Milan Mynar Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 A very nicely detailed kit. I couldn't build this. I will follow your build. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptmvarsityfan Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 Very nice build of an unusual but very interesting subject. Cheers, Paul 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddoxx77 Posted March 19, 2023 Author Share Posted March 19, 2023 Lot's of progress... little to show. It is just a lot of little parts to make slightly bigger little parts. The top of the hull and the lower hull and the sub assemblies are mostly finished. The exhaust is not my best work. The kit does not include plastic support parts for the exhaust so it has to be fully assembled using PE. It proved really difficult to line everything up so this exhaust is somewhat battered. The hatches for the driver and the machinegunner are left open so the interior will show. I also finished the fighting compartement. Took me about 2 hours to carefully assemble every little piece but i'm fairly happy with the result so far. I had to replace a plastic handlebar with copper wire. The plastic is so thin and soft that it snaps when you look at it the wrong way. So far i like the level of detail in this kit. But i'm struggeling with the somewhat wonky engeneering of the parts. It shurely is a challenge to build. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddoxx77 Posted March 19, 2023 Author Share Posted March 19, 2023 Last update for today. I finished the rack and the watercans. Also the assembly of the right fender is complete. Now i'm completely cross eyed and my brain hurts. Time for beer 🍻 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f matthews Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 2 hours ago, Maddoxx77 said: Now i'm completely cross eyed and my brain hurts. Time for beer 🍻 Slainte! Looking good. The exhaust is finicky, but doable in the end. On their A9 kits, the mounting points are all microscopic photoetched parts, which helped stall my two tandem builds a few years back. Ugh! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keeff Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 Steady progress there Maddox ... and lots of those lovely fiddly parts to contend with! Keith 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamden Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 Nice progress so far and the slightly battered exhaust guard adds to the realism. Very much looking forward to seeing it in paint now Stay safe Roger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon J Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 Looks to be a very fiddly kit. Lots of patience required on this one. Everything looking good though Maddoxx and I'm enjoying your WIP immensely. Good luck from Scotland with the rest of the build. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 I like the look of the exhaust shroud. I can imagine the squaddie stepping on it and saying "Oh shhhhhhhugar!" or something similar, and wondering what the RSM is going to say. Great progress Maddoxx. John. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddoxx77 Posted March 20, 2023 Author Share Posted March 20, 2023 2 hours ago, Hamden said: Nice progress so far and the slightly battered exhaust guard adds to the realism. Very much looking forward to seeing it in paint now Stay safe Roger There is stil a lot of building to do. The whole turret needs to be assembled as does the left fender so, lots of fun ahead 😉 Once all the sub assemblies are done i'll start painting the interior. Painting the exterior will be the next challenge. I want to do the caunterscheme so tight and neat lines are required. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddoxx77 Posted March 21, 2023 Author Share Posted March 21, 2023 Got a bit more done. The extra fuel drum on the front fender was a challenge. But in the end i got it all together and i'm happy with the look. It is starting to look like a tank. Appart from the fenders and the roadweel sections everything is dryfitted in place. The overall fit is good, there are no gaps. Next tasks: the turret and the tracks. I want to get all the sub assemblies done before i start painting parts. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geo1966 Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 Coming together really well Maddoxx. I wouldn't fancy being the driver with that big fuel drum close to me! George 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echen Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 Always puzzles me how features like this could be accepted but the designers and procurement departments did not have to drive it into action against a hostile enemy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Boak Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 Probably just as well, as designers are much rarer than people willing to go into battle. Funny isn't it how it is always the designers and procurement agencies (for which read politicians and bureaucrats, despite the military involvement in the latter at least) that get the blame for everything, whereas the requesting and acceptance agencies avoid it all? This fuel tank has all the air of either a local bodge which never went near any agency, or the kind of helpful instruction that comes after the design has been frozen for production. "Oh, I say, we now believe we need twice the range. Sort it out, there's a good lad." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echen Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Graham Boak said: Sort it out, there's a good lad. Scary to think that anyone could imagine that adding a fuel tank to the front of a tank next to the driver, who is already facing shed-loads of unpleasantness, might be anything like sorting something out. Maybe it's a nice big water tank with a tap inside for the crew? Edited March 22, 2023 by echen 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 37 minutes ago, echen said: Maybe it's a nice big water tank with a tap inside for the crew? And full of tea, with a heating element running through it to keep it hot! 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edjbartos Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 That is really coming along very well, it's looking great, there's a lot of nice detail here, looking forward to when you start painting this... Ed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Boak Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 OK, where are you going to put it? Not at the back, being near the exhaust or blocking the inlet. All a bit warm... Not at the sides, where it would stick out outside the limiting width. No room inside. You can't stop and start again with a bigger tank because that would take a couple of years. By which time something else would have changed. One basic rule of engineering: nobody ever did something silly, or seen as silly, without having a good reason why. (Not necessarily sufficiently good.) An order from above counts as a good reason. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddoxx77 Posted March 22, 2023 Author Share Posted March 22, 2023 These tanks proved to be not very effective once they had to face the Germans and Italians in Africa. The gun was too small, the armour too thin and overall the design lacked battlefield effectiveness. However, because it was light, it proved to be good at scouting/patroling missions. And yes, as a former tankgunner i would get quite nervous knowing that a giant fuel tank would sit right outside next to my driver 🤣 I made a little progress. A bit of a change of plans and pace. I decided to prime some of the subassemblies. I then went on and gave the interior a coat of creme white. I know that the real tanks were steelcolor on the inside and that later, when they used white paint, the crews would scrape it off due to the paint burning quite easily. I chose to do white mainly because i think it gives a bit more contrast and makes for a better view inside when fully assembled. Maybe i'll chipp the inside with dark steel to simulate paint scraped off. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 Regardless of whether the positioning of the fuel tank was good, bad or indifferent, on the model (and after all, that's what it's all about), it looks good Maddoxx, as does all the work so far. John. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echen Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 34 minutes ago, Bullbasket said: it looks good Maddoxx, as does all the work so far I'll second that! 1 hour ago, Maddoxx77 said: And yes, as a former tankgunner i would get quite nervous knowing that a giant fuel tank would sit right outside next to my driver How about if it was behind the rear deck like a T-90? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddoxx77 Posted March 22, 2023 Author Share Posted March 22, 2023 21 minutes ago, echen said: I'll second that! How about if it was behind the rear deck like a T-90? Nope..... just nope! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddoxx77 Posted March 22, 2023 Author Share Posted March 22, 2023 Started with detailing the interior. Still have to do some work with enamels but the base is there. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echen Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 1 hour ago, Maddoxx77 said: Nope..... just nope! Yours is placed just right on an excellent build and as they were - but they could have been placed differently? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddoxx77 Posted March 22, 2023 Author Share Posted March 22, 2023 1 hour ago, echen said: Yours is placed just right on an excellent build and as they were - but they could have been placed differently? I think not but i'm not an engeneer 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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