How to make the 1/6 scale FV107 Scimitar
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ส.ค. 2021
- I finished my 1/6 scale FV107 Scimitar this spring, and finally, the how to-video is done. Hopefully, this can inspire some people out there and show that you don't need a big money bag to get a 1/6 scale tank to drive with.
About the model:
FV107 Scimitar
Lengt: 800 mm
Weight: 19 kg
Materials: hull made from plywood with 3D-printed turret and details. Tracks, drive wheels, road wheels, road wheel arms and tensioner wheel are all made from PLA+ and printed om ny trusty (4500 hours and counting) FlashForge Finder.
Suspension: Homemade springs from 2 mm piano wire.
Motors: Two 12 V electric screwdrivers (550 motors) with planetary gearbox left untouched. Set to drill-mode. 15 Nm of torque.
ESC: Two Hobbywing 80A Quickrun speed controllers.
Sound: Sense Dual Plus sound module. - ยานยนต์และพาหนะ
I would love to get my hands on those 3D files
same its a pain desining tracks
You building scale tanks is one of the best series on YT I came across. Great work, as always. Can't wait to see the next one!
That's very kind of you, thanks a lot! 🙏
Brought a pure pure smile to my face. Thank you. Haven't been so happy with a model (built by me myself or by any others) for a long time.
Thanks a lot and thanks for watching! 🙏🙏🙏
Fantastic work. One of my favourite modern Vehicles brought to life in 1/6.
Thank you! 🙏
I like the idea of the mixed method building
Right. thanks a lot for the tips. It has helped me a lot.
Absolutely amazing work.
Thanks! 🙏
Love all your builds. Specially like that you are using common materials for your build as well as the 3D printer! Thanks for sharing
Thanks a lot man! 🤘🤘🤘
Beautiful work ! I grew up not far from where these were manufactured at Alvis on Holyhead Rd in Coventry
That's so cool, thanks a lot!
Amazing attention to detail and love the hybrid method of 3D and scratch building with so many different materials.
Thanks a lot for watching! I'm a big fan of using different methods, it would not be as fun ro build without some of the more hand crafted stuff. 😊
Hello Wikanders. Very well done! Nice mixture of conventional craftsmenship and modern CAM. Amazing level of details in this scale! Amazingly realistic appearance while driving.
Hey, man! Thank you very much for those kind words! 🙏
Thank you very much for the answers you have given me. It has helped me a lot in building my first tank. I've made several pieces and printed in 3d. I've watched your videos several times. Congratulations for the excellent work. Really good.
That's awesome to hear, thanks s lot. If you record or take pictures of your project, don't forget to show me!
Congratulations on this project! You are the best! 👍
Thanks!
@@builtbyWikander 👍👍👍
Amazing build and detail.
Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏
That is true craftsmanship drove these in the army and the model is spot on .
Oh, that's so cool! Love it when guys who actually worked on them writes a line or two! And thank you! 🙏
@@builtbyWikander they were fast as hell ,60mph till the army decided to change from petrol to diesel engines
Just found your videos,,,WOW your an awesome designer/builder!!! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks a lot, that's very kind of you! 🤗🤗🤗
I watched because of the Scimitar, but I was totally astounded by your craftsmanship. Incredible work 👏
That's so kind of you, thank you!
Fantastic work 🏆
Thanks a lot!
Wonderful job. So nice to see something other than the usual WW2 offerings, and so well done, too. Playing back the ‘running’ portion of the video at .5 speed really helps to convince the viewer that the vehicle is actually real.
Thanks, man! You're absolutely right, that's a nice trick. 👍
In a single word, "Amazing" build!!!
Thanks a lot! 🙌🙌🙌
I have been watching your builds in series and it's fascinating to see how you are evolving and refining the designs of things like drive, suspension and idle mechanisms from vehicle to vehicle. A great series of videos with interesting modelling subjects - it's good to see something other than the usual German cats (says the man with 1/8th and 1/6th Panthers!) . Thanks for sharing.
Awesome, man, thanks a lot. 🙏 Yeah, I love the odd and quirky ones. 😊
Amazing! Such high quality!
Thanks a lot! 🙏
You are a master model builder. You have mad skills. Wow!
Thanks a lot!
fantastic modal mate i used to drive/gun/command these back in the day when they where powered by the Jaguar 4.2 six cylinder petrol engine..
