Steves shilka

[Steve Brodie]

Wow, those tracks fit like a charm, had to add a few more links, but great sag and detail;

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Front disc fell off 2nd road wheel, lol.

Also, take it back about the suspension, now that the glue has set for 48hrs it works quiet well;

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[col68]

Those tracks look spot on steve

[monica]

very nice work with the tracks,Steve,real like the sag,looking good,

[grumpa]

Nicely done so far Steve

[Steve Brodie]

Looks like the sag will have to go, doesn't look like the tracks even touch the top of the road wheels, very taught system.

[Steve Brodie]

Ever had that sick, sinking feeling when you realise you have glued something on wrong !! , Well I had that feeling last night, whilst I was constructing the drivers area, more on that in a bit, I was test fitting the ‘tub’ to the chassis but for the life of me couldn’t work out why it wouldn’t sit true, plus two locating holes seemed to be missing, it was then I had the sinking feeling as I looked at the hull plate and realised I had glued it on upside down, 3 days ago !!!. I assumed, obviously incorrectly, that the ribbing was part of the hull, where in fact it was for the underside. PANIC !!, a fresh blade in the knife and some very careful scoring and 10 minutes later I had managed to remove the plate without any damage and glue it back on the right way round.

The drivers compartment builds into a nice representation of the innards, 4 main pieces and a couple of small add-ons go into its construction, along with a couple of pieces for the side wall. Pedals, hand brake are all separate parts along with a ‘joystick’ steering lever. The seat has a nice texture to it and the whole unit is constructed from 5 pieces and fits into a slot in the floor, does seem a long way back though.

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[james pithouse]

very nice work so far Steve like the detail you have done so far keep it up

[Steve Brodie]

Hoping to get this area primed / pre shaded at the weekend and some white , misted on before picking out certain items and dirtying up !!

[Steve Brodie]

Got the drivers multi access hatch built, want to get the inside painted along with the interior, then i can tape the whole lot shut for when i paint the exterior;



Also built up the upper hull, have to align the side panels with the top plate and then the lower hull. Fitted okay, but some nasty attachment sprue points to clean up (on the side angles!!);

[col68]

Starting to take shape nicely steve

[james pithouse]

great work Steve getting there bit by bit hope mine will turn out like yours do

[Steve Brodie]

great work Steve getting there bit by bit hope mine will turn out like yours do

Thanks, bit slow at the mo, with this and the ZSU-57-2 build, plus trying to finish off the Tamiya 1/48 JGSDF Type 10 - needs a few touch ups so hopefully out with the airbrush on saturday and get it finished andthe Shilka internals.

[Steve Brodie]

found a great reference image, for the inside of the Shilka's driving compartment, steel grey seems to be the instrument surround colour not black as per Meng

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[Steve Brodie]

Go the airbrush out and NATO black base coat followed by Matt white for the interior;

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Outside around nd the hatch and the hatch painted (field grey)

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[col68]

Looking good Steve