Mark IV female from Takom
St. Petersburg, Russia
Joined: July 19, 2011
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Posted: Tuesday, April 03, 2018 - 02:50 PM UTC
Greetings! Few months ago I have promiced to my friends to take part in their Group build devoted to the Great War. This is not my topic at all,but i have promiced.
This is the beginning. I build this kit with help of great master - Andrey Fonin.
For this kit I have Masterclub tracks,mg's from Aber,lot's of copper,plastic and brass. Chains are handmade. Everything is workable.
I will build this kit in parallel with my A30. So temps of building will be not very fast.
Best regards!
Artyom Nikolaev
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England - East Anglia, United Kingdom
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Posted: Tuesday, April 03, 2018 - 11:31 PM UTC
Nice start! The Masterclub tracks are great, but do yourself a favour and paint all the links BEFORE putting them together! Otherwise it is a real big pain to paint under the edges where they overlap, and it shows more than you'd think. (Learned that lesson the hard way...)
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St. Petersburg, Russia
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Posted: Wednesday, April 04, 2018 - 03:05 PM UTC
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Nice start! The Masterclub tracks are great, but do yourself a favour and paint all the links BEFORE putting them together! Otherwise it is a real big pain to paint under the edges where they overlap, and it shows more than you'd think. (Learned that lesson the hard way...)
Hello,Tom! Thank you for good advice!
Best regards!
Artyom Nikolaev
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Jerusalem, Israel
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Posted: Thursday, April 05, 2018 - 12:07 AM UTC
looks amazing, keep us posted!
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St. Petersburg, Russia
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Posted: Thursday, April 05, 2018 - 06:57 PM UTC
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looks amazing, keep us posted!
Thank you! Here it is.
Cabin is almost ready. Unfortunatelly Takom has poor connectivity of parts. It was a very big problem and have taken much time.
I need to add some more datails and use some putty. I saw some gaps only on photos.
All pistol ports have movable caps.
Best regards!
Artyom Nikolaev
Queensland, Australia
Joined: September 04, 2015
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Posted: Friday, April 06, 2018 - 03:22 AM UTC
WoW .... if this is just the beginning I can not wait to see the rest ... congratulations!
Queensland, Australia
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Posted: Friday, April 06, 2018 - 03:42 AM UTC
Artyom, the skill and amount of detail you add to your models is astounding. Sometimes I wonder why you buy a base kit to begin with!
If you have a good look at the real deal, you will see WW1 era tanks were not precise fit with gaps between the plates, etc. If it were not for the angle braces the panels were bolted on, the daylight would have seeped inside... which still does not excuse the gap in the angle plate you had to fill though.
At least the parts were not warped !
On the Bench:
Dust, styrene scraps, paint splotches and tears.
St. Petersburg, Russia
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Posted: Sunday, April 08, 2018 - 11:06 AM UTC
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WoW .... if this is just the beginning I can not wait to see the rest ... congratulations!
Thank you! Will do my best and i hope you will enjoy it
Best regards!
Artyom Nikolaev
St. Petersburg, Russia
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Posted: Sunday, April 08, 2018 - 11:48 AM UTC
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Artyom, the skill and amount of detail you add to your models is astounding. Sometimes I wonder why you buy a base kit to begin with!
If you have a good look at the real deal, you will see WW1 era tanks were not precise fit with gaps between the plates, etc. If it were not for the angle braces the panels were bolted on, the daylight would have seeped inside... which still does not excuse the gap in the angle plate you had to fill though.
At least the parts were not warped !
This is a good question. Sometimes I think I need some kind a starting kit
I have one mate who makes models by himself. And a very rare models like A7VU,Skeleton-tank or Holt gas-electirc tank.
If you want I may give a links.
I agree with you bolted panels are not perfect decision for tanks
But Takom has more problems with them than WW1 tanks. :-)
Best regards!
Artyom Nikolaev
Queensland, Australia
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Posted: Sunday, April 08, 2018 - 02:55 PM UTC
On the Bench:
Dust, styrene scraps, paint splotches and tears.