That's so cool, it's so nice to hear from people that worked with the real deal. 👍
It is beautiful!! Well done!
Thank you! 🙏
Fantastic work. As an apprentice toolmaker I was involved in making those mesh exhaust shrouds for the real thing many years ago. Watching you make them made me smile. Cheers
That's awesome, thanks a lot for watching!
Incredible work, bravo
Thanks!
Very nicely done sir.
Thanks!
Wow loved every second of this film what a awesome replica of the real thing I thought I was back in the army then looking at it . Thanks for sharing 👍
That's so cool to hear, man! Thanks a lot!
Another amazing job
Thank you!
wow!! will you ever consider making a set of plans and 3D files for sale? I would definitely buy one.
Well, the plans are mostly a detailed drawing of the tank enlarged to the scale he decides to build, the rest is hard scratch building with a mix of 3D Printed parts. Yes, it would be great to be able to purchase the 3DP files if you were going to build the same scale tank. But scratch building is an art in it self if one has never done this type of work.
i have tried searching for detailed plans of the tanks and cannot find any does anyone know of any site i can find them please
Wow, amazing craftsmanship. So glad TH-cam suggested this!!!! Subbed for sure!
That's awesome, thank you so much! 🙏
Fantastic that, personally I would of went with older looking warm yellow lights.
Your a top modeler
Thanks a lot! Yeah, I know what you mean! It's older vehicle than it looks. 🙂
Another beautiful job!
Thank you! 🙏
Man they just keep getting better and better. Well done. Very cool
Thank you! 🙏
Noway you have done an amazing job. You should be so proud of what you have done. I look forward to watching what you do next. Keep up the great work 👍
Thank you! 🙏 There will be more within short!
Thanks for the video .Great job
Thank you!
Seu trabalho é incrível, parabéns, vou fazer um
Thank you, and good luck with your project!
Very beautiful work. My regiment used these vehicles and I would love to have one for display
Thanks a lot, man. If I ever produce more Scimitars, I'll let you know.
Perfect, simply perfect
Thank you!
wow an Incredible model fantastic
Thank you! 🙏
@@builtbyWikander Your a very talented fella
The coolest thing I've seen in weeks.
Thanks, man!
Just perfect my friend I’m hooked 👍👍
Great, thanks a lot and welcome! 🙏🤘
OK thank you. I'm starting the FV107 project, but a little smaller than yours. Congratulations for the excellent work.
Cool! Thank you and best of luck with your build!
I was a gunner in a scimitar in the 90s and my call sign was 21 second troop Sargents vehicle brought back a couple of members
Cool man, nice to hear from those who have worked with the real deal!
well done sir
Thabks a lot! 🙏
WOOOW OH MY GO AMAZING !!!
I know this is an older video but wow! Great work! I want to build a Bradley Fighting Vehicle like this. Not even an RC model. Just a static model
Thank you! I hope this gives you some inspiration! The Bradley would be awesome in 1/6 scale. 😊 Plenty of room for rc electronics!
It's very fun and educational to view the construction and build videos. You're very talented and appreciate it that these are shared with us. I would like to build a 1:6 Jagdpanther and was wondering if it would be possible to purchase the 3D road wheels from you. Thanks for your consideration.
Great model.....good job man.....!
Thank you!
Fantástico un hermoso trabajo.
Thank you!
IT's AMAZING
Thank you! 😊
Son... That is a very fine piece of scratch build if I ever saw on!... Congrats!... Great vid and Great mastercraft!... Best wishes and greets from Pensacola, FL, US...
Thank you so much! 🙏
awesome !
Thank you! 🙏
Amazing work again!! At 1/6 scale you can really feel the weight of the tank at speed on the suspension, it's just beautiful! Very nice job on the design of all the parts!..
Agreed, it's a very nice scale! Thank you very much! 🤘🤘🤘
@@builtbyWikander sir can you provide the 3d plans for your projects?.... I don't mind buying them as well.... Also.... I would love to see you making a 1:6 scale of fv 215b
@@adityabhattacharya4044 The 215B is certainly odd enough to be interesting, but the to do-list is long as it is. 😊 Regarding the 3D-files, I'm not planning on sharing them as for now, sorry.
This video deserved massive amount of likes!!!!
😁 Thank you, keeping my thumbs!
very nice
Thanks!
Vackert! Looks so easy...
