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Cheers for all the very kind words they are very much appreciated indeed.

 

So a bit more done, more tie downs this time on the rear for the jerry cans and I've also added the two on the front for the shovel 

Richard E also pointed out that the rear mud flap on the left had side was wrong in the Tamiya kit so instead of fixing the old kit part I found in my 

spares box one from the Academy kit. I ripped off the old Tamiya kit part and added the new -old part :frantic: I reckon I have had the Academy part for 30 odd years kicking around 

in my spares box. I think the reason for the change in the channel on the fender is that the fuel tank drain plug is probably at the top? Answers on a post card to GeeksRus.com 

 

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Dan 

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Your 113 is really coming together I didn't have the patience to do all those etch tie downs on mine.

Looking forward to seeing yours with its war paint on.

 

           Roger

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Cheers chaps,

 

I tested the Hataka lacquer paints last night and happy to report back they are very good, I only sprayed the cupola with green and it goes down well. I then tested a few more colours on some scrap plastic and I can get quite tight demarcation so I’m happy.

 

 

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Dan 

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Its been a while gents, many apologies for the delay but I've not had the time or inclination recently 

to do much on the build. I've managed to do a bit but not much.

 

The straps in the upper hull are for the .50 cal tripod so I'm making these up out of lead foil.

 

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Brackets added for the pioneer tools and a scratch built crowbar, the kit part was not that good and broken, easy build though.

 

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Drivers hatch gets more detail 

 

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Cam net and tarp 

 

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Dan 

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1 minute ago, Dads203 said:


Cheers buddy, the Wagon in your photo is a British FV432, I didn’t know the Indian Army used them TBH 

 

 

Regards

 

Dan 

Oh wrong picture. Here is the right one:

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So the main paint job, jury is out on this one, the Hataka paints looked good on a test run

but I suffered from tip dry even with adding a lacquer paint retarder, lots of over spray and a bit of bounce back

on a few things. Colours look good and close to the real deal but it need tidying up yet, its far from finished yet.

 

 

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Dan 

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