I've been at it for about 2 weeks now. oob painted with acrylics and a coat of enamel. ive added coats of very diluted black, brown, and il maybe give it a diluted coat of dessert yellow before giving it a coat of future then the dullcoat and mmp weathering powders(it will be my first time using them). also have to finish painting hte roadwheels and seats and things like that

EDIT: i finaly got hte photo's going big thanks AL!
tips anyone?

Frank:-H

Looks good so far Francois. I have been meaning to get mine built but other vehicles keep calling my name.
With powders, I find alittle goes along way. Start off small and decide if you want the muddy(wet apply) look or the dusty(dry apply) look . The nice thing about powders is a quick coat of future and you can start all over.

Bruce

Thanks for the response Bruce

Frank

Go to the link you listed. Click on the image to get the full size image. Right click the full picture and a box pops up. GO to the bottom anc choose "Properties" In the middle is the address starting with http and ending in jpg. Double click this to highlight everything then right click the highlight and choose "Copy".
Open a post and click on the "IMG" button. Highlight the text between the two sets of brackets starting with http and ending in file. Right click this and choose "Paste."
For multiple images I paste the urls in word first and and the html tags, img and /img in brackest at teh beginning anf end of the addresses with no spaces then copy all of these at once to a post.

Doesnt anyone else have something to say? about 170 something views and 3 posts?

Frank

I just saw this thread, and yes, I have something to say. Good work so far. What tracks are you going to use? The ones the kit comes with, or some indi-tracks?

Hi Eetu,
For the tracks il likely use the ones from the kit. there so small i wouldnt want to go throught the paint of glueing indy tracks. and im also not sure who sells them.

Frank

Nice looking build Frank.. Not going to go with indies.. Come on.. You got young eyes and steady hands... :-) :-)

Dave

Hi Frank ...Nice model so far ....gosh you gave yourself a bit problem to get the tracks on by adding the skirts already...don't forget to paint the seat backs on the wall..The one I saw in Ottawa had light green colored canvas. Good job .

Rick

Thanks everyone, i enjoy your input a lot
and like every kid my age ive got a tight budget Dave, especialy after going loose this christmas ans ordering 300 something work of kits and am lol... its my big treat for all the hours i worked this summer . btw, who makes indy tracks for this?

Richard, i kinda guessed that but i verified by installing them, and i don't think itl be to much of a hassle. il see when hte moment comes!. after the big no-no i did with my king tiger( i put hte skirts on before the iny tracks) il believe im cursed if i screw this one up.

Roderick, its a very nice kit, besides the sink holes i had to putty... the kit goes along very well.

Take care everyone! il keep you all updated!
Frank

To my knowledge, only model kasten makes indi-tracks for the universal carrier. I used a set with my carrier.

The track links are tiny and time-consuming to clean up but the results are well worth the effort.


I see you have the side skirts fitted already. Are sure you're able to get tracks in place? The joints on the kit tracks looked quite flimsy and even more tricky to do when fitted on the model.

Edit: I forgot to mention the white metal drive sprockets that come with the tracks (seen in the pic).

Frank, I hope this is not too late. Before you attempt to install the tracks you should be aware that the front suspension units have been fitted the wrong way round.

Geoff, its not to late indeed. i say a carrier from SAS and his seemed the otehr way around so i wanted to verify before installing anything, thanks for the heads up, i most lickly would have forgoten

Frank

Looks great so far Francois , nice clean build and paint job.

With regards to the tracks , I did the same with my carrier , added the skirts before the tracks.
However it wasnt too much of a problem as long as you feed them over the rear sprockets first.
Oh and try to get the joins on the tracks under the skirts
(the tracks are the worst part of what is a beautifull little kit )

Ian

Ian, i must say the carrier tracks have the worst joint's ive seen.... i awwed trying to figure out how it worked and its a pain...

ive got some more pics but hte quality is n't very good, i don't have any good lighting and hte flash seems to yellow the photos... il figure something out

thanks for the input

Frank

Frank

Just remember if you're using the kit tracks to add a drop of super glue to hold them together. I forgot and they came apart.

dave

thanks For the heads up dave. should i superglue first then add regular cement?i don't trust superglue for reliability... maybe its because i use crazy glue?

Frank

Looks very nice!

I really like this peculiar little vehicle.

I know what you mean Francois , they link together in a weird way and DONT hold together without the aid of glue.


Ian