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You have golden hands 👋👋👋
Thanks. 😊
It is actually interesting how you 3D print easily manufacturable parts (wheels - plywood, turning machine and some rivets/bolts) and manually make complicated ones.
Well, they are not easy to make for me, since I don't have a turning machine.
@@builtbyWikander Then this explains a lot.
I'm late to the show but..............DAMN, that is cool as hell, Great design and fantastic build.
Thanks a lot! 🙏
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Feliz 2022 cuidate
Thank you! 🙏
Thank you in advance for your responses
No problems!
For months TH-cam has done nothing but recommend crap and videos I have seen. Then suddenly...a diamond in the rough!
Awesome, thank you for watching!
Superbe travail ;)
Thanks!
love it
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@@builtbyWikander 1989 - 1994 I was a scimitar (rarden 30 mm) gunner in the Belgian army
Great job. I drove the real ones during my time in the Belgian Army.
That's so cool, pretty fast vehicles?
@@builtbyWikander the speed is 80 to 90 kilometers per hour. And that is realy fast on tracks. The engine is a Jaguar 4.2 litres petrol.
This is so cool!!!! :D
Thabk you! 🙌
Insane !
Thank you!
@@builtbyWikander no way ! Thanks You for sharing these ludricis content. The amount of hours and the logística put it behind these it's enormus. Thanks You budy :D keep it up :)
@@ElAmazingGaston 🙏🙏🙏 I will, more will come!
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OK thank you.
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Thank you! 🙏
I love that your using high tensile bolts! Must be costly 😀
Not so long ago you could buy the spartan (very similar design) and with an addition to your driving licence drive them on the road. Used a Jaguar 4.2 straight six XJ engine.
Hi! The bolts are galvanized steel, very cheap to buy.
I guessed so. Its amazing that standards bolts now are rated too 800mpa and 80% elongation.
SUPER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you!
Hi mate your work is amazing keep up with it woth a skill form CMC.
Thank you!
if it’s possible i would love to see the m24 chaffe in a future video. I really love seeing the vehicles being built.
Hi! Thank you! The Chaffee is a good size to build, but is it quirky enough? 🤔
@@builtbyWikander something interesting to pull off would be the object 279 also known as the Stalin moon rover.
the 279 has a very interesting desing
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such a nice slick model, big fan of the CVRT series, but then i have worked with them from time to time, some great detail, some slightly incorrect, but i'm being picky, you can be forgiven as i know the effect you are after, the engine and gearbox covers are louvre in style, something i always look for, i remember some years back a chap who created the artwork for the Revelle model taking photos of our Scorpion and noting he had done the louvre the wrong way round, but it always takes those who know every inch of a vehicle to notice - when like me, you have spent hours sanding and restoring vehicles you tend to notice a lot more - Leopards tend to be a favourite of mine, and my latest is the later variant of the Kodiak AEV3, do i set you the challenge haha
That's so cool, man, I love hearing from people who have worked with them! Yeah, I know some parts are a bit off, but as you say, sometimes you're after an impression or a look and a bit of artistic freedom can't really hurt. 😊 I would love to make a Leo 2! Been thinking of a Centurion ARV, but we do have the Kodiaks here in Sweden to - Ingenjörbandvagn 120. 🙂 We'll just have to see!
@@builtbyWikander i know there is another model on YT of the Kodiak as an earlier variant - its not bad as it happens - it spurred me on to looking for a plastic kit and eventually i found one, a 1:35 scale made by BorDer, its ok, but does have a lot of errors that i had to over come, but to be honest i would love to build a bigger model of it, its such an awesome engineers tool
Have you considered using a filament for the tracks that matches the final look? maybe a black, brown or rust color would look good I think. The light grey is ok but I feel like if a different option is equally cheap its worth the try and may look better
I did some weathering of the tracks a few years ago to, as you say, make them a bit rusty and worn. Just haven't got around to do it again. I think that a good thing with gray tracks is that if you paint then rusty, they paint gets worn and the brighter grey shines through, as metal does on a real vehicle.
@@builtbyWikander that is a good point you make about the wear
Nice
Thank you!
great work . What are you building next .Your Modells are very, very good
Thank you! Several projects on the bench, but a Swedish Strv 105 (Centurion) is up next. Check out @builtbywikander on Instagram for more!
ok, thank you.
Love these videos! Ever considered mounting soft airgun parts to shoot from the gun?
