inner forearms were the same way, but I could<br \/>\nglue them and sand them easily since I didn&#8217;t have to worry about<br \/>\npainting the internals due to their vinyl covers.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fichtenfoo.com\/images\/prog-griffon\/leg-and-arm01.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"215\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"subhead\">11.30.03 \u00c2\u00bb Vinyl Joint<br \/>\nCovers (for both Ingram and Griffon)<\/p>\n<p>What I like about the joint covers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Less painting of internals since they<br \/>\ncover them completely<\/li>\n<li>Neat-O concept and looks somewhat cool<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What I hate about the joint covers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>They hinder joint movement<\/li>\n<li>They have nasty seams that required the<br \/>\nuse of a solder iron to remove<\/li>\n<li>I need to buy a special flexible paint<br \/>\nto paint them<\/li>\n<li>Can&#8217;t sand vinylish material<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>No images yet, but I&#8217;ll get some eventually.<\/p>\n<p class=\"subhead\">11.30.03 \u00c2\u00bb Candy<br \/>\nCoat<\/p>\n<p>I had a brainstorm this morning. Normally I use Tamiya<br \/>\nchrome silver and cover it with Tamiya Clear Red for a candy coat.<br \/>\nYou know&#8230; that sports car look&#8230; red with metal underneath. I<br \/>\nused this technique on my <a href=\"02a-god.html\">God Gundam<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, I was wondering what it would look like if<br \/>\nI used Tamiya Copper instead of Chrome Silver. The only difference<br \/>\nthat I see is that the color is a little warmer, there&#8217;s more of<br \/>\na fleckie metal look and if you use a flash, you get this cool effect<br \/>\nwhere you see the copper underneath. It looks like fire! I&#8217;m not<br \/>\nsure if I&#8217;ll be doing this or not. I want to try the silver again<br \/>\nand a semi-gloss clearcoat. I don&#8217;t like the uber-gloss that it<br \/>\nhas now.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fichtenfoo.com\/images\/prog-griffon\/candyTest-01.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" width=\"170\" height=\"174\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fichtenfoo.com\/images\/prog-griffon\/candyTest-02.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"174\" \/><br \/>\n\u00c2\u00ab with flash<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fichtenfoo.com\/images\/prog-griffon\/candyTest-03.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" width=\"159\" height=\"148\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fichtenfoo.com\/images\/prog-griffon\/candyTest-04.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"148\" \/><br \/>\n\u00c2\u00ab without flash<\/p>\n<p class=\"subhead\">11.30.03 \u00c2\u00bb Damaged<br \/>\nHatch<\/p>\n<p>I want the Ingram to go &#8220;old-school&#8221; on<br \/>\nthe Griffon with a blunt object. However, I want to be able to display<br \/>\nthe Mechs without the diorama since shelf space is at a premium.<br \/>\nSo I&#8217;m not displaying a beat-up sports car mech, I made another<br \/>\nfront hatch. The original I&#8217;ll keep for displaying the mech alone.<\/p>\n<p>Okay, follow along because this is weird and painful.<br \/>\n(Yes painful&#8230; I gashed my thumb open with a wayward exacto) I<br \/>\nsaw in a magazine scan how someone had scratchbuilt parts by laying<br \/>\nwarm sheet styrene over a sculpted part to get a plastic version<br \/>\nof that part. I emulated that somewhat.<\/p>\n<p>Luckily the hatch is supposed to be beat on so it<br \/>\ndoesn&#8217;t matter if it looks perfect. I&#8217;ll be gashing it up later<br \/>\nanyway.<\/p>\n<p>The first thing I did was to make a mold of the inside<br \/>\nof the hatch with some sculpy. Afterward, I trimmed off the excess<br \/>\nand baked the sculpy.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fichtenfoo.com\/images\/prog-griffon\/hatchScratch-01.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"201\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Next I cut holes into two scrap pieces of wood and<br \/>\nscrewed them together. This is my sheet styrene holder. It has two<br \/>\nfunctions. 1: keeps fingers from being burnt. 2: holds plastic on<br \/>\nall sides. I also put the baked sculpy piece in a big screw and<br \/>\ninto my vice to hold it in place.<\/p>\n<p>I put the sheet of styrene into the holder and moved<br \/>\nit over a candle to get it melty. You&#8217;ll see the plastic begin to<br \/>\ndroop when it is ready to be put over the mold. When it was ready,<br \/>\nI pulled the hot plastic over the sculpy mold. When cool, I removed<br \/>\nit. I didn&#8217;t need any release material such as petroleum jelly which<br \/>\nwas nice. The plastic came right off.<\/p>\n<p>Next up I have puttied the hatch with Tamiya Basic<br \/>\nPutty to fill in the little panel lines. I&#8217;ll scribe new ones after<br \/>\nI smooth it out.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fichtenfoo.com\/images\/prog-griffon\/hatchScratch-02.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fichtenfoo.com\/images\/prog-griffon\/hatchScratch-03.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"139\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fichtenfoo.com\/images\/prog-griffon\/hatchScratch-04.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"155\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fichtenfoo.com\/images\/prog-griffon\/hatchScratch-05.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"111\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fichtenfoo.com\/images\/prog-griffon\/hatchScratch-07.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"173\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fichtenfoo.com\/images\/prog-griffon\/hatchScratch-06.