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Academy M3 Grant, here goes nothing...
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Posted: Wednesday, April 03, 2013 - 04:40 PM UTC
One side of tracks is complete. Most of the rest is cleaned up, but not assembled.
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Posted: Wednesday, April 03, 2013 - 11:15 PM UTC
Looks good Jess! Let me know how it works out by painting the tracks on the sprue. I didnt use any glue on the Panda tracks I used on Cobra King. I had to handle them carefully, but they worked great like that and allowed them to be fully workable.
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Posted: Wednesday, April 03, 2013 - 11:21 PM UTC

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Looks good Jess! Let me know how it works out by painting the tracks on the sprue. I didnt use any glue on the Panda tracks I used on Cobra King. I had to handle them carefully, but they worked great like that and allowed them to be fully workable.


On the first run, it's working great. In fact, I think the paint is helping to keep the tracks even tighter [without glue], as I haven't had ANY links slip off on me, even when I was trying to thread the run of tracks over the return rollers and through the sand shields.

That said, I will have to go back and touch up the paint, so maybe it's not saving me much time. We'll see.
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Posted: Thursday, April 04, 2013 - 02:21 AM UTC
Outstanding Jesse!!! You have done a crackin job on this Bad Boy! Man, the stowage is excellent buddy. My rating...10/10! Well done Jesse.

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Posted: Thursday, April 04, 2013 - 02:52 AM UTC

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Outstanding Jesse!!! You have done a crackin job on this Bad Boy! Man, the stowage is excellent buddy. My rating...10/10! Well done Jesse.

Gary


Thanks Gary! Blame yourself for that stowage painting. I really liked how you did the stowage on your Staghound. You can also blame yourself for my using lacquer thinner to thin Tamiya paints.
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Posted: Thursday, April 04, 2013 - 03:23 AM UTC

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Outstanding Jesse!!! You have done a crackin job on this Bad Boy! Man, the stowage is excellent buddy. My rating...10/10! Well done Jesse.

Gary


Thanks Gary! Blame yourself for that stowage painting. I really liked how you did the stowage on your Staghound. You can also blame yourself for my using lacquer thinner to thin Tamiya paints.



Lil ole me? Guilty as charged....i reckon. Well all i know for sure is you nailed it buddy!

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Posted: Thursday, April 04, 2013 - 07:32 AM UTC
Great progress, Jesse! Can't wait for the tracks and final weathering. The best part is I'll be able to see this one "in the flesh" in Atlanta.
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Posted: Thursday, April 04, 2013 - 07:33 AM UTC

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Great progress, Jesse! Can't wait for the tracks and final weathering. The best part is I'll be able to see this one "in the flesh" in Atlanta.


Glad you like it Bob. It will definitely be at the show in a couple weeks.
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Posted: Friday, April 05, 2013 - 12:37 AM UTC
Both runs built. They need paint tonight. Maybe some weathering too depending on what time I can get to the bench.
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Posted: Sunday, April 21, 2013 - 04:38 AM UTC
Hey Jesse,

Great to see this beauty in person yesterday at the AMPS Nationals, and Congrats on the Gold Medal and "Best Commonwealth" Awards.

You da Man! :-D

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Posted: Sunday, April 21, 2013 - 12:31 PM UTC
Jesse,
Much congratulation on your will deserved award and Best Commomwealth subject at the Atlanta AMPS show. It was really great to see the ol Battleaxe in person. Outstanding work!!
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Posted: Sunday, April 21, 2013 - 01:07 PM UTC
Terry, Eric,

Good seeing you guys at the show. Thanks. I'm really honored that the Grant took home Best Commonwealth. It was up against some very nice pieces.

I'll be posting some photos, hopefully later tonight of the finished project. The last couple weeks before the show were such a rush that I didn't really photograph much.
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Posted: Sunday, April 21, 2013 - 01:15 PM UTC
And correction... it'll be at least Wednesday since my SD card in my camera went kaput just now... grumble.
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Posted: Monday, April 22, 2013 - 08:54 AM UTC
Jesse, Congrats on your well deserved awards.

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Posted: Monday, April 22, 2013 - 09:16 AM UTC
Congratulations, Jesse. All your awards are well deserved. Once I saw your Grant on display, there was never any doubt in my mind. Another one of your builds that reaches up, grabs you by the neck, and screams "look at me". Looking forward to more of your work.

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Posted: Tuesday, April 23, 2013 - 03:07 AM UTC
Joel, Tom,

Thanks guys!


Tom, you'll see the beginnings of the Grant's sister at the next meeting if you can make it.
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Posted: Tuesday, April 23, 2013 - 02:58 PM UTC
Amazon got my new SD card to me a day early...

So here we go... a ton of pictures of the 'finished' project. For those who weren't there, this took home a gold medal and "Best Commonwealth" at the 2013 AMPS National Convention this past weekend.



















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Posted: Tuesday, April 23, 2013 - 05:56 PM UTC
A well deserved gold. I'm building the Egyptian version. Why is the axe marking grouped with "battleaxe", on one side and not the other?
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Posted: Tuesday, April 23, 2013 - 09:45 PM UTC
A well deserved Gold, Sir!
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Posted: Wednesday, April 24, 2013 - 07:43 AM UTC
Hi Jesse,

Fine work, congrats. The figures set it off nicely, enjoyed the build and you have an excellent model there.

Cheers

Al
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Posted: Wednesday, April 24, 2013 - 02:00 PM UTC

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A well deserved gold. I'm building the Egyptian version. Why is the axe marking grouped with "battleaxe", on one side and not the other?


There's only 2 known photos of Battleaxe, so the right side is per the photographs, and the left side is left up to some artistic interpretation.
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Posted: Wednesday, April 24, 2013 - 02:01 PM UTC

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A well deserved Gold, Sir!


Thanks Stefan!
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Posted: Wednesday, April 24, 2013 - 02:02 PM UTC

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Hi Jesse,

Fine work, congrats. The figures set it off nicely, enjoyed the build and you have an excellent model there.

Cheers

Al


Thanks Al! Glad you could follow along, and have to say that you set the bar pretty high with your Grant build.
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Posted: Wednesday, April 24, 2013 - 02:20 PM UTC
Oh....

and how about a teaser of what's to come?






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Posted: Wednesday, April 24, 2013 - 02:26 PM UTC
Are those side hatches blocked off so you won't be tempted to do another interior? :-D
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