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The Cabin |
Then came assembling the cabin. But because I wanted a
‘look in’ I had to cut the left cabin door from part # 14B. I did this in
such a way that the bottom hinge remained intact.
During the rest of the construction of the cabin I discovered that the
dashboard doesn’t fit inside the cabin. It is too wide, so I had to remove
some plastic from either end to make it all fit (see the arrows in the
picture to see where the dashboard was modified). The interior was just
painted panzer gray color.
When this was done and I wanted to start placing the roof assembly, I always
dry fit to see if it all fits well especially when a certain part of a
vehicle consists of several separate components, I noticed the rear wall of
the cabin does not join well to the roof assembly. If not removed a very
ugly ridge will remain visible (see picture). In the end I removed it with
sanding paper and finished it with putty so a smooth surface was obtained
(see picture).
Take care the whole assembly does not turn out crooked or you will have a
problem further down the assembly, when placing the cabin. By a small
accident the left door eventually did come off it’s bottom hinge, but this
is easily fixed. I did not encounter any real problems
here, except some excess flash on the springs and the steering assembly. But
the fit of the parts is good . It’s not really necessary to place the engine
if you leave the engine access hatches closed but in this case I placed the
engine to show where it would be.
Assembling item #6 didn’t generate any problems whatsoever, neither did
items #7 & #8. A remark to go with item #7 about the steering column, if you
want to give the front wheels a deflected position, it’s better not to glue
it but touch the protruding pins with a hot object, so that one can move the
front wheels at all times. When this was all ready, I sprayed the entire
chassis in the known panzer gray color and set it aside to finish later. Copyright ©2002 - Text and
Model Photos by Eric
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About H.L.Sikkema (demodelbouwer)
hello i'm eric and i live in the Netherlands. I'm married with ilona and have three daugters. for the last year i am a very active modeller. Before that the hobby was only a time distraction. I'm a modeller for over 35 years now and i like to share my knowledge with others in any way i can.
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