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" width=\"143\" height=\"173\" \/><br \/>\n\u00c2\u00ab ouch!<\/p>\n<p class=\"subhead\">12.09.03 \u00c2\u00bb Hub Caps<\/p>\n<p>With the Griffon internals (at least the visible ones)<br \/>\nI used a mix of gray and silver parts to give is that customized<br \/>\nlook. One example is on the feet where you can see the discs on<br \/>\nthe sides. I gave them a hub cap look by painting them silver.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fichtenfoo.com\/images\/prog-griffon\/hubcaps-01.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"194\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"subhead\">01.12.04 \u00c2\u00bb Final Update<\/p>\n<p>Well, the Griffon is basically done. I&#8217;m just waiting<br \/>\nfor a good day to take pictures outside. Pittsburgh winters aren&#8217;t<br \/>\ntoo forgiving. I&#8217;m also still building a base for the kit. This<br \/>\nis almost a necessity as the kit is too back-heavy to stand nicely<br \/>\non its own.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fichtenfoo.com\/images\/prog-griffon\/final-base01.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"186\" \/><br \/>\n\u00c2\u00ab not done yet&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The base is a finished wood plaque with baking soda\/corn<br \/>\nstarch clay making the sand dunes. The dunes were painted with a<br \/>\ncustom mixed dark-sand color then sand-colored ballast cement was<br \/>\napplied to give it a lightening and a sandy texture. The fense was<br \/>\nmade from balsa wood stained with acrylic paint and thread. I&#8217;m<br \/>\nin the process of adding tall grass to the dunes.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fichtenfoo.com\/images\/prog-griffon\/final-fig01.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"188\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fichtenfoo.com\/images\/prog-griffon\/final-fig02.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"167\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The figure turned out pretty cool considering this<br \/>\nis the last I&#8217;ll see of it once the hatches are closed. This gave<br \/>\nme a good opportunity to experiment with white ink though. I used<br \/>\nwhite ink on the lines of the suit.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fichtenfoo.com\/images\/prog-griffon\/final-hatch01.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"193\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fichtenfoo.com\/images\/prog-griffon\/final-hatch02.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"204\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here is the scratch-built damaged hatch that I&#8217;ll<br \/>\nbe using for the final diorama.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fichtenfoo.com\/images\/prog-griffon\/final-torso01.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"165\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fichtenfoo.com\/images\/prog-griffon\/final-torso02.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"165\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I loved the shape of the torso on its own so snapped<br \/>\na few pics.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a final teaser shot before I take the final<br \/>\nphotography for it. The styrofoan blocks are keeping if from touching\/rubbing<br \/>\nthe shelf. Als to keep it from rolling off accidentily. I LOVE those<br \/>\nwings!!!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fichtenfoo.com\/images\/prog-griffon\/final-tease01.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"413\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"subhead\">11.16.03 \u00c2\u00bb Tamiya<br \/>\nQuad Tractor<\/p>\n<p>The Quad Tractor is coming along nicely. I have 75%<br \/>\nof the parts ready to be painted. The undercarriage and motor has<br \/>\nbeen built and given an initial coat of Tamiya Metallic Gray. I&#8217;ll<br \/>\nbe weathering it later.<\/p>\n<p>No pictures yet, but check back later.<\/p>\n<p class=\"subhead\">12.01.03 \u00c2\u00bb Undercarriage<\/p>\n<p>The undercarriage now has it&#8217;s first layer of weathering.<br \/>\nI used a pastel wash over the whole piece, then when it dried I<br \/>\ntook damp paper towels and wiped off the excess leaving behind a<br \/>\ngrimey looking motor and frame.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fichtenfoo.com\/images\/prog-ingram\/carFrame-01.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"94\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fichtenfoo.com\/images\/prog-ingram\/carFrame-02.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"95\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fichtenfoo.com\/images\/prog-ingram\/carFrame-03.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"203\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fichtenfoo.com\/images\/prog-ingram\/carFrame-04.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"196\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"subhead\">12.01.03 \u00c2\u00bb Lights<\/p>\n<p>I started the scratchbuilding of the police lights<br \/>\nfor the top of the Quad Tractor. I had an extra set of lights and<br \/>\nshoulders from a 1\/60 Ingram Special kit. I cut off the light holders<br \/>\nfrom the shoulders, reshaped them with a file and glued them together.<br \/>\nAfter the glue dries, it&#8217;ll be a putty and sand job.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fichtenfoo.com\/images\/prog-ingram\/carLight-01.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"195\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"subhead\">12.09.03 \u00c2\u00bb Body Work<\/p>\n<p>Since the Quad Tractor and the Ingram are the same<br \/>\ncolors, I&#8217;ve been painting them at the same time. Here is what I&#8217;ve<br \/>\ndone with the body of the truck so far. It&#8217;s hard to see the two<br \/>\ntones of blue due to the direction of the light, but the roof is<br \/>\ndarker.