Orso Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 (edited) I bought a resin kit of Hedi. It seemed Ok compared to pictures. It is clearly based on parts from Emhar's A7V kit wich suits me well. I had seen that there were a couple of things that needed to be fixed. The doors should actually be flush with the hull sides and I could have let it pass but the hinges are placed incorrectly on one side of the body. I was impressed by the handles at the doors though. However, I discovered that the "turrets" in the corners are too low and I felt that it was too much work to trying to fix that. It was time to bring out some plastic card. Coming this far, everything felt wrong. Things do not fit together. Only one thing to do. Tear it apart. New sides are made. I didn't want to make new fronts so I had to splice in plastic instead. Now new roofs must be made. The "guillotine" is a great help in cutting multiple parts for the grilles in the roof. But things still don't fit so everything is torn apart and new fronts has to be made anyway. Now nothing will remain of that first attempt of the build. Time to tear apart the the other end and rebuild it. Edited January 27, 2022 by Orso 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echen Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 (edited) Impressive. I have enough grief just sticking supplied parts together................ Edited April 28, 2021 by echen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lummox Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 Oh my @Orso, excellent job! There appears to be grills/louvers on the roof - what plans do you have to tackle those? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orso Posted April 29, 2021 Author Share Posted April 29, 2021 The start of them are on the pic with the "guillotine" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orso Posted April 29, 2021 Author Share Posted April 29, 2021 Work on the grills goes on. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orso Posted May 4, 2021 Author Share Posted May 4, 2021 The kit is quite sad when you start to look at it more closely. The roof is sagging, it is generally poorly cast and requires a lot of putty, which means that the details would disappear if you go for it. Therefore, I continue on my path. My intension were to use the chassis from the kit but the wheels sat higher at one end so I started to wonder if I made a mistake in the construction of the body. It turned out that the chassis is banana-shaped. The casting of the track unit is not nice and it leans. So I need to find another Emhar kit. It will provide for a chassis and machine guns. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echen Posted May 4, 2021 Share Posted May 4, 2021 this kit looks like a bit of a nightmare................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaastav Posted May 4, 2021 Share Posted May 4, 2021 4 hours ago, echen said: this kit looks like a bit of a nightmare................... This statement sounds like a bit of an understatement. (Crack on mate. Great job you are making of this kit) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orso Posted May 4, 2021 Author Share Posted May 4, 2021 This is probably the most frustrating thing that I ever tried to build. I finish something and it looks right but then you turn it and look at it from another angle and it look all wrong. But it will never be correct. I just have the incorrect kit, a few pictures and a drawing that also has some faults as sources for the build. First turret in the corners is in place. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orso Posted May 5, 2021 Author Share Posted May 5, 2021 It is funny that while it is a frustrating build it is a build without big problems. Only many small ones. Second corner done. It has a different opening than the first. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orso Posted May 7, 2021 Author Share Posted May 7, 2021 While waiting for the new kit to arrive I redirect a chassis from one of the other five A7V's that I'm building to this one. With all four corners ready I need to adapt the hull to the chassis to get the right height. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orso Posted July 31, 2021 Author Share Posted July 31, 2021 This build has slowed down almost to a halt, I managed to get all openings done in the hull. I put hatches in some of the openings. Time to start on details. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orso Posted November 30, 2021 Author Share Posted November 30, 2021 I have restarted on this. Most of the details has been done but I messed up with the front, the tow shackles and their covers should be placed more to the centre. I'll have to live with that. It is soon time to start adding rivets to it. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob G Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 You may already know this, but there's quite a number of photos of this postwar A7V development online, as well as a lot of chat/speculation in various forums. Also, from what I read, the hull form isn't the same as the A7V, which may be one of the reasons that you're having problems with getting it to look right - it won't look like an A7V because it doesn't quite look like an A7V! Ignore me if you already know this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orso Posted December 3, 2021 Author Share Posted December 3, 2021 Finally ready for a coat of gloss paint so that the rivet decals will stick. This time I'll go for a lighter colour this time to make things easier. The last time I used a colour that was to dark so it was hard to see where the rivets were to be. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteH1969 Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 Great work lots of detail and nicely done. Would make a great hover tank on a syfi theme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orso Posted December 5, 2021 Author Share Posted December 5, 2021 Ready to add lots of rivets 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orso Posted December 14, 2021 Author Share Posted December 14, 2021 Rivets from Archer Fine Transfers has been started. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orso Posted January 13, 2022 Author Share Posted January 13, 2022 Have been working slowly on the rivets. One more side to do. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echen Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 Just now, Orso said: Have been working slowly on the rivets. One more side to do. You must have great patience! Nice tidy job on your A7. Great work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maginot Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 Remarkable work. The rivets look very effective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orso Posted January 26, 2022 Author Share Posted January 26, 2022 Nine month after I started on this build I was able to put the first layer of paint on. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Klugman Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 Wow what a build ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Model Mate Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 excellent work - especially in braille-scale! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orso Posted January 27, 2022 Author Share Posted January 27, 2022 Project closed, not finished. The decals I bought doesn't even look something remotely close to the original: https://landships.activeboard.com/t64701690/a7v-hedi/ I could just as well used the kit that I started with. So I will not finish it. It goes down in a box until I figure out what to do (if I ever will) 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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