Turret internals finally done
i hate doing individual track links (and i think i noticed one set the wrong way round)
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deerstalker36
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Posted: Sunday, August 13, 2017 - 05:33 PM UTC
Slow progress down at the Zsu
Turret internals finally done
i hate doing individual track links (and i think i noticed one set the wrong way round)
Turret internals finally done
i hate doing individual track links (and i think i noticed one set the wrong way round)
petbat
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Posted: Tuesday, August 15, 2017 - 02:14 AM UTC
Nice work so far Colin. You have the Drive sprockets facing the same way in the pic, but yes, even when you flip one over, one track will be backward. Try heating the track in hot water or carefully applied heat from a hair dryer and tease the links into place to the correct shape and aspect. It may take a while, take it slow and you may recover from this.
Else, mud fixes all
Else, mud fixes all
Thirian24
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Posted: Tuesday, August 15, 2017 - 02:16 AM UTC
Very nice work!
I wish I had time to start on my kit.
Keep up the great work fellas.
I wish I had time to start on my kit.
Keep up the great work fellas.
deerstalker36
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Posted: Tuesday, August 15, 2017 - 04:26 PM UTC
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Nice work so far Colin. You have the Drive sprockets facing the same way in the pic, but yes, even when you flip one over, one track will be backward. Try heating the track in hot water or carefully applied heat from a hair dryer and tease the links into place to the correct shape and aspect. It may take a while, take it slow and you may recover from this.
Else, mud fixes all
I'll try the hair dryer, as they're individual links there will probs be some play in the joints. (luckily the top run isnt glued on yet)
I was going for an Iraqi one so dust and sand rather than mud lol
petbat
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Posted: Tuesday, August 15, 2017 - 04:37 PM UTC
If the top run is okay, but the lower one is not, there is always something like this:
deerstalker36
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Posted: Tuesday, August 15, 2017 - 04:39 PM UTC
nice idea Pete, covers a multitude of sins 
canismalus
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Posted: Tuesday, August 15, 2017 - 07:32 PM UTC
Tat, Angel, Stefano, Geoff and Colin (I haven't had time to post in a while!) - those are some fine-looking builds. That ZSU looks pretty labor-intensive - nice progress on that, Colin.
Here's another idea if you want to hide the bottom track run and do an abandoned/wrecked vehicle - this is an abandoned North Vietnamese ZSU after the Battle of An Lộc in '72:
Status report: my Gepard has had its base coat for a month or two while I've turned my attention to other builds, in the next couple of weeks, I'll get some pictures up.
Jerry
Here's another idea if you want to hide the bottom track run and do an abandoned/wrecked vehicle - this is an abandoned North Vietnamese ZSU after the Battle of An Lộc in '72:
Status report: my Gepard has had its base coat for a month or two while I've turned my attention to other builds, in the next couple of weeks, I'll get some pictures up.
Jerry
bulldawg380
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Posted: Monday, August 21, 2017 - 04:54 AM UTC
Ok going to try posting a photo as I have heard some horror stories about my old site Photobucket
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzQsrWD6HaFnSlpKZUpnRnRSNG8/view?usp=drivesdk
Here goes nothing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzQsrWD6HaFnSlpKZUpnRnRSNG8/view?usp=drivesdk
Here goes nothing
bulldawg380
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Posted: Monday, August 21, 2017 - 04:56 AM UTC
Ok not quite what I am looking for maybe y'all can help I am trying to post photos from my phone any input
petbat
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Posted: Monday, August 21, 2017 - 01:51 PM UTC
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Ok not quite what I am looking for maybe y'all can help I am trying to post photos from my phone any input
Hi Ronnie
You need to use the img tags and then embed your url between them. In the dark grey strip under the message box you will find a series of buttons use the one at the end. That will create a set of picture posting tags. Place your URL between the ]in the first tag, and the[ in the last tag . it should look like this without spaces:
[ i m g ] Your URL [/ i m g ]
Then your pic will come up on screen
If you can't see the tags button on your phone, you can still type the tags conventionally
Here it is for everyone else to view
It is looking good by the way
spongya
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Posted: Monday, August 21, 2017 - 03:05 PM UTC
I can finally take part in the campaign due to an impulse buy in the LHS... the Takom Turtle.
