Robert Stuart Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 Going to try and build something where the kit parts are bigger than a dust mite ... MiniArt's Su-85, the Mod 1944 early version ... This boxing comes with an interior ... but, since a) completing any GB is a struggle for me, b) I have other GBs on the go, or planned, and c) I paid less for this kit than normal price for a non-interior boxing - I may skimp that little detail Beyond that ... I have no settled plans for this build 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 I'm looking forward to seeing this kit in progress Robert. I have a couple of similar MiniArt kits to this but, I must admit, I shied away from having a go at them for this GB because of their parts count! Like you I have other GBs I want to take part in. Good luck - I can't wait to see how it looks going together. I'm looking forward to making mine but I know I will want the opportunity to spend a little more time on them...…...maybe a couple of years looking at the contents of the box!! Kind regards, Stix 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleeperService Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 Bigger bits and a LOT more of them! I think skipping the interior may be good for your sanity, I'll be doing the same in my build. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stuart Posted June 13, 2020 Author Share Posted June 13, 2020 On 11/06/2020 at 12:55, SleeperService said: Bigger bits and a LOT more of them! I think skipping the interior may be good for your sanity Lots more, as you say. Sanity? 🤪 OK, right! The box is open ... By my book, that is pretty dense packing MiniArt did leave a little space, maybe they thought I'd store some glue here, or ... 🤔 And the sprues ... out of the box. I have, maybe foolishly, ordered some metal track 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 Oooh, thats a frightening amount of bits! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleeperService Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 35 minutes ago, modelling minion said: Oooh, thats a frightening amount of bits! Metal tracks added. Obviously Robert didn't think there were enough parts already 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stuart Posted June 23, 2020 Author Share Posted June 23, 2020 On 09/06/2020 at 16:51, Robert Stuart said: This boxing comes with an interior ... but {snip} - I may skimp that little detail This is me skipming that little detail ... Radiator ?Break drums? Engine, and a tank Engine bracket, tank, and ammo rack I can at least say, this build has started 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 Great to see your build underway. Don't blame you for skimping on the interior, especially as nothing will be seen when its finished. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleeperService Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 On 6/23/2020 at 1:34 PM, modelling minion said: Great to see your build underway. Don't blame you for skimping on the interior, especially as nothing will be seen when its finished. I second that emotion doing the fighting compartment on mine for practice and regretting that decision...... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 Good to see you have got this one underway Robert. Kind regards, Stix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stuart Posted June 27, 2020 Author Share Posted June 27, 2020 Making tracks ... The track links are MasterClub. MasterClub supply resin pins to join their tracks, two per hinge. A good idea in principal, but having bent four or five pins, I decided to go back to the old fashioned method - wire pins. The wire is bronze wire I have to hand - brass is more usual. I have yet to apply any glue, hence the untrimmed grab handles on those pins (they are over length ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stuart Posted June 29, 2020 Author Share Posted June 29, 2020 Painting! Started priming today, done most of it Many of the parts inside this vehicle have their own local colour, so I've decided to paint on the sprue, and to touch up cut faces as I assemble the model. Most of my priming is white - I prefer that as a general base colour to grey or black. Parts primed, hanging out to dry ... A few components will be in shadow, so they are black (and yes, I haven't worried about those bits of flash around the axels - yet) And, back in the box The shells are black (black, IMO, makes a good base for metalic colours), and engine was primed grey. Was grey, and now is aluminium The differential (I think), the blurred box at the bottom left here, is also aluminium. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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