St. Petersburg, Russia
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Posted: Tuesday, April 10, 2018 - 03:25 PM UTC
Best regards!
Artyom Nikolaev
St. Petersburg, Russia
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Posted: Thursday, April 12, 2018 - 04:57 PM UTC
Unfortunatelly first variant of the fixing rod was wrong. Here is my second attempt.
Best regards!
Artyom Nikolaev
Queensland, Australia
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Posted: Friday, April 13, 2018 - 01:59 AM UTC
On the Bench:
Dust, styrene scraps, paint splotches and tears.
Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Joined: April 21, 2017
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Posted: Monday, April 30, 2018 - 01:41 AM UTC
Sorry, a rather late reply to your latest project.
Interesting project and great work on the front parts, good choice to go for flat rivets, and the result looks excellent!
I asume that the barrel is an Aber one?
Good luck with the next phase of your project
United Kingdom
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Posted: Monday, April 30, 2018 - 04:28 PM UTC
Missed this the first time around. Amazingly detailed build, more like engineering than modelling.
Look forward to it.
St. Petersburg, Russia
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Posted: Monday, April 30, 2018 - 09:08 PM UTC
Best regards!
Artyom Nikolaev
St. Petersburg, Russia
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Posted: Monday, April 30, 2018 - 09:15 PM UTC
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Sorry, a rather late reply to your latest project.
Interesting project and great work on the front parts, good choice to go for flat rivets, and the result looks excellent!
I asume that the barrel is an Aber one?
Good luck with the next phase of your project
Hello,Theo! Glad to see you! Unfortunatelly last few weeks I have a lack of time for modelling. While I am working with Mark.IV I have stopped all works with A30. I need some rest from it and a new flesh vision of futyre works. Mark IV is interesting bolts/rivets project.
I have decided that Aber will be perfect variant of MG's. When I have any choise I always choose Aber. Very good quality!
Best regards!
Artyom Nikolaev
St. Petersburg, Russia
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Posted: Monday, April 30, 2018 - 09:20 PM UTC
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Missed this the first time around. Amazingly detailed build, more like engineering than modelling.
Look forward to it.
Hello Gareth and thank you! I hope next stages will be also interesting for you.
And I have some new photos
I have replaced bolts and worked with track link tensioner.
Best regards!
Artyom Nikolaev
Queensland, Australia
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Posted: Tuesday, May 01, 2018 - 12:59 AM UTC
I'm not a rivet counter but you missed one... Just kidding.
Your attention to detail is just astounding.
On the Bench:
Dust, styrene scraps, paint splotches and tears.
Putrajaya, Malaysia
Joined: March 04, 2004
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Posted: Tuesday, May 01, 2018 - 12:18 PM UTC
very insane and brave move...
i'm amazed by the level of realism you want to create... gives me headache just to see all those rivets...
keep it up bro...
Sil
The more i know, the less I understand!!!!
St. Petersburg, Russia
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Posted: Tuesday, May 01, 2018 - 02:12 PM UTC
Peter,Sil,thank you! As usual I will try to do my best with each detail
Best regards!
Artyom Nikolaev
New Jersey, United States
Joined: September 22, 2006
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Posted: Tuesday, May 01, 2018 - 04:08 PM UTC
St. Petersburg, Russia
Joined: July 19, 2011
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Posted: Wednesday, May 02, 2018 - 11:38 AM UTC
Working hard!
Best regards!
Artyom Nikolaev
St. Petersburg, Russia
Joined: July 19, 2011
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Posted: Monday, May 07, 2018 - 05:34 PM UTC
Greetings to all! I have found that Takom gives wrong location of the towing device from the inner side. Than I've tried to make another chain with fixator. Now I am working with inner part of the hull side.
(Photo for discussion only)
Best regards!
Artyom Nikolaev
St. Petersburg, Russia
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Posted: Wednesday, May 09, 2018 - 07:12 PM UTC
And also we need to separete all connecting riveted bars. Like that and so on.
Best regards!
Artyom Nikolaev
