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Posted: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 - 12:23 PM UTC
That looks great. The barrel adds a lot of nice detail along with all that PE! It makes some really nice details stand out and adds to the realism of the model. Good work!

Thanks for sharing and looking forward to the next update
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Posted: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 - 09:40 PM UTC

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Nice update. This kit is really something it seems. Make we want to start mine

That AM barrel is indeed way ahead of the original one and will add tremendously to the overall look of the beast. Speaking of barrel, aren't the two tube on the side panels replacement barrels? If so I would suggest to drill them at both end.



Thanks Richard,
the two tubes on the side plates are spare barrels, I have been debating about drilling out the ends, but then I also thought they may have had protective caps on each end to prevent muck getting into the clean new barrels so what to do....
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Posted: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 - 11:21 PM UTC

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That looks great. The barrel adds a lot of nice detail along with all that PE! It makes some really nice details stand out and adds to the realism of the model. Good work!

Thanks for sharing and looking forward to the next update



Thanks Jesper, the barrel and pe does make a big difference to the kit, I should get some more work done over the next day or so.
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Posted: Thursday, February 08, 2007 - 05:03 AM UTC
I'm watching this one with interest since I've got the same kit in the stash waiting it's day of destiny. You've done well with it so far mark.
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Posted: Thursday, February 08, 2007 - 05:52 AM UTC

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I'm watching this one with interest since I've got the same kit in the stash waiting it's day of destiny. You've done well with it so far mark.



Cheers for that Bill, it means a lot, having been doing the same with a lot of your recent builds, I hope I do half as good a job as I've seen you turn out.
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Posted: Thursday, February 15, 2007 - 04:08 AM UTC
Moving along with the gun and mount, the pe set replaces the over thick foot pedals as seen here, much more realistic....



Also in this session I added the inner splinter shield which again is from the pe set...



A small handle is also added to toe back of the shell feed tray..



Closing up that nights work with a shot of the two still seperate assemblies...

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Posted: Thursday, February 15, 2007 - 04:34 AM UTC
Continuing on with the gun mount, now onto the other side, where the spent shell cases go through, again these two parts are over thick in plastic and are replaced with etched parts, the shell basket and the guide tray first needing the grooves indentin with a ballpoint pen then the fairly complicated folds were done...



and another closer shot....



Next up was the sight assembly, this is made up of four seperate parts, after a small amount of cleanup of mould seams it was ready for installation..



Also added at this time were the twin seats for the two operators, one controling elevation the other azimuth along with the associated wheels.

The following night it was time to build the spent shell collection basket, made out of five plastic parts and a further five pieces of etched mesh it tried my patience a little, getting the tiny locating pips to match up with their location holes, but through taking things slow it came together in the end...



Once it had dried it was time to apply the mesh panels one at a time...



The four flat sides were on pretty easily, the hardest one to put on being the large front one, its made up of several different angles and took a few minutes to get it on squarely to my satisfaction...



Also done at this time was the box that holds the ready ammo clips, this is assemble from five seperate parts which went together very easily needing very little in the way of clean-up.



At this point I was debatiing whether to leave off the basket until after painting or not, after a few moments of test-fitting to see how feasable this was I decided to attach it now, it would have proved too difficult in my opinion to mount later.







With that the gun mount itself was complete, all that remained was the gun shield, now this was the single thing that scared me the most as almost the whole thing is pe with only a few minor parts used from the Tamiya kit itself.
The work on the shield will be the next update...
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Posted: Thursday, February 15, 2007 - 04:41 AM UTC
Ok, on with the shield, the mail body of which is made from two parts, one for the majority and a smaller piece to fill in part of the complicated group of angles and bends on the real thing.



Now this really challenged my sanity, getting the folds and seperate parts to line up and stay in place while I CA'd was a torture, its still not quite perfect yet but with a few more hours work should improve matters from what you see here..



And the reverse side...



Well thats where I am up to now, any comments or feedback is welcome, feel free to spot anything that I might have overlooked.

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Posted: Thursday, February 15, 2007 - 11:01 AM UTC
I'm liking it. I hope mine turns out half as good when I eventually get around to it.
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Posted: Thursday, February 15, 2007 - 05:16 PM UTC
nice progress!!
good luck

koen
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Posted: Thursday, February 15, 2007 - 05:51 PM UTC
Wow, incredible work.
Iv'e been watching this for a while and I'm getting more and more impressed every time I have a look, your PE work is top notch. I'm hoping to use an Eduard PE set on a Tamiya Sherman I recently aquired and this is convincing me that it's the way to go!

