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Armor/AFV: Allied - WWII
Armor and ground forces of the Allied forces during World War II.
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Academy M3 Lee 'Lowrider'
Pedro
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Wojewodztwo Pomorskie, Poland
Joined: May 26, 2003
KitMaker: 1,208 posts
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Posted: Sunday, July 30, 2006 - 04:19 AM UTC
I'm sorry for the slightly confusing topic, but after one mishap with the bogeys mounting height I just call her 'lowrider'.
I shortened all bogeys by 2 mm, it didn't went without problems. I shaved off lower locating tab and left the upper locating pin so the whole tank would sit 2mm lower than it should I should do the opposite, shave the pin and leave the tab, unfortunately I realised that only after all bogeys were glued in place, and I checked it with plans I have So I shaved the bogeys off hull, marked correct positions and glued them on again Its all good now, I even managed to get all the bogeys more less level other than that it went together with no problems and the fit was very good so far actually
I also post this as sort of a warning for those wanting to correct the academy suspension.

Cheers
Grzegorz


insolitus
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Goteborgs och Bohus, Sweden
Joined: July 28, 2005
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Posted: Sunday, July 30, 2006 - 04:26 AM UTC
With this post I find you signature a bit ironic...
Pedro
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Wojewodztwo Pomorskie, Poland
Joined: May 26, 2003
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Posted: Sunday, July 30, 2006 - 04:42 AM UTC
Well... it isn't ironic... or should I say 'wasn't' ? Actually I never count the rivets, which this kit has plenty of

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Grzegorz
chefchris
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North Carolina, United States
Joined: February 06, 2006
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Posted: Sunday, July 30, 2006 - 08:11 PM UTC
Great post! Now all you have to do is fix about 50 rivets! (I just finished this kit in Russian Lend Lease guise!)

I sure Rob at Formations will roll out some updates stuff for this kit.

Chris
Pedro
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Wojewodztwo Pomorskie, Poland
Joined: May 26, 2003
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Posted: Sunday, July 30, 2006 - 08:17 PM UTC
I aint touching no rivets on this one :-) I'm not mad

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Grzegorz
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