bulldawg380
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Posted: Monday, August 21, 2017 - 03:29 PM UTC
bulldawg380
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Posted: Monday, August 21, 2017 - 03:30 PM UTC
Still not working and I am just to dumb to figure that url way I can not see anything like it on my phone 
petbat
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Posted: Monday, August 21, 2017 - 11:33 PM UTC
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Still not working and I am just to dumb to figure that url way I can not see anything like it on my phone
Then you just type the tag using your phone's keypad characters. The square bracket character will be in the phone's character options. Type (without spaces - I have to put spaces in so you can see the text)
[ i m g ]
then paste your image's URL
then type
[/ i m g ]
make sure you have the forward slash in the second one
brekinapez
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Posted: Tuesday, August 22, 2017 - 12:01 AM UTC
Make sure you put both the opening and closing operations (the img and /img) or it will mess up your post.
bulldawg380
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Posted: Tuesday, August 22, 2017 - 12:28 AM UTC
Ok I will try I just didn't know that I had to be a computer programmer for this lol
ClaytonFromEllijay
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Posted: Tuesday, August 22, 2017 - 12:55 AM UTC
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Ok I will try I just didn't know that I had to be a computer programmer for this lol
It seems awkward at first, but if a neo-luddite like myself can do it, anyone can
bulldawg380
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Posted: Tuesday, August 22, 2017 - 03:42 AM UTC
One more test and if it doesn't work I will go back to old way
Ok here goes
Ok here goes
bulldawg380
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Posted: Tuesday, August 22, 2017 - 04:06 AM UTC
So sorry for not posting more build photos but here is where I am at.
The base is from MiniArt and this will be my first diorama build as well. Hopefully y'all enjoyed.
The base is from MiniArt and this will be my first diorama build as well. Hopefully y'all enjoyed.
bulldawg380
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Posted: Tuesday, August 22, 2017 - 04:08 AM UTC
That is why I have not posted much 
bulldawg380
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Posted: Friday, August 25, 2017 - 05:41 AM UTC
going to try posting photo again WITHOUT cell phone
if this does not work I guess I will pull out my hair
if this does not work I guess I will pull out my hair
JSSVIII
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Posted: Friday, August 25, 2017 - 06:35 AM UTC
Hi Ronnie, looks like youv'e been struck by the Photobucket blackout like the rest of us! Don't give up, Open an Imgur account. I'm pretty much a computer illiterate, and once I got the hang of it it's pretty easy. You got it right, PB just won't let you post pics anymore unless you pay the $400 fee. Imgur is really simple without all the annoying ads.
petbat
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Posted: Friday, August 25, 2017 - 08:13 AM UTC
Hi Ronnie
It looks like you did everything perfect 'cause we can see the PB outward facing version of their message that really says 'I want to scam you for every cent you own'.
So yep, upload the pics elsewhere. I use Imgur too. Go to this site to upload your pics.
http://imgur.com/
On the top of the page is a big green button that says 'New Post" push that, then follow your nose to select the pic to upload like you would normally do. Wait for the pic to upload (it will have a percentage meter on screen, when the 100% disappears you are right to go)and just copy the full URL name in the box on screen. Use that URL in your post here. You should be right from there.
It looks like you did everything perfect 'cause we can see the PB outward facing version of their message that really says 'I want to scam you for every cent you own'.
So yep, upload the pics elsewhere. I use Imgur too. Go to this site to upload your pics.
http://imgur.com/
On the top of the page is a big green button that says 'New Post" push that, then follow your nose to select the pic to upload like you would normally do. Wait for the pic to upload (it will have a percentage meter on screen, when the 100% disappears you are right to go)and just copy the full URL name in the box on screen. Use that URL in your post here. You should be right from there.
ClaytonFromEllijay
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Posted: Friday, August 25, 2017 - 08:42 PM UTC
Finally time for my Mark I Male to see the light of day...
bulldawg380
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Posted: Friday, August 25, 2017 - 09:54 PM UTC
Ok so different now with imgur so Another test
here goes again
here goes again
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