Badder Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 (edited) I am very, very, excited to have received my Nashorn, courtesy of Yuki Hirota, Japan. Oh and Amazon. In fact I'm so excited that I just have to post pic of the box in the WIP section, when I have no intention of starting the build for a while. But then, maybe I won't be able to resist. Of course, I've had a peek inside and everything is in order. I was surprised to read on the box that the gun uses metal parts for authentic movement, and then disappointed to find that this consisted of a length of wire cable used for disengaging the gun's travel lock and two metal rods for the gun's hydraulic damping system.. I expect Eduard Photo-etch floor panels and ammo boxes to arrive in the next day or two, which amounts to the minimum 'upgrade'. The full photo-etch kit is a penny short of 50 quid, nearly 50 percent more costly than the Nashorn itself! Anyway, this beauty will end up in a winter woodland scene, either in Russia, or in the Ardennes. I have yet to research the theatres in which the Nashorn was deployed. [/url] I won't post on this topic again until I start the work, so if you check the 'last poster' and it ISN'T me, then you can save yourself some time and not bother to view. Rearguards, Badder Update.... PE arrived. Kit instructions suggest that Nashorns were deployed in Italy and on the Eastern front, the surviving few banded together to form one battalion during the final months of the war, but where they were deployed then, it does not say. Edited June 28, 2016 by Badder 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrancisGL Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 Pretty project, i´m glad to see it at momento, cheers Badder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubster72 Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 Looking forward to seeing this one starting 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Boom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Yeoman1942 Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 Looking forward to this Badder. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badder Posted April 24, 2016 Author Share Posted April 24, 2016 (edited) Work on the Nashorn has commenced. My first venture into PE has also commenced, though nowhere near as successfully. The construction of the lower hull is finished barring the addition of wheels. The upper hull is coming along nicely. TFL Badder Edited April 24, 2016 by Badder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gremlin56 Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 I was hoping you would do a blog of this model. A lovely subject 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeoman1942 Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 Any photos Badder, or are you doing a teaser WIP to keep us in suspense? :-) Go on mate we all want to see your next top notch build 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badder Posted April 24, 2016 Author Share Posted April 24, 2016 I have a problem with Photobucket, that being that my bucket is full. I will have to delete many photos that appear in other WIPs and RFIs in order to free up space for new photos. I have to decide which ones to sacrifice. Unfortunately it takes an age to delete photos on photobucket... unless anyone knows how to delete photos in bulk? So, I am going to have to limit the number of photos for this WIP for the time being. Anyway, here's progress so far.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeoman1942 Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 Shame to lose the old, but looking forward to the new 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badder Posted April 24, 2016 Author Share Posted April 24, 2016 Okay I worked out how to delete multiple photos. Still, it's going to take me some time to work out which ones to delete. Progress has been swift today. Every part fitted perfectly and there was very little in the way of mould lines or ejection marks to remove. In fact this has been the 'cleanest' kit I've ever seen. TFL Badder 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeoman1942 Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 Looking good 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubster72 Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 You can't beat a Tamiya kit for being nice to build while retaining a good level of detail. As much as I love Dragon kits, their over-engineering does baffle me sometimes! Good to see your progress on this Badder, looking forward to seeing the next instalment. Cheers Patrick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badder Posted April 27, 2016 Author Share Posted April 27, 2016 Having said that this kit is extremely 'clean' in respect of flash, mould lines and ejector pin marks, I came across lots of the latter on the inner sides of the panels surrounding the fighting compartment. These have been dealt with using files and fine grade sandpapers. Most of the main body has been constructed, but I shall leave off the side and rear panels to allow ease of access to the fighting compartment and the painting that is to come. For now, I shall commence work on the gun itself. TFL Badder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrancisGL Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 Good progress, pops ready for more, cheers