Hi all I decided to start a new thread due to the last being a question.
I want to dedicate this build to my Mother who passed this June 10th with a 4 month battle with cancer, she wolud have been 79 on the 23rd of June. She started me in thie hobby by buying my first kit at age 7, an airplane with glue all over it, and she helped me build it. when we spoke she always asked what I was building. She will be missed.....

After sorting the parts into plastic divider bins and reading the plans I am ready to start:
Here are the major parts:



a nice well ade set of instructions


6 boxes of sorted boxes


missile bay and 1/2 of the missile



well detailed cab


roof parts
and

a lot of PE
The firststeps are the missle bay and the cab.
More later
Jim

Nice pics Jim.

And sorry for your loss. I lost my mother 3 1/2 years ago and I miss her interest in my hobby too. She was a big supporter of my modeling. She was only 53 when she passed though...1 year fight with Ovarian cancer. Anyone ever wants a cause to donate too, Ovarian cancer research, or the Ronald McDonald house, are two very good ones.

Back on topic, just how big, in real measurements, is the missile? Looks big enough to drill the bottom out and put a Estes rocket in for a real launch! Just like the SA-4 missiles!

Thanks Jacques, I agree on the donations, but I may add any non profit that is doing reserch to stop this terriable illness.

The missile is just over 8 inches with a diameter of 1 inch, smaller than a scud.


I have the launch rail in and had to make pins to hold the upper ram in place and will trim when glue is dry. for what I can see I will be able to show the kit with the missile up or down so far all is moveable




I am still looking for pictures of the missle just before launch to see if there were any cable bus hooked to it, I got a good walk around yesterday but the missile was displayed on its side.
more later
Jim

I know how you feel, lost my mom last year, also to cancer, I know this is going to be a splendid model, you'll be putting in so much more then glue and paint!

one thing my mom learned me, is never to stop living, cause life is too short .


Tha Pit

I'll be watching this build. Miniman Factory kits are beautiful! I bought the two CUCV kits

- also, sounds like your mother was very supportive of your hobby, very cool. I mean that sincerely

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Did not get much done today had DR appt. but I did get the warhead protector in the launch bay 1/2 done . Have to make hindges on sid then ready for paint




excuse the tape only way to keep toghter right now. Tomorrow will be better day nothing to do so its me and the dog
Jim

Hi all a couple of new pictures today, had to pait the cab abd launch bay before adding all the seats and such.


also put the missile toghter except the control fins, they will go on last
more later
Jim

Got a little build time in, the drivers seat was a small kit in its self:






and here is a picture to juge size of launcher:



more later working on cab, lots of detail painting...
jJim

another update:


cut out for missle bay




and then my dreaded foe the mighty razor blad stops my fun for the day, note to self keep finger out of way when cutting out resin parts

Jim

good work so-far, Teaker11




uh...yeah

Go Jim Go! Please keep your blood to yourself though....

It was ment as a warnyng to other modelers, get in a hurry and don't pay attention, cost me a day of modeling to while it heals. I am going to buy a first aid kit to keep in the drawer so I don't have to bleed all over the house finding bandaids where my wife hides them , This isn't the first time and I am suure others have had my misfortion, one time I had a exacto knife roll off the table with a scaple blade on it and it stuck in my leg, duh will be back on it tomorrow gave me time to read the plans and look at parts'
Jim

Nice work, Jim!

Bloodykitmaker!!!

I hear you Jim. I was modeling while I was waiting to hear how one of my mothers surgeries went, was tense, and should not have been modeling. I ended up slicing a x-acto deep into my ring finger with resultant nerve damage. I super-glued it together though...worked like a charm!

Looking at the pictures, do the body/cab/top fit well, or are there warpage issues? I cannot tell...

Well I have a first aid kit in the top drawer, so back to work: Jacques ther has been no warpage of parts I just laid the parts on to for reference. started the axel assemblies, again another small kit, but I was short 4 2mm x 30mm axles. luckley I had some Evergreen 2 mm rod to finish the assembley. with the healing cut I am not working that fast, funny how one hurt finger will affect how you do . Pictures tomorrow
Jim

Just a quick update started axlea, again a small kit in its own, I have replaced resin bars with plastic due to I was short some and I think it was stronger.
after this is done I want to add air lines and tanks I have some good pictures to work from if you look at eariler posts:








Happy Independence Day to all that celeberate it More later

Jim

Sorry for the slow progress I have been caught up with the trial in Florida:
But I have all the axles done but one and will finish later tonight.












I have made a mold for air tanks and will cast tomorrow. Happy 4th all
Thanks
Jim

All the axles are done, 8 little kits in one, I am casting some air tanks today, thy sit behind the storage locker in centerline.so this will take a while to pipe in but I think it will look good, also looking for a driver for front seat, have a solider to stand out the hatch. More later'











Jim

Got my airtanks casted this afternoon, need to clean them up and thy go rougfully behind storage locker:




more this weekend Grandchildren in Canada (I hope I spelled that right if not sorry) so Have lots of modeling time this weekend
more later
Jim

good day all small update, havent been feeling good, may have to have Dr cut back on the pain meds. I have the air tanks in and the main airline that runs the lenghth of the Missel launcher. I am wating on a denist turbine and drill handel and bore bits, so I will have a small right angle drill with water to keep the dust down while drilling. I am also running into a problem makeing the connecting rods for the stering wheels:

here is one of the pictures I got earlier:
here are the air lines and tanks:



more later
Jim
Thought I add pics of small drill, I asked my denest if he had an old one and he gave me this drill and a rebuild kit for it and I bought another one for .01 cents on ebay and $78 dollars for the turbine and .01 cents for 5 bits. got to love ebay some times


Jim

Just came back from hobby store to get some Tamiya paint and plastruct to make the control arms and the pait rack was almost empty. Only had one color of what I needed, Posted on the glass cabnet was a letter from Tamiya, shot story is they have to relable the paint, and I hope not refomulat the paint to comply with the EPA in Califorina, same thing happend with Mr color paints.
The Nanny state strikes again

Well, if you Californians would stop eating the paint maybe they would let you play with the big-boy formulas!

(I do not care if they reformulate the paint so long as it WORKS. They can make it out of lettuce and carrots for all I care so long as it WORKS.)

back on topic, nice work so far. Do you think it is worth the $285 at this point? Still planning on getting it, just at a later date since I order my 2S3's from our friend Pawel.

I put the paint in my cerial, I had to drive to San Diago just to get my glue, Weldon #3 But to answer your question , yes this kit is wort the cost. I also sent money to Pavel. The only thing is detailing the stearing and adding brake lines, but I think I figured it out
Jim

Well, there's your problem!

Glad to hear you think it is worth it. It will stay high on my list then.

I am waiting to see how the missile goes together. It looked good in pieces, but sometimes it gets a bit tricky getting those "tubes" of missiles to line up properly.

The rocket tubes were keyed so they went toghter good, I am waiting for a second rocket to put on truck. The good people at miniman factory were going to send me one, but I anm waiting on the cost of shipping. I had all toghter and painted, I was going to hit it with black wash and I had cleanedmy airbrush and hit it full force so needless to say I need to re paint. let it dry tonight and repaint it tomorrow



and I misse a couple of spots with the green paint. and the rocket is pinned into the launch rails so I have to be carefull moveing it
also here is on shot of rocket laying at rest

Oh well will fix my mistake and move forward, also dry fitted the body and everythin aligned real well
Jim