Gremlin56 Posted December 24, 2016 Author Share Posted December 24, 2016 9 hours ago, FrancisGL said: Superb stuff, coming along nicely..., Happy Chritsmas Julian!!! Hi Francis, thank you. A Merry Christmas to you and your family as well, cheers, Julian 6 hours ago, longshanks said: Alot of ironmongerey in the bottom of that tank................. Figures look great, I particularly like the pipe smoker, obviously having that Condor moment At this scale I expect you'll be painting in nose & ear hair Kev There is, the torsion bars take up a lot of room. By the time I get around to fitting the main gun you won't see very much of what has been fitted already. The figures are quite good and the decals for all the badges, ribbons etc. will be a great help. I will actually be using an old hairy stick to supply the nose, ear and pubic hair. Red sable brush of course, not synthetic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gremlin56 Posted December 24, 2016 Author Share Posted December 24, 2016 24/12 update. Radio operator/MG gunner seat fitted, steering gear pedals etc. fitted on the drivers side. Decided to check if the problem with the road wheels Matt mentioned had been attended to by Trumpeter. Kudos to Trumpeter, wheels fit perfectly. Rather amusing to see the weight slowly being divided over the torsion bars. The hull is now free floating on about half of the torsion bars: That will be all for today, wishing you all a very Merry Christmas, cheers Julian 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spookytooth Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 Looks like a nice place to break for the Christmas period. Definitely big . Best wishes to you and Mrs G. Simon and Rose. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beefy66 Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 Moving along at some pace I see All the best Beefy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrancisGL Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 Good progress for now... Cheers Julian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gremlin56 Posted December 26, 2016 Author Share Posted December 26, 2016 2612 update. All the road wheels have been dry fitted. Soon to take them all off again for painting A bit earlier in the build I mentioned what looked like rather skinny demolition charge holders on both sides of the driver's compartment. It seems that they are actually two spare MG barrel containers, see the photos below: Spare MG barrel case Demolition charge case I'll be removing the spare MG barrel case on the drivers side and will replace it with a demolition charge case I have left in the spares box. Hope I am not causing any copyright issues by posting these two photos, if so let me know and I'll remove them. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spookytooth Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Steady work Gremlin, wheels in motion you could say... Simon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beefy66 Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 I take it from the reference material this is not going to be the usual Gun Hoe Gremlin type build Beefy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gremlin56 Posted December 26, 2016 Author Share Posted December 26, 2016 37 minutes ago, Spookytooth said: Steady work Gremlin, wheels in motion you could say... Simon. "Wheels on fire, rolling down the road....................................................." yep, slow but steady Simon 35 minutes ago, beefy66 said: I take it from the reference material this is not going to be the usual Gun Hoe Gremlin type build Beefy There is an amazing lack of documentation on the JT, or maybe I am just looking in the wrong places. The discrepancy in size of what I thought was a demolition charge case and the DP AFV demolition charge had me puzzled. Maybe a little more research than usual but when push comes to shove there are not many people interested in the difference between the 1942 Wehrmacht odometer or the 1944 style Luftwaffe odometer. Rivet counting harbors the joy of soundless orgasms...................................................... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beefy66 Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Quote There is an amazing lack of documentation on the JT, or maybe I am just looking in the wrong places. I thought that there were a couple of these captured and have since been sent to Museums around the world I may be wrong on this info it has been known You would think that someone would have some good source of information on this BIG Beast Beefy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gremlin56 Posted December 26, 2016 Author Share Posted December 26, 2016 3 hours ago, beefy66 said: I thought that there were a couple of these captured and have since been sent to Museums around the world I may be wrong on this info it has been known You would think that someone would have some good source of information on this BIG Beast Beefy There are several tanks around and I have bought a couple of reference books but the available photo's are not providing very juicy details, so as I said, maybe I don't have the correct material yet. Meanwhile having a rather enjoyable build here. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverstone 2 Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 Looking good so far on the JT build! Just been looking through the box today as i couldn't resist:-) All looks very good to me and surprisingly quite different to the KT build after the Engine and Transmission are done. The warping on the large parts: Hull top and bottom is very evident indeed though. Definitely some clamping is required with gentle heat treatment. I can see this on the front Glacis-plate edges (3 photos up) when the hull halves are pushed together. Definitely some inward bowing on the bottom halve. Are you going to make the top hull removable? