1:6th HISS WIP
- Thread starter Keenan
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Awesome!...the detail in between the treads is looking really good...
Only thing I think you shoulda done differently (as shoulda Hasbro) is make the tread base wider...it seems so top heavy like a minivan..so easily tipped over...plus a wider stance would just look better IMHO
Only thing I think you shoulda done differently (as shoulda Hasbro) is make the tread base wider...it seems so top heavy like a minivan..so easily tipped over...plus a wider stance would just look better IMHO
I finally found someone to upsize the stock sticker sheet too. (In vinyl.) So that should really help pull off the V1 look.
Last update for today: added the cooling fins, or whatever they're suppose to be (always thought the engine was in back of the driver.)
Yep. Took me just over an hour to add those fins to both (watched an episode of The Walking Dead to keep me occupied.)
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Some more micro progress. Got some more of the cockpit interior done. And used expanding foam to fill the fenders.
Here's a look at the pair....
Here's a look at the pair....
Got a good bit of work done today....
Also, I'm still looking for a good, clean, copy of the V1 HISS stickers.
Thanks!
Also, I'm still looking for a good, clean, copy of the V1 HISS stickers.
Thanks!
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Eddie would offer to do a lot more than that
*waits for Eddie to log on and verify this*
Stop derailing this thread d!cks!
*selfish butthurt request*
Looking good Keenan...if I had kept the unused stickers from hiss custom, I'd send them your way...sorry
*selfish butthurt request*
Looking good Keenan...if I had kept the unused stickers from hiss custom, I'd send them your way...sorry
I don't mind the chatter- adds character the the thread. =)
And thanks. Wish you had a set still.
Got the front end 95%....
And thanks. Wish you had a set still.
Got the front end 95%....
I was about to hinge the canopy, but I'm not sure black is the right color. Maybe silver? Or leave it? Or some other color?
Not too much black now? The only issue with the red is that it would have to be brushed on.
Here's what someone suggested on another board....
Is it smoked plexi or just solid black plastic? If there's no clear to it at all, frost it with blue and gray. Just a single spray to tint it but keeping the black as the main color. Hit it with some satin krylon then a frosting of gloss clear. You should have a decent simulated canopy that has a look like it's clear but with heavy tinting.
Here's what someone suggested on another board....
Is it smoked plexi or just solid black plastic? If there's no clear to it at all, frost it with blue and gray. Just a single spray to tint it but keeping the black as the main color. Hit it with some satin krylon then a frosting of gloss clear. You should have a decent simulated canopy that has a look like it's clear but with heavy tinting.
That's looking soooo cool...more and more HISSy every day...
I kinda like the all black look...maybe if you make the body a very very dark, almost black, it'll pop more?...plus if you look at flat black military vehicles in real life, they have a more faded black look anyway just from natural weathering...
Speaking of, do you have plans to add any kind of weathering or battle damage?
I kinda like the all black look...maybe if you make the body a very very dark, almost black, it'll pop more?...plus if you look at flat black military vehicles in real life, they have a more faded black look anyway just from natural weathering...
Speaking of, do you have plans to add any kind of weathering or battle damage?
Thanks, man. No battle damage, but weathering for sure. I want to dirty up those-non rotating- tracks.
Interior....
Interior....
Here's a look at the decal sizing (printed on paper as a sample)...
And a look at the back- bottom section....
With the gun remounted....
And a look at the back- bottom section....
With the gun remounted....
Wow!!!!!!!!!
Man, do I have ideas for this custom!
Am thinking along the lines of a logo, with a certain web$ite in mind getting "crushed underneath the treads of this tank."
Haha, yeah, I am a little bitter.
Sue me!
Man, do I have ideas for this custom!
Am thinking along the lines of a logo, with a certain web$ite in mind getting "crushed underneath the treads of this tank."
Haha, yeah, I am a little bitter.
Sue me!