This model lay in a box for about 10 months. This Churchill I was bought to start a long term army-building process. The armylist that I had in mind can be found here. At the moment I am thinking about changing this list.
I ordered only 1 Churchill I because I wanted to use it as an experiment to see if I could convert it into a Churchill I OKE. I am not very good at converting stuff.
When I opened the blister I already faced the first problem, the blister was missing a hatch. A quick email to Battlefront and the problem was solved. Weeks later (I had to move away from this project because of work and other things) I noticed the biggest problem, the tracks. When I took a closer look they where bend and warped and the front of both tracks had holes in them. Badly cast. At that moment I decided to throw all parts in a box and stack it away.
That was until a few day's ago when I saw the nicely converted Churchill I OKE tanks done by Ben at his blog Breakthrough Assault
This gave me the idea to see if I could convert my Churchill even with such badly cast tracks. First I did the easy part glue the separate pieces into the turret. After that the hard work started by trying to get the tracks as straight as possible. After many hours of slogging I managed to get them a little less bend and warped. It had to do. Next I drilled a little hole in the left track almost at the front. How to convert a Churchill I to a Churchill I OKE can be found on the Battlefront website or in the Dieppe PDF briefing.
Next was to glue the tracks and hull together. With lots of glue and a few clamps I managed to do this. Now all that was left to do was to built the fuel tank, fuel pipe and flame-thrower.
The fuel tank is made out of thin cardboard (yes really), wooden sticks, plastic from a blister and Green Stuff. The fuel pipe and flame-thrower are made copper-wire. When I am going to convert the next Churchill I to a Churchill I OKE I will show with pictures what I did. But because this is a long term project it can take a while. You may always ask questions.
The end result
Painting will be done when I have all 3 of the converted Churchill I OKE and the other tanks and infantry.
Thanks for looking.
I ordered only 1 Churchill I because I wanted to use it as an experiment to see if I could convert it into a Churchill I OKE. I am not very good at converting stuff.
When I opened the blister I already faced the first problem, the blister was missing a hatch. A quick email to Battlefront and the problem was solved. Weeks later (I had to move away from this project because of work and other things) I noticed the biggest problem, the tracks. When I took a closer look they where bend and warped and the front of both tracks had holes in them. Badly cast. At that moment I decided to throw all parts in a box and stack it away.
That was until a few day's ago when I saw the nicely converted Churchill I OKE tanks done by Ben at his blog Breakthrough Assault
This gave me the idea to see if I could convert my Churchill even with such badly cast tracks. First I did the easy part glue the separate pieces into the turret. After that the hard work started by trying to get the tracks as straight as possible. After many hours of slogging I managed to get them a little less bend and warped. It had to do. Next I drilled a little hole in the left track almost at the front. How to convert a Churchill I to a Churchill I OKE can be found on the Battlefront website or in the Dieppe PDF briefing.
Next was to glue the tracks and hull together. With lots of glue and a few clamps I managed to do this. Now all that was left to do was to built the fuel tank, fuel pipe and flame-thrower.
The fuel tank is made out of thin cardboard (yes really), wooden sticks, plastic from a blister and Green Stuff. The fuel pipe and flame-thrower are made copper-wire. When I am going to convert the next Churchill I to a Churchill I OKE I will show with pictures what I did. But because this is a long term project it can take a while. You may always ask questions.
The end result
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| Top view. You can see the holes in the tracks filled with Green Stuff. |
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| Right side view. |
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| Left side view. |
Thanks for looking.
Looks good,just remember they can't assault.
ReplyDeleteLES
I know:-)
ReplyDeleteSome peoples didn't though,as they were unsrue as it isn't wrote in the pdf .
DeleteLES
It ain't written in the PDF but it is in the rulebook page 199. ;-)
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