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gremlin56 Posted December 29, 2016 Author Share Posted December 29, 2016 13 hours ago, Silverstone 2 said: Looking good so far on the JT build! Just been looking through the box today as i couldn't resist:-) All looks very good to me and surprisingly quite different to the KT build after the Engine and Transmission are done. The warping on the large parts: Hull top and bottom is very evident indeed though. Definitely some clamping is required with gentle heat treatment. I can see this on the front Glacis-plate edges (3 photos up) when the hull halves are pushed together. Definitely some inward bowing on the bottom halve. Are you going to make the top hull removable? Good morning Phil, thanks, yes, a very enjoyable and painless build so far. Most of what you see at the moment will disappear underneath shell storage and main gun though. I think the wisest approach would be to make the upper hull a fixed part and leave the engine covers, crew compartment cover and hull roof cover parts removable if that is possible. The warping is irritating but fixable. Interior color is another : the insignia white looks very nice and clean but while reading MiG's "King Tiger visual modeling guide" I ran into his warning that quote: "one of the recurrent problems with restored museum exhibits, the interior color of this KT is inaccurate, as its similar to dunkelgelb when it should be cremeweiss with some sections in rotbraun" . So, elfenbein or insignia white, I'll have to make that call very shortly. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverstone 2 Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 (edited) Yes, know what you mean regarding the interior colour. I used MM interior buff for the KT build. But unfortunately MM is enamel but very good colour match. I'm making a move away from airbrushing enamels. Vallejo Root Braun surface primer looks to be good for the primer colour used on Panzers. But trying to find a suitable acrylic counterpart for the Interior Buff (ivory)??? I'm open for suggestions on any ideas too. Here are examples of the MM Root Braun & Interior Buff on my KT.....which come out satin which is very useful also. Edited December 29, 2016 by Silverstone 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gremlin56 Posted December 29, 2016 Author Share Posted December 29, 2016 Your MM Interior Buff would appear to be the exact same color as Creme Weiss, trying to remember if it's AK or Ammo of MiG. Very nice work on the KT interior, looks gorgeous. P.s. It's MiG's acrylic: Not my favorite acrylics but the colors are quite good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gremlin56 Posted December 29, 2016 Author Share Posted December 29, 2016 29/12 update. The barrel case has been replaced by a demolition charge case at the driver's position. Several stowage bins and protection plates have been fitted as has the floor escape hatch. Firewall has been dry fitted. The engine compartment has been fitted out with two tanks that will completely disappear from view for ever more when the engine and filters have been fitted. Wine time, cold and misty outside, 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spookytooth Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 And Wine not Gremlin, after all she is looking great . Simon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gremlin56 Posted December 29, 2016 Author Share Posted December 29, 2016 2 minutes ago, Spookytooth said: And Wine not Gremlin, after all she is looking great . Simon. Thank you very much Simon, rusty red lead................................. Chose the creme weiss instead of insignia white........seems to work better. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beefy66 Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Looking sharp there Julian Beefy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longshanks Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Looking good in its factory finish.................. Kev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dads203 Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Caught up after a week or so Julian, nice work my friend, very nice work. It's going to be awesome once done Im afraid it's going to 3 months before I can do anything with the models, I have no movement in the left arm at all Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gremlin56 Posted December 29, 2016 Author Share Posted December 29, 2016 52 minutes ago, beefy66 said: Looking sharp there Julian Beefy Thanks Keith, as sharp as Adolph's hair parting 29 minutes ago, longshanks said: Looking good in its factory finish.................. Kev Amazingly clean isn't it, not weathered at all at the moment 8 minutes ago, Dads203 said: Caught up after a week or so Julian, nice work my friend, very nice work. It's going to be awesome once done Im afraid it's going to 3 months before I can do anything with the models, I have no movement in the left arm at all Dan Thanks Dan, not going to "like" your post because your news isn't good. Is this to do with your operation last Summer, a b****y bummer whatever the cause. Really sorry to hear this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longshanks Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Don't feel sorry for him Julian, he thought he was superman and could flyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy SPLATTTTTTT Kev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beefy66 Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Quote 6 minutes ago, longshanks said: Don't feel sorry for him Julian, he thought he was superman and could flyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy SPLATTTTTTT Kev No Love lost there then between you two Beefy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longshanks Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Love him to bits but I go to laugh when he's a muppet Kev 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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