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wastegas

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Posted: Monday, May 21, 2007 - 12:08 AM UTC

Here's my first WIP post here so be gentle. I have to appologize in advance for the crappy pics. All comments welcome.

Thanks for looking.
Ronnie

I'm psyching my self for this guy

sgtreef

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Posted: Monday, May 21, 2007 - 04:24 AM UTC

Looking good so far.

As I have the kit but working on the Tamiya one first I will watch this one closely.

Keep up the good work.

Now if those magic tracks would build themselves that would be the icing on the cake.

Nick_M

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Posted: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 - 12:47 AM UTC

Looks good so far. I'm at about the same stage. I'm trying to decide if anything under the PE needs to be prepainted. Usually I don't worry about it until after the main colors are down, this kit's a bit different.

newnikonian

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Posted: Friday, May 25, 2007 - 10:28 PM UTC

Looking Good ronnie

Like Jeff, I am also building the Tamiya kit first. Keep us updated

wastegas

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Posted: Friday, June 01, 2007 - 07:18 AM UTC

Thanks for the kind comments guys

Here's a few more progress:

See in the next update.

Ronnie

sgtreef

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Posted: Sunday, June 03, 2007 - 12:04 AM UTC

Looking good so far.

It is one heck of a kit.

I use it as an example while I build the Tamiya one.

wastegas

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Posted: Monday, June 04, 2007 - 10:18 AM UTC

And the madness begins with the tracks.

Hopefully I'm doing this right. See you guys in the next update.

Ronnie

wastegas

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Posted: Monday, June 04, 2007 - 12:55 PM UTC

Tada!

On to the turret

That was quite stressfull.

tankdstroyr

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Posted: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 - 03:54 PM UTC

Very nice work- it looks so fantastically detailed. I'm especially impressed with the non-skid material. It looks pretty close to scale. I couldn't tell but that kit includes a turned aluminum barrel right? I'm absolutely glued to this build. Now I just need to grab one of those kits...

wastegas

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Posted: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 - 08:58 PM UTC

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Very nice work- it looks so fantastically detailed. I'm especially impressed with the non-skid material. It looks pretty close to scale. I couldn't tell but that kit includes a turned aluminum barrel right? I'm absolutely glued to this build. Now I just need to grab one of those kits...

Thanks for the comments

Yes, the kit came with the turned aluminum barrel, but the plastic version had better details so I went with that one.

Hopefully I can get more progress this weekend because some kids are staying over for the summer and I'll have to stash this away

Ronnie

sgtreef

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Posted: Sunday, June 10, 2007 - 02:20 AM UTC

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Very nice work- it looks so fantastically detailed. I'm especially impressed with the non-skid material. It looks pretty close to scale. I couldn't tell but that kit includes a turned aluminum barrel right? I'm absolutely glued to this build. Now I just need to grab one of those kits...

Thanks for the comments

Yes, the kit came with the turned aluminum barrel, but the plastic version had better details so I went with that one.

Hopefully I can get more progress this weekend because some kids are staying over for the summer and I'll have to stash this away

Ronnie

Looking real good Ronnie.

Well summer in Hawaii everybody's dream

CaptainA

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Posted: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 - 07:24 AM UTC

It looks good so far. I would chunk the wheels a little. Not much, just on the inside edges where the wheels might run up on the center guides a little bit. But I like to see things beat up a little bit anyway.

sgtreef

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Posted: Monday, June 18, 2007 - 01:57 PM UTC

Any Updates to this?

Thanks

wastegas

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Posted: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 - 06:14 AM UTC

Thanks for the continued comments.

I did quite a bit on the turret but my daughter is hoarding the camera right now. I'll try to get some photos up soon.

Ronnie

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Posted: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 - 10:02 AM UTC

Ronnie,

I hope it's not too late, but any way to get some close-up's of the track "build?" I'm curious how the various pieces of the Magic-Track "connect," if you know what I mean.

Thanks!

Mike

wastegas

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Posted: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 - 11:49 AM UTC

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Ronnie,

I hope it's not too late, but any way to get some close-up's of the track "build?" I'm curious how the various pieces of the Magic-Track "connect," if you know what I mean.

Thanks!

Mike

Hi Mike,

I'm not at home but the track links just clicks into place. I connected a few at a time and put liquid glue where they meet, waited a few minutes so it will still be flexible to work with.

If your building this, I suggest you not glue the top part of the bottom hull yet and do the tracks first. It will be easier to position the tracks w/ the sprockets without anything in the way. I had to struggle with mines because the fenders were in the way.

Laterz,
Ronnie

wastegas

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Posted: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 - 03:29 PM UTC

Here's the turret updates:

The handles on those side storage (are those what they are?) were glued too high, I decided to moved them but the carpet monster took one of them away so I left the other one off too.

See you guys on the next update.

Ronnie

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Posted: Thursday, June 21, 2007 - 10:20 PM UTC

Looks very good so far. Interesting to hear about the magic tracks. Do they click together so firmly that you can position them on the model before you start to use glue?

Looking forward to see more - thanks for sharing

wastegas

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Posted: Saturday, June 23, 2007 - 07:37 AM UTC

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Looks very good so far. Interesting to hear about the magic tracks. Do they click together so firmly that you can position them on the model before you start to use glue?

Looking forward to see more - thanks for sharing

You will need to apply the glue first then position them around the wheels and sprockets.

Check out this article that helped me out alot on dealing with the tracks.

Ronnie

wastegas

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Posted: Saturday, June 23, 2007 - 08:00 AM UTC

Assembly is just about 99% done. I will be painting soon

Some lessons learned. When ever possible, do the PE last so they don't end up dissapearing because of collateral damage and clumsy fingers during the build. Work closer to the middle of the table or the carpet monster will swallow your tiny pieces.

Ronnie

wastegas

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Posted: Sunday, June 24, 2007 - 02:52 PM UTC

Basic painting complete. Need to do some touch ups later. I might have to put the rest of the build on hold till visiting kids for the summer leaves. I'll try to sneaks some finishing touches when they stop out of the house. I think I'll get myself another one of these.

Thanks for looking.

Ronnie

sgtreef

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Posted: Sunday, June 24, 2007 - 11:16 PM UTC

Looks real good.

You have done a great job on this.

Think I want to build mine also.

Really nice.

So how about an older kid say 52 or so spending the Summer in Hawaii

wastegas

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Posted: Monday, June 25, 2007 - 05:50 AM UTC

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Looks real good.

You have done a great job on this.

Think I want to build mine also.

Really nice.

So how about an older kid say 52 or so spending the Summer in Hawaii

I better go hide my other stash... hehe

trahe

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Posted: Monday, June 25, 2007 - 11:11 AM UTC

Ronnie,

Looks great! What did you use for the periscopes in the TC's cupola?

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