Hi Eddy!
This is just superb work, you are doing a titan work on such a tiny scale I'm taking notes and more notes, this is a great sbs masterfully explained .
Thanks for sharing the knowledge Eddy and keep it up.

Phil.

Eddy,

I've been following this on ML, but now I've finally found it on Armorama.

EXCELLENT work, sir! Your details and changes are superb yet simple. I'm copying everything to a file for future use on the exact same kit in my stash.

Thank you!

@asmodeuss – Philippe, thanks for dropping by and for the kind words. Good to hear you like this build . . . so do you see yourself trying out one of these tiny scale builds in the future? They take just as much time to complete as their larger brethrens do, if not more. Philippe, I enjoy sharing and helping other modelers as much as I can in hopes of having more people join in on the fun and hopefully post there work here on this site.

@majjanelson – Jeff, I started the build to join in on the fun over on the ML Braille weekly update and at some point decided to include all of the information needed for anyone wishing to duplicate this kit in its entirety. Of course, the modeler with unit markings of their own choice can personalize their own build. The basis of this build represents an initial production vehicle so it easily provides the modeler with a sound foundation to make changes and add the later updates to build a later early Merkava up to the Merkava II. Hoping to see your rendition (or build log) grace the Braille forum in the future.

In my haste to get my last update posted I completely left out the material dimensions used to create some of the scratch made components on the turret so I’m presenting them here.


This photograph covers the hatch hinges along the top edges of the turret before cutting and trimming the pieces to represent a hinge. I used a micro punch and die set for the disks at the edges of the loader’s hatch.


Here I added a piece of styrene strip to build up the kits narrow turret side plate that shields the turrets machine gun to better match the photographs in my reference books. Also the dimensions for the two rectangular plates on the left side of the turret.


Finally the basic dimensions for the material used on the Gunner’s housing and the turret hooks. Incidentally, the turret hook at the right front of the turret is identical in every respect to the other three hooks with the exception of its width for fitting against the narrow area where it resides as per my references.

~ Eddy

Hi Eddy!
After seeing this, i'm more than interested in going braille scale. All the scratch and research involved realy tingles my plastic senses
You are definitly nailing this one, keep it comming.

Phil.

Beautiful work Eddy! It just goes to show what can be done with these older kits. The detailing is amazing! Keep it going-

Just goes to show, Braille Scale Rules!!!

Hey, Eddie! It's been over a year, so what's going on with this build?