Up Detailing the Merkava II D from Academy
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Posted: Friday, June 09, 2017 - 02:31 AM UTC
Hi Guys;
Really nice Job, I like what you have done so far,---keep up the Good Work !! I have been trying to build three merks, at the same time; A Mk-2,3,&4 ! And I used Chincella sand for the Anti-skid surface and to my surprise it turned out really nice, and I ordered the Chain/ball from Black/Dog which are suppose to be the best. Looking Forward to seeing you finish your Super work !!
CHEERS; MIKE.
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Posted: Friday, June 09, 2017 - 03:47 AM UTC
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I ordered the Chain/ball from Black/Dog which are suppose to be the best. Looking Forward to seeing you finish your Super work !!
CHEERS; MIKE.
Let me know what you thing of the BD ball and chain and how it is to work with. I used what was with the Academy Merkava IV LIC and am not too happy with it. Tried to go old school via model RR chain and craft beads but just can't seem to get the sizes right. Thanks
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Posted: Friday, June 09, 2017 - 10:11 AM UTC
Hi Dvsand;
"Yea"-- I went about the same road on my Tamiya Merkava, I used Costume jewelry chain and lead shot from A shotgun !
Now this was the first Merkava and the Tamiya kit lacked a lot of detail's and was the really first kit that I added A lot of scratch detail's ! And was the first modern Isralie vehicle in my collection.
CHEERS; MIKE.
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Posted: Friday, June 09, 2017 - 12:54 PM UTC
Is the gap between the armor block and the resin basket supposed to be present on the actual vehicle?
Nice job so far.
Olivier
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Posted: Saturday, June 10, 2017 - 01:34 AM UTC
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Is the gap between the armor block and the resin basket supposed to be present on the actual vehicle?
Nice job so far.
Olivier
I have no idea Olivier, this is how the Legend parts fit. Quite frankly I wasn't expecting anything to fit.
I've had a lot of bad experiences with the Legend sets, most notably with their M88A2 Hercules conversion . Every thing there was too small, like the resin shrunk after curing. They said that they would send a replacement but never did. It's all in the garbage now.
Regards
Donald
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Posted: Saturday, June 10, 2017 - 01:37 AM UTC
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Posted: Saturday, June 10, 2017 - 01:43 AM UTC
The Eurka XXL are a bit tricky to assemble, a little super glue on the ends should keep them from unraveling and make it easier to install the cables into the ends.
I'll be working on the Ball and Chain Armor next.
Donald
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Posted: Saturday, June 10, 2017 - 06:15 AM UTC
Nice work Donald, I really like the Eureka XXL cables, the wire they use is very tightly wrapped, more so than some other brands, it looks very realistic to me. Looking forward to seeing what you think of the tracks that you are using when you get to that point, they seem to be very reasonably priced.
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Posted: Sunday, June 11, 2017 - 10:44 PM UTC
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Posted: Sunday, June 11, 2017 - 10:48 PM UTC
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Posted: Sunday, June 11, 2017 - 10:52 PM UTC
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Posted: Sunday, June 11, 2017 - 10:56 PM UTC
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Posted: Sunday, June 11, 2017 - 11:41 PM UTC
Great methid for the ball and chain, will sure make use of your idea.
Some photos:
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Posted: Sunday, June 11, 2017 - 11:49 PM UTC
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Is the gap between the armor block and the resin basket supposed to be present on the actual vehicle?
Nice job so far.
Olivier
I have no idea Olivier, this is how the Legend parts fit. Quite frankly I wasn't expecting anything to fit.
I've had a lot of bad experiences with the Legend sets, most notably with their M88A2 Hercules conversion . Every thing there was too small, like the resin shrunk after curing. They said that they would send a replacement but never did. It's all in the garbage now.
Regards
Donald
There seems to be quite a gap on this picture, it's not often I come across a pic squarely from the side like this.
There are some good close up images on this link
http://korearms.egloos.com/1113176Cavalry add style and panache to what would otherwise be just another s**tfight between grunts.
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Posted: Monday, June 12, 2017 - 01:12 AM UTC
Impressive ball and chain work.
"No plan survives contact with the enemy." Helmuth von Moltke the Elder
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Posted: Monday, June 12, 2017 - 03:51 AM UTC
Yes very nice! Thanks for showing how you did it.
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Posted: Tuesday, June 13, 2017 - 05:41 PM UTC
Here is how I installed the tow cables, the kit would have you glue them to the turret. It's really quite different.
I used 4 of the Pe. parts and small chain from the Legend set.
I used a small strip of brass to join 2 hook units together after soldering a short length of chain to the one end of each hook.
Super Glue would probably work, but with solder I know it isn't going to come appart.
I installed the inner cable to the rearmost hook, then the outside one to the forward hook.
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Posted: Tuesday, June 13, 2017 - 05:51 PM UTC
I'll be working on the Mgs. next while everything is in the paint shop.
Donald
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Posted: Wednesday, June 14, 2017 - 02:17 AM UTC
Served on one of these, following it with great interest. Excellent stuff so far!
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Posted: Wednesday, June 14, 2017 - 10:49 PM UTC
I have the Mg. s assembled.You have to move the ammo box mount about 2mm. forward so it lines up with the ammo intake opening.
The small protrusion at the bottom is where I mis cut the parts, I cut it off later. The Ammo Belt is from Taska .
I'll be painting and assembling the Wheels next.
Donald
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Posted: Thursday, June 15, 2017 - 08:46 PM UTC
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Posted: Thursday, June 15, 2017 - 08:51 PM UTC
There is another set of wheels included in the kit.
Does anyone know if they are usable for the Megach 6B Gal Batash ?
Thank You.
Donald
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Posted: Thursday, June 15, 2017 - 10:14 PM UTC
The left over wheels are standard early Merkava II wheels. The Gal batash has steel M48/M60 wheels except the sprockets, which are Merkava ones.
Keep them, you might find good use for them if you come across an early Merkava II kit from Academy.
Your paints looks a little too sandy ut it might be the photo.
Watching with interest...
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Posted: Monday, June 19, 2017 - 11:04 PM UTC
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The left over wheels are standard early Merkava II wheels. The Gal batash has steel M48/M60 wheels except the sprockets, which are Merkava ones.
Keep them, you might find good use for them if you come across an early Merkava II kit from Academy.
Your paints looks a little too sandy ut it might be the photo.
Watching with interest...
It's the photography It really is kind of grayish green.
Donald
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Posted: Monday, June 19, 2017 - 11:06 PM UTC
