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Post by Soap on Dec 27, 2012 16:34:43 GMT -5
I was contemplating getting the extra armour sides from forge world for my chimeras, but at ten quid a pop I would be lashing out 80 quid! So I'm thinking that's a little over the top. So I was wondering what everyone else does for extra armour upgrades.
I was thinking about looking for a hard plastic netting, but don't know where I would locate that. Unless I was to just cut out diamonds out of plasti card, but then again that's a lot of holes to cut!
What's everyone else's view?
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Post by BG. Foster on Dec 27, 2012 16:44:30 GMT -5
£1 shop, they have plastic grate covers that should do the job.
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Post by Soap on Dec 27, 2012 17:34:34 GMT -5
Your not just a pritty face  |
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Post by BG. Foster on Dec 27, 2012 17:37:25 GMT -5
If you'd seen my face you wouldn't be saying that, lol.
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Post by vegna on Dec 27, 2012 18:56:25 GMT -5
would just get some plasti-card and cut out some little pannels to add to it.
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Post by hendrik on Dec 28, 2012 3:27:49 GMT -5
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Post by Soap on Dec 28, 2012 4:02:33 GMT -5
Thanks all for your suggestions, but I'm going to pay a trip to the pound shop,and see what the grate covers are like. If they are suitable, ill be cutting them so they don't stick out like the forge world ones do, but so they will be in line with the bit that already sticks out on the cast.
Or maybe I will just be too lazy and not bother lol!
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Post by Soap on Dec 29, 2012 9:47:13 GMT -5
Well iv got some metal grate stuff. 7 quid from b&q. I got two sheets, but the woman only scanned one sheet so two for one! :-)
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Post by Soap on Dec 29, 2012 15:25:31 GMT -5
Well, this is the idea. It's not attached to balanced on a piece of plastic and rested against the edge of the chimera.  Thoughts and ideas please :-) |
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Post by scotti88 on Dec 29, 2012 15:30:49 GMT -5
I think it could work! It's just how will the paint sit on the mesh
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Post by BG. Foster on Dec 29, 2012 15:32:46 GMT -5
Can't help but thing there are too many holes for it to work as armour.
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Post by scotti88 on Dec 29, 2012 15:35:19 GMT -5
It would against large projectiles such as a missile
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Post by Soap on Dec 29, 2012 16:38:43 GMT -5
I think I'm going to have to spray it a couple of times and just make it looked used. The trick will be mounting it to the vehicle.
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Post by BG. Foster on Dec 29, 2012 16:55:54 GMT -5
Magnets
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Post by sapperq21 on Dec 29, 2012 17:21:38 GMT -5
the mesh works, but id make some plastic card cut outs and then glue the mesh on it.
if you look at pics from tanks in WW2 (mainly german and russian) they did use mesh looking armor, but it wasnt to provide extra amor, but keep magnetic mines from taking out treads. so either one works!
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Post by wulfric on Dec 29, 2012 17:54:42 GMT -5
Looks like the mesh schurzen playing the Germans used in ww2 to cause an early detonation in AP shells. I would try to make it look like smaller plates, maybe 1/4 the current size, and I'd give them a frame, but otherwise it looks good.
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Post by sapperq21 on Dec 29, 2012 17:56:34 GMT -5
dosent even have to be metal mesh, you could use a old window screen to get the samller holes effect
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Post by Soap on Dec 29, 2012 19:50:40 GMT -5
I think I'm going to make a frame out of plasticard so it doesn't look so simple. I might get time to work on this tomorrow night.
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Post by vegna on Dec 29, 2012 20:01:16 GMT -5
They still use mesh like armours, seen Tanks in Afghan with it. Think part of the idea is stuff like RPGs will detonate on it taking the force away from the armour plate.
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Post by sapperq21 on Dec 29, 2012 21:16:12 GMT -5
also our RG-33 MRAPS and buffs use a RPG cage.
theres countless was to make extra amour and now that i saw this im thinking of trying out an idea or two myself
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Post by Soap on Dec 30, 2012 3:01:54 GMT -5
Come on! Share and share alike ;-)
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Post by sapperq21 on Dec 30, 2012 11:45:26 GMT -5
this is one i did a long time ago
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Post by sapperq21 on Dec 30, 2012 11:45:57 GMT -5
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Post by Soap on Dec 30, 2012 13:00:04 GMT -5
Ah cool. I'm intrested as to what your other ideas are...
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Post by sapperq21 on Dec 30, 2012 13:21:45 GMT -5
well you could try using some plastic card and green stuff, cut out and make a frame around the sides of the tank, and make a bunch of green stuff sand bags and put em along the frame
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