Great Dio. Weathering is excellent. I see the war between Coke and Pepsi rages on.
Keep up the great work
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IDFPaul
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Posted: Friday, March 12, 2010 - 05:04 AM UTC
TankSGT
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Posted: Friday, March 12, 2010 - 05:52 AM UTC
Excellent work, But now you've gone and done it I'm going to have to buy the kit. Well built and researched. I always use white glue on my hatches just in case I change my mind down the road and want them open.
Off topic does anyone know why the loaders hatch has been done away with? I feel that 2nd set of MK1 eyeballs would be valuable especially in built up areas. As well as a loaders MG.
Tom
Off topic does anyone know why the loaders hatch has been done away with? I feel that 2nd set of MK1 eyeballs would be valuable especially in built up areas. As well as a loaders MG.
Tom
junglejim
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Posted: Friday, March 12, 2010 - 06:03 AM UTC
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Hay " KoSprueOne" most merkavas use clearance indicators on all four corners. As you can see in both of ""Stroju's" real 1:1 photos. an now mine.
Sorry 'Captin' gonna have to disagree here, I've collected a couple hundred Merk 4 pics from the Internets, have the books, in fact 'most' only have the two front indicator whips. Having a few photos here that supports your theory is great, but don't put it out as fact.
Respectfully,
Jim
KoSprueOne
Myanmar
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Posted: Friday, March 12, 2010 - 08:07 AM UTC
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Quoted TextI think the two black antennas on each side of the front are actually clearance indicators for the driver, but I'm not sure on that
CALLSIGN: Stroju You are right, but I wrote about radio antennas on turret, it's two types of it...
- Oh, I see those nowQuoted TextWhat did you use to make the pavement on the bridge?
Sandpaper glued to the plywood, painted the color of asphalt and soiled with pigments.
Thanks fo comments!
Wojtek.
Good idea for pavement
Schooner
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Posted: Monday, December 27, 2010 - 10:17 AM UTC
Hi Steve; in regards to your question as to how to do the chain part of the merkava IV, what i did is I took the PE parts and where the balls were to be attached, I snipped off a peice from the lest of the ball and a peice os the right of the ball which left a length of PE that was very thin. Then I took one of those link chains that you get on a pull switch, and i snipped it all to pieces. You need to make sure that the piece left on the PE chains is thin enough to insert the ball into and then with a brush or a glue appicator apply the super glue. I hope that I explained it well enough for you to follow. If I knew how to down load pictures on to here i would show you what i ment and the steps I took. The ball and chains turned out looking really good. It was not an easy task but I think it was an easier job of getting it done over the way it was said to do it on the model.
Anthony
Anthony
BLACKWATER
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Posted: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 - 03:21 AM UTC
hi Wojtek Strojek
Very nice work, perfect layout, impressive.
Thanks for sharing
Blackwater
Very nice work, perfect layout, impressive.
Thanks for sharing
Blackwater
spacepacker
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Posted: Thursday, April 25, 2013 - 03:26 AM UTC
Hi, what a great build
Would you tell me where you obtained the box's of Pepsi and Coke, also your Decals...cheers....Kenny
Would you tell me where you obtained the box's of Pepsi and Coke, also your Decals...cheers....Kenny
18Bravo
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Posted: Thursday, April 25, 2013 - 05:04 AM UTC
I'm trying to figure out where in the world (literally) I as when this was first posted. I love it. I may have to borrow your ball and chain method myself. I also like the texture you added. It has just the right amount of "uniform randomness."
I haven't noticed anything else from you. If you're still building, show us more.
I haven't noticed anything else from you. If you're still building, show us more.