Some where on the Eastern Front 1942 /43 1/35 scale

[Guest]

I've already hid the matches JR! So you'll just have to bash about without any fire this time!
Looking forward to this HaHa! Rick H.

Rick .
Damn, that's messed that up, two sticks next then.:smiling3::smiling3:

The figures look nicely detailed. Hope you can start the buildings soon

Hi mate, tracks have arrived so straight in with those today.
Want to get those done, painted and ready to fit.
Buildings will commence soon !

As I said to Steve the tracks have arrived, so straight onto the bench and a start made .
All drilled out, fettling done and assembly started.







Just enjoy doing, these mad or what :nerd:

John .

[Mini Me]

Glutton for punishment!

[scottie3158]

John,
For some perverse reason I find doing links quite relaxing if you only do 15-20 mins at a time.

[Jim R]

Hi John
Figures look nice and coming on a treat. You're really getting into figures. Interested to know what you think of the glue. Tracks look fun - well you're enjoying them.

The cave has soon returned to it's normal tip like appearance, I only have to open a box and chaos ensues.

And I had such high hopes for your bench. Ah well, old dogs and new tricks!!!
Jim

[BattleshipBob]

Lovely looking tracks, but all that drilling

Mind you i do not mind sanding all those Stug wheels

[Guest]

Madness!

[Guest]

Glutton for punishment!

Ha, Rick doing those tracks is something I can achieve with out getting glue on me, or every where else. :smiling: I just sit down and drill, fettle and pop in the bag or tub. The real joy is joining the links up.

John,
For some perverse reason I find doing links quite relaxing if you only do 15-20 mins at a time.

It is Paul, I did all the prep work in about 2 / 3 hrs then assembled that row of 20. By then I'd had enough.

Hi John
Figures look nice and coming on a treat. You're really getting into figures. Interested to know what you think of the glue. Tracks look fun - well you're enjoying them.


And I had such high hopes for your bench. Ah well, old dogs and new tricks!!!
Jim

Yes Jim I will post my thoughts, from the videos I've seen it appears very similar to TXT, but has less of a smell, you also get 2 types of brush, one of will reach to corners of the bottle ! . Having two brushes is not that exciting as w e all have spare brushes that could be used, but suppose that's a selling point . The good thing is it's manufactured here in the UK.

As for the bench, well your right there, a sad thing as Christine hopes one day I will be tidy !

Lovely looking tracks, but all that drilling

Mind you i do not mind sanding all those Stug wheels

Bob give me these any day over plastic, they just beat me.
There you see you like sanding countless wheels, nearly as many as these track links .:tongue-out3::tongue-out3::tongue-out:.

Madness!

Arh yes, a sign no doubt of old age !

Thanks guys , maybe more tomorrow.
John .

[SimonT]

Hi John,

I have various builds that are stalled waiting for me to do the track links - not my fave task

Went to the Yorkshire Wartime Experience show on Sunday - a chap had brought a freshly restored T34/85 along

Some pictures of the tracks showing the amount of ground they had picked up

[minitnkr]

Dzohn, I use the drill & pin (music wire) method to change poses and affix to base on my little figs also. Simon, thanks for the nice pics, also shows how rough the casting is on the turrets. PaulE

[Guest]

Hi John,

I have various builds that are stalled waiting for me to do the track links - not my fave task

Went to the Yorkshire Wartime Experience show on Sunday - a chap had brought a freshly restored T34/85 along

Some pictures of the tracks showing the amount of ground they had picked up

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Wow, thanks Simon, now what would Christine say If I was to buy one .Not that it would be cheap but oh what a thing to have .
Nice to see a photo of center of the pad thick with mud like that. Noted.:thumb2:

Dzohn, I use the drill & pin (music wire) method to change poses and affix to base on my little figs also. Simon, thanks for the nice pics, also shows how rough the casting is on the turrets. PaulE

Thanks Paul, no doubt I will follow you on this.
Yesterday managed to get some more links done.


One side done, have a few links spare to add later to give some more sag when the other side is done luckily there always seem to be spare links.

Update 16.32 tracks all done .
Tried putting two more links in, too much. Just hanging loose. Can't put one link in only because of the pairing .
See what you think .


On a climb



Comments more than welcome re the track sag. Before anyone mentions it they're the wrong way round , this was just a test .:tongue-out3::tongue-out3::smiling3::nerd:.
John .

[minitnkr]

Looks just a tad tight to me. Prolly just out of the shop (noted bogies replaced), still breaking in. PaulE

[Mini Me]

The droopier the better! Cheers, Rick H.

[Guest]

Just to maintain my low standards of bench tidyness here is a photo taken just now .


Sorry Jim, Christine has given up hope of me ever being tidy

John .:nerd::smiling4:

[Guest]

Looks just a tad tight to me. Prolly just out of the shop (noted bogies replaced), still breaking in. PaulE

Hi Paul, will have to say that then.

The droopier the better! Cheers, Rick H.

Rick, I tend to agree, I'm going to put another 2 links in so you can see .
John .

[Mini Me]

JR. Next time she gaffs you about being tidy on the bench, you might ask her if she ever made an omelet without breaking the egg out of the shell.lol. Rick H.