Post by Papercraft Warrior on Oct 8, 2017 2:35:20 GMT -9
The Onager soldiered on, but after the liberation of the western city hubs, the track assemblies that served well on the snow steppes enacted a heavy toil upon the roads of the motherland. The military required a new type of vehicle, the one which could keep the troops in supply when away from the railroad, but not destroy the local roads.
To the chagrin of the engineers, the supreme command requested it be easy and cheap to produce using the underutilized civilian infrastructure, and limited the materials to non strategic ones. Atleast the timeline for the proposal and the first prototype was generous, a whole two weeks...
After great amount of sweat and tears, they had something to showcase to the men in power. The "new" army supply vehicle looked a lot like the two centuries old civilian truck model, just without the luxuries as heated cabin, small bed in the back or a utility microwave.
As luck would have it, the steel plates lost structural integrity under the freezing snow onslaught, and when they brought prototype inside the hangar, the steel bent. All of it in the sight of commission personnel. If the army was not in urgent need of the new vehicle, they would all be sent to the firing squad.
That fate eludes them... for now.
The model took a long time from the first cut to the last glue tab. I started it in January, and than the life got in the way. Few days ago I glued the top cover of the back of the truck (the white part over which the cargo module goes). The cargo module just stands atop, I did not glue it, this way I can replace it with some other at a later time.
The model showcases what happenes when you have hot and moist weather, combined with sweaty palms. Top it with 60gms paper, watery paper glue, cheap grayscale printing and... voila.
The paper is bent most places, the paint flaked off as well. Not something I would be comfortable gifting someone, but not bad atop of shelf, hidden behind nicer looking models. The reddish hue on the images is courtesy of my phone, the model is military gray as the 6x6 APV and the Onager before it.
All the issues encountered have nothing to do with Christopher (the designer), the model schematics are great, and with better weather and materials it would turn out superb.
If someone wants to give it a try, if you are using thin paper as I am (60gsm), be careful when assembling the cabin, it is a flimsy thing if your paper bends easy, especially if using the watery paper glue. Make sure the parts are dry before gluing them again. better spread it over few days, than to have it deformed. If you are using gluegun and thicker paper, than no worries.
All in all, it was a pleasure to build. When I get more free time, I will try to assemble the 15mm one.
To the chagrin of the engineers, the supreme command requested it be easy and cheap to produce using the underutilized civilian infrastructure, and limited the materials to non strategic ones. Atleast the timeline for the proposal and the first prototype was generous, a whole two weeks...
After great amount of sweat and tears, they had something to showcase to the men in power. The "new" army supply vehicle looked a lot like the two centuries old civilian truck model, just without the luxuries as heated cabin, small bed in the back or a utility microwave.
As luck would have it, the steel plates lost structural integrity under the freezing snow onslaught, and when they brought prototype inside the hangar, the steel bent. All of it in the sight of commission personnel. If the army was not in urgent need of the new vehicle, they would all be sent to the firing squad.
That fate eludes them... for now.
The model took a long time from the first cut to the last glue tab. I started it in January, and than the life got in the way. Few days ago I glued the top cover of the back of the truck (the white part over which the cargo module goes). The cargo module just stands atop, I did not glue it, this way I can replace it with some other at a later time.
The model showcases what happenes when you have hot and moist weather, combined with sweaty palms. Top it with 60gms paper, watery paper glue, cheap grayscale printing and... voila.
The paper is bent most places, the paint flaked off as well. Not something I would be comfortable gifting someone, but not bad atop of shelf, hidden behind nicer looking models. The reddish hue on the images is courtesy of my phone, the model is military gray as the 6x6 APV and the Onager before it.
All the issues encountered have nothing to do with Christopher (the designer), the model schematics are great, and with better weather and materials it would turn out superb.
If someone wants to give it a try, if you are using thin paper as I am (60gsm), be careful when assembling the cabin, it is a flimsy thing if your paper bends easy, especially if using the watery paper glue. Make sure the parts are dry before gluing them again. better spread it over few days, than to have it deformed. If you are using gluegun and thicker paper, than no worries.
All in all, it was a pleasure to build. When I get more free time, I will try to assemble the 15mm one.