Just started to build my entry, Dragon 1/35 Tiger I initial production.

That's a nice one Lap Man -- I see its the original issue with individual links.

Last night I did the PE screens, and other small bits on the engine deck. But before retiring I thought I'd test the fit of the upper and lower hulls. Struggled with it for a while and after a few moments of cursing I found out where the issue was:



More cursing followed but that didn't get me anywhere. I thought of prying it off but then I may just have further issues with the sprocket arm alignment when I put it back again. As it is the sprocket arm seems to be at the correct angle even though the plate was installed incorrectly.

So I then proceeded to cut the offending part and built a pair using styrene. I've filled in the towing eye and drilled a new hole as well.



There are bolt details on the insides of the plate so the best I could do was to put in something close -- I've cut some ends of a hair-brush and glued them on. Hopefully the wife doesn't notice it as much



Did another fitting, so now it seems ok.



Am not too worried about the gaps as these will be covered once I put on the fenders.

Will be doing the turret next.

Cheers,

Tat

Tough luck, Tat, but nice recovery!

Cheers Mark!

Quick fix, good thinking...

Thanks Clayton!

Hello,

Finished work on the turret.



Next comes the tracks.




It has 3 parts per link. The instructions call for 66 links per track run, so doing that twice comes to about 400 bits that need to be cut, cleaned, and glued -- this surely is more than the parts that I've put together with all the other sub-assemblies combined!


Cheers,

Tat

Just signed up with this little guy

I decided that I wanted to make a tarp for this since it's a winter scheme. I talked to a friend of mine about how to do this. I think it turned out well because of his advice. I have a few more things to do and I think I'll have this wrapped up.

The tarp and the paint job look great, Dustin!

Thanks Clayton. I added some built up snow and mud. May need to add some snow dusting?

Since I started this campaign I should but in. I haven't started anything yet but follow this everyday. My choice is a Dodge Charger SuperBee.
All the builds so far have been great. Cudo's to all the builders.

Quite impressed with the builds here.

I just finished my whatever campaign build. I have a LAV Piranha I've been just waiting to start on.

Yep. I might cut this one close but here's my start. Trumpeter's LAV 25 Piranha.

Hey fellas. I decided to redo the snow on the Nashorn. I just wasn't happy with it, but now I think it looks better. I also tossed on the kit tracks instead of the Friuls. I just didn't wanna mess with them right now.

So I'm calling this done. I'm pretty happy with it.












Thank you for the great campaign. I enjoyed it very much.

Gives me a chill just looking at it, very nice, Dustin! Did you use that Krycell for the snow?

Thank you Clayton. Very much appreciated. At first I used a pre made product from Vallejo. I wasn't too happy with how it looked. So this time, I tried thinned down white glue/water and baking soda. I was amazed at how it turned out. Looks pretty real to me. Easy and cheap.

Looks good Dustin. Talcum powder is another option for DIY snow.

I've tried talcum, I found it too fine to work with, I like baking soda, though...

Am trying to recall where I read baking soda turns a shade of yellow over time, though I've also read some who swear by it. Anyways I guess whatever works, cheaply available, and looks the part should do

Thanks Tat! I sure hope it doesn't turn yellow. Lol

Yikes, don't eat the yellow snow!!!