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fichtenfoo.com\/images\/prog-ingram\/carBody-01.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"146\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fichtenfoo.com\/images\/prog-ingram\/carBody-02.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"163\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fichtenfoo.com\/images\/prog-ingram\/carBody-03.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"122\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fichtenfoo.com\/images\/prog-ingram\/carBody-04.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"142\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fichtenfoo.com\/images\/prog-ingram\/carBody-05.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"163\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"subhead\">11.16.03 \u00c2\u00bb Dragon<br \/>\nNavy Seal Team<\/p>\n<p>For my SWAT team I decided to use the Dragon Navy<br \/>\nSeal team figure set since I could not find a SWAT team figure set<br \/>\nto save my life. At least not a reasonably priced one.<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;re pretty much done. I just need to gloss them<br \/>\nup for some decals. I have a nifty Foo City PD patch for their shoulders.<br \/>\nThen I&#8217;ll flat-coat them. I&#8217;m going to wait until I gloss coat the<br \/>\nIngram and Quad Tractor to continue with these guys to save some<br \/>\ntime.<\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t do a major step-by-step for thee guys, but<br \/>\nhere are some pictures.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fichtenfoo.com\/images\/prog-ingram\/figures-01.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"156\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fichtenfoo.com\/images\/prog-ingram\/figures-02.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"237\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fichtenfoo.com\/images\/prog-ingram\/figures-03.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"252\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"subhead\">10.29.03 \u00c2\u00bb Wooden<br \/>\nbase construction<\/p>\n<p>First up is the base for the diorama. I had some extra<br \/>\n1 x 4 wood pieces and some extra particle board and decided to turn<br \/>\nthis scrap into my base. First up I measured the outside frame making<br \/>\nit roughly 15 x 24 inches. Then I made squares from scrap 2 x 4<br \/>\nto hold the frame together and give the base for the diorama a place<br \/>\nto sit upon. I screwed everything together and gave it a coat of<br \/>\nColonial Maple stain. Tomorrow I will give it a second coat to make<br \/>\nit darker and richer. Then this weekend I&#8217;ll coat it with some Polyacrylic<br \/>\ngloss.<\/p>\n<p>The reason for the separate base is so that I can<br \/>\nconstruct the diorama (which I&#8217;m sure will be messy) without screwing<br \/>\nup the stained\/finished wood. Then when I&#8217;m done, I can just set<br \/>\nthe base into the frame and secure it with some wood glue.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fichtenfoo.com\/images\/prog-ingram\/woodbase-00.gif\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"153\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fichtenfoo.com\/images\/prog-ingram\/woodbase-01.gif\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"90\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fichtenfoo.com\/images\/prog-ingram\/woodbase-02.gif\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"90\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"subhead\">11.16.03 \u00c2\u00bb Beach wall and boardwalk.<\/p>\n<p>Here is some shots of my beach wall and boarkwalk.<br \/>\nI&#8217;m modeling my beach loosely on Virginia Beach where my wife and<br \/>\nI spent out honeymoon and several vacations. They have a concrete<br \/>\n&#8220;boardwalk&#8221; and that&#8217;s where my SWAT figures will be positioned.<br \/>\nThe Ingram battle will take place on the sand.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a shot of my base right now. The clamp is holding<br \/>\nthe wood glue together until it dries. I&#8217;ll have to stain the bare<br \/>\nspots in those 2 corners where the sand or water won&#8217;t be covering.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fichtenfoo.com\/images\/prog-ingram\/base-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n\n<!-- Facebook Like Button v1.9.6 BEGIN [http:\/\/blog.bottomlessinc.com] -->\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Ffichtenfoo.net%2Fblog%2Fin-progress-%25c2%25bb-mg-av-98-ingram-swat-diorama%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;font=trebuchet+ms\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height: 30px; align: left; margin: 2px 0px 2px 3px\"><\/iframe>\n<!-- Facebook Like Button END -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>10.28.03 \u00c2\u00bb Foo City Police Department Next up is my most ambitious project to date. A 1\/35 scale diorama consisting of an AV-98 Ingram MG, Tamiya Ford Quad Tractor, Dragon Navy Seal Team and some kind of tank. I haven&#8217;t completely decided yet which one, there are sever 1\/35 scal&#8230;<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/in-progress-%c2%bb-mg-av-98-ingram-swat-diorama\/\"><span>Continue Reading<\/span><i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,56],"tags":[77,142,72,130,708,131],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1689"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1689"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1870,"href":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1689\/revisions\/1870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}