Friday, June 8, 2018

Stuart Bunker

OK, what is this?  We have all see the German WWII bunkers with Panther or Panzer tank turrets. This is a US Stuart Tank Turret on a makeshift concrete bunker.

I had the leftover Takom MAUS V1 turret shell for the first prototype. Looked a lot like a concrete bunker. It didn't take much effort to find and fit some Tamiya tank parts to fill the opening.



Next it was about making it look feasible, so I scratch built a top hatch with some other spare parts. I think that ladder was a part from SPACE 1999 Eagle.  Anyway, you get the idea. Just leftovers.



After it was painted and weathered, I imbedded it into some sculptamold and covered with groundwork fluff. Not too bad for a quick fun build.

Vince B 6-8-18

1 comment:

Phil said...

Most impressive and realistic job, bunker and ground!