Keep up the good work,

James
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Posted: Thursday, February 15, 2007 - 09:18 PM UTC

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I'm liking it. I hope mine turns out half as good when I eventually get around to it.


Cheers Pave.
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Posted: Thursday, February 15, 2007 - 09:19 PM UTC

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nice progress!!
good luck

koen


Thanks for your support Koen.
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Posted: Thursday, February 15, 2007 - 09:26 PM UTC

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Wow, incredible work.
Iv'e been watching this for a while and I'm getting more and more impressed every time I have a look, your PE work is top notch. I'm hoping to use an Eduard PE set on a Tamiya Sherman I recently aquired and this is convincing me that it's the way to go!

Keep up the good work,

James


Thanks James, I am actually quite pleased with how its going, consideriing I haven't done any building for the last 8 years and this is the first project after the lay off and my first major use of pe ever, the only problem is now I seem to be hooked on the stuff and have bought quite a few more sets for other kits in the stash too...
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Posted: Thursday, February 15, 2007 - 09:47 PM UTC

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Thanks James, I am actually quite pleased with how its going, consideriing I haven't done any building for the last 8 years and this is the first project after the lay off and my first major use of pe ever, the only problem is now I seem to be hooked on the stuff and have bought quite a few more sets for other kits in the stash too...


lol Mark,

I think thats the way it goes, once you've tried it, you can't go back!

James
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Posted: Friday, February 16, 2007 - 04:17 AM UTC

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Thanks James, I am actually quite pleased with how its going, consideriing I haven't done any building for the last 8 years and this is the first project after the lay off and my first major use of pe ever, the only problem is now I seem to be hooked on the stuff and have bought quite a few more sets for other kits in the stash too...


lol Mark,

I think thats the way it goes, once you've tried it, you can't go back!

James


Thanks James and your right, I am infected now with PE-itis, theres no hope for me anymore! :-)
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Posted: Friday, February 16, 2007 - 05:11 PM UTC
Your build is awesome. I really enjoyed my Mobelwagen. It almost fell together by itself
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Posted: Friday, February 16, 2007 - 05:26 PM UTC

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Your build is awesome. I really enjoyed my Mobelwagen. It almost fell together by itself


Thanks Arpad, it is a very easy to build kit.
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Posted: Friday, February 16, 2007 - 07:19 PM UTC
Sipping on my favorite tea and browsing through the pics of your bestie Mark, that's the way to spend a Saturday afternoon Great job! It's getting nastier and nastier with every piece of PE you add.

Are you going to give it an overall priming? If so, don't forget to shoot some photos when it's all painted in one color! I just love how models look at this stage of construction :-)

Cheers mate!
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Posted: Saturday, February 17, 2007 - 12:56 AM UTC

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Sipping on my favorite tea and browsing through the pics of your bestie Mark, that's the way to spend a Saturday afternoon Great job! It's getting nastier and nastier with every piece of PE you add.

Are you going to give it an overall priming? If so, don't forget to shoot some photos when it's all painted in one color! I just love how models look at this stage of construction :-)

Cheers mate!


Thanks Mikolaj, yes, it will get an all over coat of primer before hitting the Dark Yellow..
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Posted: Saturday, February 17, 2007 - 10:26 AM UTC
The spent shell catch basket looks very nice, you're making some good progress on this one mark.
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Posted: Sunday, February 18, 2007 - 01:49 AM UTC

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The spent shell catch basket looks very nice, you're making some good progress on this one mark.


Thanks Bill, I am quite pleased how its going so far, its gonna get scary soon tho, be time to actually paint it!
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Posted: Sunday, February 18, 2007 - 10:43 PM UTC

Awesome PE work, Mark. The patience your exibiting is just as incredible as the project you're working on. Kudos, Brother! Ya make it look pretty easy.
Can't wait to see it under paint.

Cuhail
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Posted: Sunday, February 18, 2007 - 11:04 PM UTC
Great progress and the quality is there I must say.

That PE gunshield seems quite a *blip* to fold. All those angles and nnok and crannies(sp?). Did the use of CA glue seems enough to keep it together or would soldering it be the best option?


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Posted: Monday, February 19, 2007 - 04:51 AM UTC

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Awesome PE work, Mark. The patience your exibiting is just as incredible as the project you're working on. Kudos, Brother! Ya make it look pretty easy.
Can't wait to see it under paint.

Cuhail


Cheers Brother Murphy, coming from you that is high praise, have been admiring some of your work only the other day.
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