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slobberblood11 Aug 2009 6:50 a.m. PST

I'm looking to convert all these tanks to Science fiction and Warhammer tanks, are there any sites out there that show how to Kit bashing with photos?
Here's the list of the kits I just got for my birthday…
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AEF Designs 1/35th scale Resin Item # KM-12 Iraqi T-69 (With side
skirts) Update. Box Poor. Parts still in plastic

Tamiya 1/35th scale Chieftain Mk 5. Box water damaged. Kit intact and
complete.

Testors 1/35th scale Modern light weapons set. Box damaged, set
complete.

Tamiya 1/50th scale Type O Pete Float plane. Box slightly damaged. Kit
fully intact.

AEF Designs 1/35th scale T-64b update. Complete, box water damaged.

Italeri 1/35th scale Leopard 2. Box W.D'd , Incomplete. (Most of
turret and treads missing)

ESCI 1/35th scale LAV-25 Command vehicle. Intact, complete, box
completely destroyed.

Tamiya 1/35th scale Centurion 3 (Motorized, but motor badly corroded)
Box W.D'd, kit intact, partly assembled.

AMT 1/35th scale T-55. Box still wrapped in plastic, but flattened and
W.D'd

DML 1/35th scale M1A1 w/ mine plow. Box W.D'd kit partially assembled,
some resin cast upgrades in box.

Tamiya 1/35th scale M-2 Bradley. Sprues still in plastic, box slightly
damaged.

Tamiya 1/35th scale Hummer, with M 242 Bushmaster cannon. Complete,
intact, box slightly damaged.

Academy-Minicraft 1/35th scale Centurion 3. Incomplete, unassembled,
box damaged.

AEF designs 1/35th scale Merkava 3. Complete kit. Unassembled, Box
Badly damaged.

AEF designs 1/35th scale Merkava (unsure of mark) Complete kit, box
completely gone.

DML 1/35th scale T-72G/M Complete, intact, sprues still in bag. Box
damaged.

Italeri 1/35th scale U.S.M.C. LAV-25 Piranha. Partially assembled,
possibly incomplete, box damaged.

Revell ' 69 Corvette 427 Coupe. 1/25th scale. Model complete and
intact, unassembled, decals ruined. Box fair.

Italeri 1/35th scale Leopard 2 Box damaged, treads missing, otherwise
complete, intact, and unassembled.

AMT Soviet T-55 MBT 1/35th scale. Box flattened, but still wrapped in
plastic and unopened.

Academy-Minicraft Centurion 3. 1/35th scale. Turret missing, but
otherwise intact and complete. Box damaged.

Lindbergh USSR T-55 MBT. 1/35th scale. Unopened, plastic still on box,
but flat and water damaged.

AEF Designs Modern Jeep. (1950-70) 1/35th scale. Resin. Photo etched
brass. Looks complete. Box damaged. Can be made U.S., or Israeli.

AEF Designs resin Update 1/35th scale. Iraqi Applique armor for body
and turret of T-55. Box damaged. Seems complete.

AEF Designs 1/35th scale U.S. CJ-5 Jeep/ IDF CJ-5. Resin. Kit
complete. Box damaged.

120MM Resin Bust (Made in Belgium) of a U.S. General in Gulf War 1
uniform. Looks like Schwartzkopf.

DML 1/144th Scale Mig-29 and SU-27. Both intact and unbuilt. Sprues
still in plastic bags, boxes stuck together by water damage.

Academy-Minicraft 1/35th scale M-151A2 Mutt. All sprues still in
plastic, Box, decals, instructions destroyed by water.

AEF Designs 1/35th scale M-60 IDF updates. Resin. (Turret and add
ons) Box damaged.

AEF Designs 1/35th scale JS-3 Stalin Updates. Almost complete, box
damaged.
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Garand11 Aug 2009 8:30 a.m. PST

I would flog the AEF designs kits on ebay, but be careful describing quality. AEF is known for occasionally dire castings.

As for kitbashing, just use your imagination. One of the downsides though (at least for me) is that this sort of thing ends up looking just like a Chieftain with grbblies on it, and breaks suspension of disbelief. For me, I would flog everything on ebay and just buy the appropriate GW kits.

Damon.

wehrmacht11 Aug 2009 8:56 a.m. PST

Some inspiration might be found on our blog. We've been doing alot of converting and painting in turning WW2 and modern stuff into "future" stuff:

wpggamegeeks.blogspot.com

In particular, using this tag:

link

Have fun!


w.

slobberblood11 Aug 2009 9:09 a.m. PST

FANTASTIC SITE! wehrmacht, will go through and get some ideas for sure!

Frederick Supporting Member of TMP11 Aug 2009 9:18 a.m. PST

Great work – I think you just have to let your imagination go!

cloudcaptain11 Aug 2009 9:34 a.m. PST

Ideas and links here:

kerstonk.blogspot.com

Personal logo javelin98 Supporting Member of TMP11 Aug 2009 1:59 p.m. PST

Also check out the Work in Progress site. It's 40K-oriented, but you can get some great ideas there for general scratchbuilding and kitbashing techniques.

link

Personal logo javelin98 Supporting Member of TMP11 Aug 2009 3:59 p.m. PST

Also, you'd be amazed at what you can achieve with turret swaps, track skirts, reactive armor, and sci-fi greeblies (radar dishes and domes, gatling barrels, etc.). If you even just play around a bit with what you have listed there, you can probably make some easy and cool kitbashes without too much added expense.

chuck05 Fezian11 Aug 2009 5:55 p.m. PST

Wow thats one hell of a birthday haul!!!!

Chuck

Palewarrior12 Aug 2009 4:38 a.m. PST

Oversized side skirts, bigger gun barrels, exposed piping, spikes and skulls! Works for my Orks ( which one day I'll actually paint…)

slobberblood13 Aug 2009 4:17 a.m. PST

Once again TMPers rule, great sites thanks everybody!

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