davecov Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 I think the simple reason for having both parts 47 and 42 was that it allowed you to build two complete turrets and swap them easily - very important when you are a young (and perhaps not so-young) modeller! Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted September 19, 2020 Author Share Posted September 19, 2020 Makes perfect sense - doh! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted September 19, 2020 Author Share Posted September 19, 2020 Bogies, wheels and tyres done: I've just realised that I can choose where the tyres sit behind the bogie arms so I can hide my worst painting wobbles 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted September 19, 2020 Author Share Posted September 19, 2020 Credit where credit’s due - the wheels and bogies clipped together easily, fastened with a dab of Tamiya green cap at the back of each wheel: ...and yes, I did hide my worst painting wobbles. These are the second-worst. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted September 19, 2020 Author Share Posted September 19, 2020 Hmmm. I'm looking at sprocket alignment. They are far further out than the wheels: I was able to cut them off, remove the Milliput fillets, re-drill the hole and use the remaining length of axle to get them on again. I used thick superglue and doused it with baking powder to get a strong join. Happier now: I’m sure I pushed everything in as far as it would go the first time around! Anyhow, sand skirts next. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted September 20, 2020 Author Share Posted September 20, 2020 Headlights (made my own), headlight guards, tracks and started on sand guards: 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted September 20, 2020 Author Share Posted September 20, 2020 Construction complete: The 37mm gun is probably a bit thin, just over 1mm/3” at the mid point, and my hollowing out of the 75mm gun is a bit over scale at over 1mm/3”. I can live with that. I didn’t paint the tracks before sticking them on because I would expect all the paint to flake off so I will touch them up later. The sand shields hide a multitude of track sins! I can insert aerials into the steel tubing later when I’ve done handling it. Next step is to give it another coat of paint. I will thin it with Future this time in the hope that it will stop it wearing off. Then I will make a mantlet cover and some stores from two part green epoxy putty. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted September 20, 2020 Author Share Posted September 20, 2020 Painted and added mantlet cover and stores. Straps later from wine bottle foil or cotton: 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 Great work Adrian it's really taken this ancient offering to the next level. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted September 20, 2020 Author Share Posted September 20, 2020 1 minute ago, stevej60 said: ancient offering Thanks Steve! In all fairness though, it’s a nice little kit, apart from the teeny turret and sprocket alignment - the rest of it is still crisp and clean and as well-fitting as it could be with 11 irregularly-shaped main structural pieces. The detail is still pretty sharp too. And the turret of the roughly contemporary Hasegawa Grant is nothing to write home about either, with its central hatch. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted September 20, 2020 Author Share Posted September 20, 2020 I was thinking of doing a green or brown over sand scheme, but I thought the type might be better represented by an an anonymous, unmarked tank pressed straight into service. I’ve given it a factory number, on the original Olive Drab paintwork. To save you looking up the number, it’s the decal from the ancient Airfix Sherman - I still have some in a bag of old decals, and it still works. I’m not sure whether I have over-egged the weathering, having promised myself that I wouldn’t. I will find out in daylight tomorrow! 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 Top job Adrian, you've made a fantastic job of the old girl. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 Excellent Adrian. A real beast. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davecov Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 Nice job Adrian, especially with the turret. Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 That is a cracking build Adrian, the new turret is a great improvement. Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob85 Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 Cracking pace and work Adrian, looks great! Rob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted September 25, 2020 Author Share Posted September 25, 2020 Took some better pictures - here’s one with the tractor and a figure from the Bofors gun kit: 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 Superb work. I've only ever built one of these, and it came moulded in Airfix sand coloured plastic in the El Alamein Battlefront set that I got as a birthday present many moons ago. Of course it had to be built as the Grant, but the thing I remember about the turret was that there was a collar of some sort moulded on the base that meant it wobbled. Very disappointing 🙄 I had no idea it was too small as well. Incidentally my son, who is a keen acrylic user, as been really happy with the new Humbrol dropper bottle paints. John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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