Tamiya 1/35 Jagdpanzer IV / 70 (V) LANG
Western Australia, Australia
Joined: April 26, 2016
KitMaker: 51 posts
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Posted: Tuesday, April 26, 2016 - 12:56 PM UTC
Hello everyone
My first time on this awesome site and I am looking forward to sharing lots of builds as I have been building aircraft kits mainly for the last 6+ years but really want to get back into armour modelling also plus I have noticed so many great new AFV kits in the past few years being released I couldn't wait any longer so here I am and to start with is this great new Jagdpanzer IV and some Mig products to boot as I was a little low on armour colours.
Cheers Lee
#424
Queensland, Australia
Joined: April 23, 2015
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Posted: Tuesday, April 26, 2016 - 01:07 PM UTC
Hi Lee,
Welcome to the forum! Glad to see your choice of build, and am looking forward to your build blog.
Cheers,
Gaz
"Artillery adds dignity, to what would otherwise be an ugly brawl."
Frederick The Great
Western Australia, Australia
Joined: April 26, 2016
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Posted: Tuesday, April 26, 2016 - 03:15 PM UTC
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Hi Lee,
Welcome to the forum! Glad to see your choice of build, and am looking forward to your build blog.
Cheers,
Gaz
Thanks mate
Lee
Rhode Island, United States
Joined: December 08, 2002
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Posted: Wednesday, April 27, 2016 - 07:36 AM UTC
Welcome aboard Lee. Looking forward to seeing your build. By the looks of what you have ready to go I think you're off to a great start.
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Arizona, United States
Joined: October 20, 2015
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Posted: Wednesday, April 27, 2016 - 04:27 PM UTC
Lee,
Welcome I look forward to following your build.
Robert
Croatia Hrvatska
Joined: April 18, 2010
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Posted: Thursday, April 28, 2016 - 05:02 AM UTC
there's a Mig set for painting tools now? oh dear lord what's next
Oklahoma, United States
Joined: September 30, 2015
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Posted: Thursday, April 28, 2016 - 06:11 AM UTC
Welcome! Lots of nice stuff there! Can't wait to see it come together.
"Only the dead have seen the end of war." - Plato
Western Australia, Australia
Joined: April 26, 2016
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Posted: Thursday, April 28, 2016 - 09:44 AM UTC
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Welcome aboard Lee. Looking forward to seeing your build. By the looks of what you have ready to go I think you're off to a great start.
Thank you I'm hoping to get a good result
Lee
Western Australia, Australia
Joined: April 26, 2016
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Posted: Thursday, April 28, 2016 - 09:46 AM UTC
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Lee,
Welcome I look forward to following your build.
Robert
Thank's Robert glad to hear
Lee
Western Australia, Australia
Joined: April 26, 2016
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Posted: Thursday, April 28, 2016 - 09:50 AM UTC
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there's a Mig set for painting tools now? oh dear lord what's next
Haha yeah but pretty cool I thought
Lee
Western Australia, Australia
Joined: April 26, 2016
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Posted: Thursday, April 28, 2016 - 09:55 AM UTC
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Welcome! Lots of nice stuff there! Can't wait to see it come together.
Thanks
Being a new Tamiya it wont take too long
Lee
Western Australia, Australia
Joined: April 26, 2016
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Posted: Thursday, April 28, 2016 - 10:10 AM UTC
I got most of the work on the running gear and lower hull done and to get a little sag between the return rollers using the kit's one piece tracks I drilled 0.6 mm holes between each raised part of the tread and threaded 0.6 mm wire through the holes so it was possible to help the tracks keep the correct sag shape.
The wire should be fairly hard to spot once the fenders ect are on and the tracks are weathered up a bit
Back with more progress soon
Thanks Lee
#424
Queensland, Australia
Joined: April 23, 2015
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Posted: Thursday, April 28, 2016 - 10:38 AM UTC
Are you painting everything after assembly? I've always been afraid to try that with the running gear. I only did it with the turret and superstructure on my mst recent tank.
Gaz
"Artillery adds dignity, to what would otherwise be an ugly brawl."
Frederick The Great
Western Australia, Australia
Joined: April 26, 2016
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Posted: Thursday, April 28, 2016 - 01:20 PM UTC
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Are you painting everything after assembly? I've always been afraid to try that with the running gear. I only did it with the turret and superstructure on my mst recent tank.