Badder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badder Posted April 28, 2016 Author Share Posted April 28, 2016 (edited) Progress on the gun will continue later today and pics will be posted. Whilst the gun barrel is rather good, moulded in one solid piece rather than in two halves, the muzzle brake is made up of two halves with the join on the vertical axis. Whilst not ideal, this means that extra-careful cleaning/filling is required only on the upper join. Update... Well, the gun is certainly fiddly, demanding lots of dry-fitting in order to get things right prior to gluing or not gluing (several moving parts) Getting the gun into position onto its mount isn't particularly easy either. There is one extremely fragile piece.. a part of D14, which is a screen that prevents the gunner from encroaching on the area affected by the recoiling breach. Extra care is needed when fitting the gun onto the mount in order not to break this piece. In fact it is so fragile that I have decided to glue the gun in a fixed position and then glue said piece to the breach area. Having said all that, the mount and the gun have yet to be painted. It would be far too difficult to paint the whole lot after assembly, so I intend to paint both sub-assemblies prior to the final fixing. Likewise, the gun control wheels, the gun sight and mantlet will also be treated as separate entities and painted/weathered prior to fixing. Photos in a bit. Tea's up. TFL Badder Edited April 30, 2016 by Badder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badder Posted April 28, 2016 Author Share Posted April 28, 2016 (edited) The fragile part, the breach screen, can be seen in the pic below. It has 2 'x' shapes on it. In the kit, the supporting struts are barely thicker than stretched sprue. The side panels to the fighting compartment and the gun are just dry fitted. TFL Badder Edited April 30, 2016 by Badder 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrancisGL Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 A useful information for future kit, cheers Badder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badder Posted April 30, 2016 Author Share Posted April 30, 2016 With regards to the PE set.... The set I bought was the most basic of those available, and includes a floor panel (pretty much a complete waste of brass, but waste not want not, I used it) and the ammo racks. These were my first real attempts at PE and I found the fitting of the shelving for the rounds extremely fiddly. To be honest, the PE ammo racks aren't much better than the plastic ones supplied with the kit, the only real extra details being the butterfly fittings for fastening the shutters and actual ventilation holes in the shutters rather than indentations. And of course everything is much thinner. However, the PE racks are rectangular and do not fit into the angle formed between the side panels and the ledge, whereas the kit ones do. So, I decided to use the kit racking instead. I have used the PE shuttering though, in the folded up position. Meanwhile more bits and bobs have been added to the gun. TFL Badder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badder Posted April 30, 2016 Author Share Posted April 30, 2016 With 90 percent of the construction completed, I can say this.... I've not had a single issue with fit. Every single part seats nicely and all the joins are great. I haven't posted any pics as the adding of small parts doesn't really add much to the pics already posted above. I will post comparison pics of the kit's ammo rack and the PE replacement though. TFL Badder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badder Posted April 30, 2016 Author Share Posted April 30, 2016 End on you can see that the PE ammo racks have rectangular ends which do not mate with the angle of the armoured side plates of the fighting compartment. Which of the two variants is most accurate I do not know, but the kit part does seem to be the more logical. For anyone intending to build this kit and use the PE set, here's some info: When fixed in the closed position, the shutters on the PE set are much more detailed than the kit version, with nice hinges and real cut-outs for the handles. When fixed in the open position with the shutters folded up and on top of the units, all of this detail is hidden. Therefore the PE set is probably best used for the racks in the closed position. TFL Badder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badder Posted May 1, 2016 Author Share Posted May 1, 2016 (edited) Wheels constructed while watching Metallica's 'Through the Never'. Heavier than a Nashorn. Tomorrow.... I mean later today... I will be finishing off the last of the hull details and the last couple of the gun's sub assemblies. If all goes well I will be applying the base coats. Badder. Update: Wheels all done, hatches fixed in place, gun travel lock constructed (but this won't be fitted until after painting of the model) All that's left to do is the rest of the gun assemblies such as the gunner's seat, gun sight, gun control wheels, and the various bits of equipment for the fighting compartment. Photos later when it's all done. Edited May 1, 2016 by Badder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ozzy Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 That does look a nice build, nice job Badder. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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