Thank you! 🙏 Absolutely, I have a mechanism laying here somewhere. 😊
Unbelive toy and build, you are a genius. Maybe you can do, the Terminator tank, from the movie
Einfach mega
You are the one.
Have you ever thought about taking a crack at scratch building amphibious tanks like the Japanese Ka-Mi and Ka-Chi? They're certainly unique in appearance and might be an interesting task to chip away at!
Cool tanks, definitely quirky enough to be interesting!
Hey there, first of all I just wanted ant to say that what you’re doing is absolutely amazing and I’m enjoying every second of your videos!
I just couldn’t help but notice some artefacts on the print at 9:57 which I’m guessing were caused by Low wall count and infill to save some print time. You might already know this but since your friend printed them I’ll say it anyways if it can help, you can print the walls before the infill (usually a check mark in the slicer) and they should disappear saving you some sanding time! (On the other hand, overhangs might look a bit worse):)
Hi! Thanks a lot for watching and for the very kind words! Yeah, I think you are right - I'm not sure how many layers my friend used, but I'm guessing not more than 2. I'm not seeing this appear on parts with 3 layers or more. Anyway, huge thanks for the tip, it will definitely come in handy in the future!
Very nice job
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Thank you!
Outstanding. I used to drive and maintain the Spartan derivate so lovely to see a scratch built CVR(T). Side note I can still taste the water that comes from those water cans🤮
Haha, that's awesome! I think it's a really cool vehicle and it seems so fun to drive. Thank you for sharing experience from the real thing!
@@builtbyWikander they were fantastic fun to drive, downhill on a good day you could just about reach 60mph
I'm building the AFV Club 1/32 scale Scimitar at the moment..............I'll get my coat!
😄😄😄 Aweseome, dude, good luck!
Good afternoon Eric. how did you open the cannon lid? did you use an actuator? where there is a yellow plate written "danger..."
Hi! It's a small 9g servo with a metal rod that opens and close it when I flick a switch on the radio. 🙂
Salute you sir' CV90 scorpion light tank, we are using this (real thing) with cockeril 90mm turret
Cool! Awesome vehicle!
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Hello friend, thank you in advance for all the tips you have been giving me. As I don't understand painting, I would like to know why you paint everything gray before the final painting? Is this gray paint a regular paint?
Hi, no problem! The gray paint is either the aluminum primer that is needed to prime aluminium before painting, so that the paint sticks and don't flake, or it's spray putty that I use to give the 3d-printed surfaces a smoother look. It also works as a foundation so that the real paint looks the same on all places of the model when it is applied.
Another amazing build! May I ask how you get the dimensions of the tanks you make?
Thank you! I find the measurement and blueprints on the internet and scale them to the right size. If something is extra tricky, I buy a 1/35 model as reference.
Beautiful job very realistic i love your job in this great tank.congrats.
Have you plans for the sale?
I like building this.
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Thanks a lot! 🙏 As for now, I'm only building for my own sake, not really for selling anything.
Hey , Wikander amazing video!!! could I ask what equipment you use to create RC models?!!? Im saving up for a Cross-RC MC8 and seeking to add a Toyan Four-cylinder Four-stroke Water Cooling Nitro Model Engine FS-L400 to make it a hybrid and was wondering what equipment model engineers like yourself need inside you garage? Thanks!
Hi, thanks so much for watching! The tools and machines I use are pretty basic - mainly what you see in the video: a small table band saw, a pillar-drill and a small table sander. The sander is probably the most important of all tools, since it allows me to make 90 degree corners and sides. The table band saw is mostly used for cutting things roughly. I then sand the pieces to the right size with the sander. I could do with a real circular table saw, but I don't have the space. 🙂 Aside from that, it's basically hand tools - screw drivers, hammers, rulers, etc. The number one tool to make my models, however, is the 3D-printer. Best of luck with your build, it sounds like a really awesome project! 👌
I used to operate one of these back in the 90s while serving in 1st BN RGJ, brought back some great memories thank you . Your craftsmanship and attention to detail is amazing.
Do you have any plan to sell the STL files.
Hi and thank you for the kind words! It's so cool when people that has worked with them get in touch. It's harder to hear from some one with hands on experience of ww2-stuff. 😊 Right now, I'm not selling any files... I think I need to adjust them a bit if someone is going to pay for them.
@@builtbyWikander well I'd be keen to get my printer up and running when your STL files are ready !!