Finally got the tracks painted and the first paint onto the hull.

Hehe... it's finished and it's a convertible. ;-)










More about the construction here:http://www.onthewaymodels.com/reviews/Dragon/RHael_E-100_review.htm

Cheers
R

Nice T-28!

But you DO know those are all steel tracks.



~ Jeff

JEFF

WHAT!!!! you mean they don't have rubber pads with steel inserts!!

FRACK!!

Ok, Plan B: LOTS OF MUD

Yeah, the T-80 (or T-80E4) are all metal.





~ Jeff

Very nice work Rob, Love the convertible option. The Sturmpanzer mortar is a great idea, very original and actually makes a lot of sense.

The extra room would be perfect for the massive ammo storage and loading. But could you imagine a an invincible dreadnaught on the battle field, throwing out those rounds!

That thing would breed an entire new infection of tiger terror into any army that faced it!

Josip: thanks for the comment, it´s appreciated.

Kevin: the Maus is looking good and i love the base for it.

J.Poitras: nice T28 shame about the tracks but no big problem. Just mask off the hull and respray the them at a low pressure, and all will be good.

Rob: great E100, love the Sturmpanzer turret idea.

Well I´m calling this one done I´ll add a crew member sometime but can´t be bothered now:

Look and enjoy, oh yes the tracks have been repositioned.











Thanks Torchy good idea for a campaign, and no bad feelings about the track thing.
I shall be watching the rest of you and looking forward to some fantastic builds.

Cheers

Paul

Sponsons are superglued in place and NOT coming back off, but I had left the drive sprockets loose so the tracks slipped out fairly easy.

Do y'all consider tamiya 'light burnt metal' a good color to use? I think steel will be too bright.

JP

Hi JP,
don´t go with anything metallic.
I would use something like Tamiya XF54 Dark Sea Grey with a couple of drops of XF1 Black to darken it a bit more, then when dry use a silver pencil from Karismacolor to get the worn part in there, and maybe a rusty/dirty wash could also be used.
But that´s only my 2 cents.



Paul

Ok. I have a simple question. How the hell do I upload photos into gallery?

I WOULD offer to help out but that last few attempts to do so ended in failure as there must have been a language barrier.

If no one does let me know.



~ Jeff

Well Jeff, let's try it. Maybe we will overcome our language difference and find understanding in each others words...
And, in advance, thanks for effort

Well, lets see. I sent you a PM so we'll see if any good comes out of it.

And when I said a language barrier I wasn't talking about Internationally. I seam to be vague about things and not really detailed but I tried real hard on this!



~ Jeff

Hi guys
Really sorry for the lack of leadership in last couple of weeks, but my family has suffered a major bereavement and I've found it a bit of a struggle to keep on top of things.
Paul I really must apologise about the track thingie ,it was joke that went tits up ,sorry mate just my crap sense of humour.
Brilliant, brilliant , brilliant, stuff fellas,I'm so pleased with the quality of the builds you guys are putting up.
I'm so sorry that I can't comment on individual builds at the moment,but all are fantastic.
Super heavy boys
Andy

Sorry to hear about your bad news there Andy but I haven't seen any lack of leadership so far.

We all know real life has it's moments so if you need time away let us now and we'll help out.

Actually I'll volunteer for this is someone will finish my T28 tracks!



~ Jeff

Thanks for the kind words Jeff very much appreciated, just trying to get life back on track(no pun intended)
Thanks for the offer ,but you carry on with that guide horn madness! ,I'll give them a miss
Cheers guys
Andy

RATTS! No takers, huh?

Hang in there, things will get better!



~ Jeff

Paul- thank you for the color, it now looks right

Jeff--
I had enough "fun" with my tracks. Only needed to paint them FOUR times, once by hand (see previous posts)
BUT now her tracks are steel!!



Now I'm bored with 'just' green.

I'm wondering, (so asking for comments & input)
if the T28 had entered limited production and made it to the ETO by mid 1945 it probably would have been included in the Zebra Mission, if so would it have also gotten stripes?

So I tested the idea on an M4 I had sitting around




Lacks the brown & white also found in Vietnam Era 'tiger-stripes' uniforms

and comparing it to photos of models of M40 sph, online the stripes look completely different.

But do y'all think the T-28 should get stripes?

Here is an in process photo of my T-28 Super Heavy.
I'm Undecided as to attaching the second set of tracks or showing them being towed behind the tank. Any comments?



Thanks,
Tom

Tom ,
do them towed no one else has done it yet
Andy

Yeah... do them towed behind. I was going to but doubt I'll finish in time.

(what else is new)



~ Jeff

Tom,
My plan is to have one side sitting and the other being lifted into position, the only thing is I can't seem to find any reference to the attachment on the sprocket to drive the outer tracks the closest I've come is the pics from the Voyager set but they are unclear. That being said I agree show them towed.

Cheers Rob.

Tom, sound like a great idea to tow them behind.
but look at the picture at this link

http://www.flickr.com/photos/us_army_rolling_along/8462547093/

You'll need to scratch build in the closed-in boxes above the tracks.
They are tool boxes that slide out the back.
Here is the link to the site with pictures of the tool boxes opened for the first time in 40 years.

http://www.weaponsofwwii.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=854

look at the entry timed 4:14
The Kentucky ANG took the tank into their shop for a clean up before going in the Patton Museum.

I had seen these before I started my build but couldn't re-find it for reference when the time came.

Good Luck.

Thanks for the links to the photos.
Now I have something to model the model after.

Tom

OK I am calling this one done, I have toned down the streaking and the rust just a fraction.... and decided against the night vision. As it was brought up earlier it would've been ripped off a rusting hulk years ago!