Jeff, hope you finished the teeth for the T28 tracks. I really dragged my feet but it only took about 4 1/2 or 5 hours to glue them all on. And DESPITE losing between one and two dozen to the carpet monster ("ping! out of the tweezers!") I still had about 20 left over. THANK YOU Cyber Hobby for finally putting in TOO many of the one part that is sure to have a lot of attrition.

The tracks really held up the rest of my assembly. I have the sponsons all assembled and painted but I want to get them attached to the hull proper to get the connecting horns on the hull to line up tight.
'Course while waiting I saw somebody post photos of what's really inside of the sponsons. If only my harddrive hadn't died I might still have that picture. So I may scratch build in the insides.

Hello dear friends,
This campaign is a lot of fun. Lot's of Super heavy models ..
Everyone is doing great models.

Do not wait for Maus.And here is my completed model
Enjoy..

Erhan: nice maus I like the splinter style camo

Jeff: are you having the sponsons on or off? If they are
modelled in the mounted position then relax and only do half the tracks. Nobody will no about it except you
There is no need to stress yourself with something that
will never be seen

Well here you have the green with hair spray:



Oh yes, I wrote a mail to the Bovvy tank museum, the ball mount is a telescopic sight,No.66 x 3 M.L. Mk. 1 (if you are reading this thanks to Stuart the librarian
)

Cheers

Paul

Hi everyone
Erhan the Maus is looking cool in that camo pattern
Paul your tortoise is coming along great with all the add on
Andy nice finnish with yours what did you use for the arials I was going to use some paint brush hairs for mine
Here is what some time off work can get you finnished the build and got most of the paint done have added some spare decals for a reg number on rear trak gaurds and still some things to finnish off

Hi Keith and thanks, your build is also looking good .
You say you use brush hairs for antenna, don´t they warp after a while ?
I normally use 0.3mm brass wire, which i give a light twist
to in a drill, that way it stays straight.
Well I´ve had some time off work too, thanks to the bank holiday in Germany and having worked last Sat.

Light stone over the green. This is a mix I made from Tamiya paints, XF60 Dark Yellow, XF57 Buff and XF55 Deck tan. Please don´t ask with what ratio, because I have know idea , here you are then:

Can I have some "chips" with my tortoise.
Why yes Sir, certainly.





and now for the recognition markings:





I´ll try and get the tracks tonight and some gloss for the weathering tomorrow.



Paul

Hi paul I was asking about the antena as Info from other modellers say this is OK not heard about the warping affect what size brass wire do you use I usually go for lead wire but thought about a change for this build
any info shared is the best to try as they say
Cheeers Keith

Whoops just read through again sorry Paul 0.3 wire I must read these things when I have not had a drink thanks for the Info
Cheers Keith

Fantastic tortoise builds guys. They are looking better and better every time I log in. The more I see them the more I am tempted to buy one!

Ok, I can call my E-100 done. Photos will be right after I charge my camera and figure out how to operate it. I am kinda getting lost in some modern technologies...
Here is some preview from my phone...

Very nice Zaaphod, looking forwards to seeing more pics of that beast. The tracks and wear look fantastic.

Ok, done. In time, I might get back to it, add some final touches. For now, with resources given, it's the best I can do. But hey, you guys were right, building it was pretty much fun

Added some figure from Academys Tiger to make some perspective.





Oh yeah and for those who can't read schwabach, it says "Die Glocke", The Bell. Since E-100 had such a huge armor, everything Allies could throw at it just dinged away, crew named that tank The Bell.

And Ding dong Josip great build love the look of those E100
Cheers keith

Great build, Josip. Nice job on the camouflage.

Keith: no probs mate, I have the same thing after 5 beers or so

Josip: nice build and I´m glad to see someone else has also made a good job of those kit tracks .Good job all round

Well here a quick update:
Matt



Tracks front:



back:



Machine Guns:





hope you all like it, next up a crew and tow ropes.



Paul

Paul great job love the close up photos Grand job on the flaked paint effect looking good just on with some light dusting for mine and maybe one crewman standing at the side for scale
Cheers Keith

Hi guys
Back from the seaside with Mrs Torch,stick 'o rock ,bag of chips, you know the score
I've missed you boys
Josip,E100 ,love it my friend,see, your 1st campaign,eazzy peezy
Paul and Keith ,my Tortoise bros,brilliant boys,Paul your tracks are upside down you muppet
Andy

Hello Andy,
well after you said the tracks are the wrong way round I ripped them of and refitted them. I then checked some references and found that you are so wrong. THEY WERE CORRECT to start with .

What ever you are using as reference, bin it buddy.
I´m now trying to get mine off and on again as they were.

Paul

Thanks guys,

Paul, that Tortoise looks stunning! And yeah, you got the tracks right
Also, those tracks were not that bad. They were soft enough to shape them right, even revells paint holds onto them without unnecessary chipping off. Unlike those goddamn Academy tracks for Tiger I...

Dragging my feet on this one (as well as everything else here lately), I've at least found a suitable base for final display.

Some texture added to turret. I didn't go too crazy with this.

Decorative paint sprayed on base prior to adding rubble and dust.

Base coat of paint applied to turret; some minor flaws to work out, then I can commence with final painting.

Okay, no pictures, no updates... still dealing with the guide teeth.

So I thought maybe the liquid cement was a bit much to work with because of the high evaporation rate. So I bought a tube of Testors cement to try. Wow, I remember that smell!

You can lay down more glue but I guess I cut them too long and it took too long to get them straight.

So, I'm puzzled. Maybe I'll go and buy a bunch of vinyl track and start stapling?



~ Jeff

Thanks! I feel like giving up but haven't yet.

The tracks must be done FIRST before the gravy build begins.



~ Jeff