elmarriachi Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 (edited) Hello everyone, the P-40 "Longtrack"-radar of the Soviet Union in scale 1:35. This is a conversion kit of the Czech company Panzershop, consisting of resin- and 3 large frets full of huge photo etched parts. The base kit is the AT-T Artillery tractor of Trumpeter. Further details coming from Friul (metal tracks), Voyager (etched parts), MiniArt (new engine kit) and the engine cooler is a separat kit of Panzershop. First I have modified the hull, which is consisting of the trumpeter part, cut and extended with panzershop's resin parts. Added further details... Also mounted the engine cooler ... a small kit itself Cheers Micha Edited January 11, 2018 by elmarriachi mistake in the topic name 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichO Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 I have a 1/25 card version of this subject. It will be interesting to watch this come together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmarriachi Posted December 27, 2017 Author Share Posted December 27, 2017 Hello, Some progress here .... I have replaced the engine with the much better one of MiniArt ... the transmission is trumpeter, the engine MiniArt, the cooler Panzershop. Some painting at the interior of the engine compartment. New dashboard, further details at the cab inside and outside .... First details around the engine hood .... Cheers Micha 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmarriachi Posted January 2, 2018 Author Share Posted January 2, 2018 Hi everybody, some more details at the cab and at the front .... And some first works at the super strucutre. Drilled open the two round windows and added clear plastic foil as glass. Also added the handles made of copper wire. Next - some more resin- and etched parts at the super structure, etched engine cover, antennas .... Micha 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatfingers Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 That looks like its going to be a real beast! Nice work. Regards. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmarriachi Posted January 8, 2018 Author Share Posted January 8, 2018 Hello everybody, and one more update. Most of the parts on the super structure are installed now. The radar antenna on the driver side / front is made new with brass tubes from Albion Alloys as the kit offers no extracted version. The engine hood is made of etched parts from Voyager and is fully foldable. The tracks are Friul Metal tracks, also ready for painting. The huge antenna and the jib are both made of many, many small, smallest and huge etched parts which were all soldered. A brass tube is installed in the base to keep the radar turnable. Some cables, wiring etc. will follow at the antenna, as well as some further small stuff at the car itself ... Cheers Micha 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etienne Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Well, the very idea of building such a PE radar makes me tremble Amazing !! E Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soeren Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 What scale is that again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmarriachi Posted January 11, 2018 Author Share Posted January 11, 2018 Hi everybody ..... it is 1:35 scale some pipework at the antenna added ..... mounted with tape and superglue .... Some more wiring and pipes will follow ... then I could start with the paining soon Cheers Micha 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmarriachi Posted January 15, 2018 Author Share Posted January 15, 2018 Hello everybody. I started the painting a little bit .... Next will be some hairspray before painting the outside of the vehicle ... and painting the details at the interior... dashboard .... Cheers Micha 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carius Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Excellent work for now Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmarriachi Posted January 15, 2018 Author Share Posted January 15, 2018 Thank you very much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmarriachi Posted January 16, 2018 Author Share Posted January 16, 2018 Hello everybody, I started to paint the dashboard a little bit ... small stuff .... Some weathering follows later .... Cheers Micha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robw_uk Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 wow... thats one stunning piece of work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmarriachi Posted January 19, 2018 Author Share Posted January 19, 2018 Hello everybody, the Russian Green is painted ... some scratches and damages added .... next step will be a layer clear coat. Now I am thinking about what kind of decals I will add .... red/white stripes at the fenders front and rear... and some other markings ... Cheers Micha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmarriachi Posted January 22, 2018 Author Share Posted January 22, 2018 Hello everybody, some decals later it looks like this .... Now some satin varnish, then oil colors ... Cheers Micha 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyingdutchman Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 Hallo Michael, What a wonderful model you're building, I'm almost certain I've never seen this type being build on any forum. But this looks great! The radar is huge!!!! Thanks for sharing your progress. Evert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmarriachi Posted January 25, 2018 Author Share Posted January 25, 2018 Hello Evert, thank you very much! Some further details painted.... one first dark brown washing on it .... Cheers Micha 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mig Eater Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 I love the tears in the leather seats, how did you do that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soeren Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Crazy amount of detail. What is the green you used for this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmarriachi Posted January 26, 2018 Author Share Posted January 26, 2018 Hello, thank you very much! The seats are covered with tape which was damaged with a knife.+ The green colors are three different tones from Lifecolor (see above). Cheers Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyingdutchman Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 Sehr schön! I now realise this must weigh quite bit with all the resin the huge radar and friul tracks. Great update again. Cheers Evert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmarriachi Posted February 1, 2018 Author Share Posted February 1, 2018 Hello everybody, a small update .... What have I done.... corrected the decals on the doors.... added the windows, window wipers and hinges .... added the lamps front and rear, plus the headlamp on the cab .... added the caps on the rear structure added the covers on the side of each cap of paper, painted with water colors .... What coming next? A figure ... the doors .... the rear cocver of the exhaust... pigments at the exhaust .... some further small stuff.... a small base .... Cheers Micha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewup Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 Stunning work on an unusual subject Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris B Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 Excellent work, I like the Russian radar vehicles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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