Gaz
Hi Gary for this one I will paint everything separately
Lee
tatbaqui
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Metro Manila, Philippines
Joined: May 06, 2007
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Posted: Thursday, April 28, 2016 - 02:32 PM UTC
Lee that's a neat trick on achieving the sag. Learned something new today. Look forward to your progress on this one. Cheers, Tat
Western Australia, Australia
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Posted: Thursday, April 28, 2016 - 04:10 PM UTC
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Lee that's a neat trick on achieving the sag. Learned something new today. Look forward to your progress on this one. Cheers, Tat
Hi Tat
Glad you like it
Lee
North Carolina, United States
Joined: June 06, 2006
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Posted: Thursday, April 28, 2016 - 04:57 PM UTC
Nice job on the those tracks,those are rubber bands ? It's s a shame that Tamiya didn't provide Link and Length pieces for that upper run.But again,you did a nice job with the sag.
Western Australia, Australia
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Posted: Thursday, April 28, 2016 - 05:47 PM UTC
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Nice job on the those tracks,those are rubber bands ? It's s a shame that Tamiya didn't provide Link and Length pieces for that upper run.But again,you did a nice job with the sag.
Thanks Anthony
I wish Tamiya would include link and length tracks the rubber band's in this kit are nicely detailed though
Cheers
Lee
#424
Queensland, Australia
Joined: April 23, 2015
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Posted: Friday, April 29, 2016 - 03:07 AM UTC
Lee,
I like the way you've put droop into your tracks. When I was a kid I would borrow a few pins from the sewing kit, bend them at right angles then heat the tips and push them through the plastic. Then glue them to the inside of the hull. Once the cement dried I would slip the tracks under the pins jutting out from the sides of the hull. They'd disappear under the paint and sponsons.
I don't mind Tamiya's tracks, as long as the paint sticks. I used Friuls a few months ago and found them a great alternative because they just seem so real.
Cheers,
Gaz
"Artillery adds dignity, to what would otherwise be an ugly brawl."
Frederick The Great
Croatia Hrvatska
Joined: April 18, 2010
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Posted: Friday, April 29, 2016 - 03:20 AM UTC
Friuls cost same or more than models that i can afford and for my economic standard that's just unacceptable so there's not much you can do than to make rubber ones look good
Croatia Hrvatska
Joined: April 18, 2010
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Posted: Saturday, April 30, 2016 - 03:38 AM UTC
p.s. anyone tried that "hot water" technique for sag?
#424
Queensland, Australia
Joined: April 23, 2015
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Posted: Saturday, April 30, 2016 - 04:06 AM UTC
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p.s. anyone tried that "hot water" technique for sag?
For my past attempts there is a simple equation:
hot water + kit parts = kit in the garbage
"Artillery adds dignity, to what would otherwise be an ugly brawl."
Frederick The Great
#123
New Mexico, United States
Joined: November 17, 2008
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Posted: Saturday, April 30, 2016 - 04:22 AM UTC
Hi Lee
The tracks came out great. I'm still wondering how you did it. I would like to try it next time I'm working on a kit with rubber tracks. Any tips would be welcomed by all.
Thanks and keep up the Good Work!
Don "Lakota"
Working on Campaigns:
1/72 Hasegawa Ki-84 Frank
1/144 Dragon Armor
Western Australia, Australia
Joined: April 26, 2016
KitMaker: 51 posts
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Posted: Sunday, May 01, 2016 - 11:37 AM UTC
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Lee,
I like the way you've put droop into your tracks. When I was a kid I would borrow a few pins from the sewing kit, bend them at right angles then heat the tips and push them through the plastic. Then glue them to the inside of the hull. Once the cement dried I would slip the tracks under the pins jutting out from the sides of the hull. They'd disappear under the paint and sponsons.
I don't mind Tamiya's tracks, as long as the paint sticks. I used Friuls a few months ago and found them a great alternative because they just seem so real.
Cheers,
Gaz
Yeah I have used Fruil model Tracks a few times they are great I also like Modelkasten Tracks
Lee
Western Australia, Australia
Joined: April 26, 2016
KitMaker: 51 posts
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Posted: Sunday, May 01, 2016 - 11:54 AM UTC
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Hi Lee
The tracks came out great. I'm still wondering how you did it. I would like to try it next time I'm working on a kit with rubber tracks. Any tips would be welcomed by all.
Thanks and keep up the Good Work!
Don "Lakota"
Thank you Don
It's just a matter of making holes and threading the wire through the holes but make sure the wire is stiff enough so it holds the rubber Tracks in the shape you want I used steel wire on these tracks.
Hope that gives you some idea cheers
Lee
