Scotties Puma AAGB

[Steve Jones]

Replacing the kit part PE replacement with a scratch built replacement. Lifes a beatch mate LOL

[scottie3158]

very neatly executed... love it..

Thanks Greg, glad it meets with your approaval.

Annoying when bits go flying to infinity and beyond but scratched replacement looks good - just missing the corner infill pieces at the top corner of each side (bottom in the upside down photo)

thanks Simon I will have another look and put it right.

Great work. I don't know if it's a scale thing or what, but those drive shafts looks tiny, for moving such a beast along. OK, there's a few, sharing the load I suppose.

Hi Colin, your right they do look a bit thin but as you say they all take the strain. Jakko has posted a useful pic showing them.

They weren’t all that thick on the real vehicle:

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Cheers Jakko I don't know if it's the way I search but I never manage to find pictures like that lol.

Replacing the kit part PE replacement with a scratch built replacement. Lifes a beatch mate LOL

Steve, LMAO I couldn't agree more mate.

[scottie3158]

I have fitted the top half of the hull to the bottom half and added the rear inserts. The fit was very good and took the minimum of filler.

While this was set to one side to dry I made a start on the replacement engine deck. The shape was cut out along with the holes for the etch grill assemblies. I have left it a touch big so I can sand it to blend with the hull when it is glued in place.

The etch grills were not the easiest things to put together but it does come with a little jig to help. When they had been fitted They were edged with evergreen.





Next job is to add hinges, handles bolts etc.

Cheers
Scottie

[Guest]

Cheers Jakko I don't know if it's the way I search but I never manage to find pictures like that lol.

I’m now wondering what I searched for to get that photo … let’s see if it’s in my browser’s history. Ah, very simple: [ICODE]SdKfz 234 suspension[/ICODE]. Asking Google for that turned up this photo:

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And when I clicked on it, the related images section had the rear view.

[rtfoe]

You really grilled those grills Scottie.:thumb2:

Cheers,
Richard

[scottie3158]

You really grilled those grills Scottie.:thumb2:

Cheers,
Richard

Hi Richard, it took a bit of effort to get the vanes right but I think it looks ok.

[SimonT]

Gorillas look :thumb2:

[Graeme C.]

Very neat work on the grills, a very big improvement over the kit part.:thumb2:

[Guest]

Nice work Paul, think those etch brkts look a sod to do,but they do look the part .

[papa 695]

Coming along nicely paul

[scottie3158]

Gorillas look :thumb2:

Simon, you lost me with that one, is a gorilla look good or bad? lol

Very neat work on the grills, a very big improvement over the kit part.:thumb2:

Thanks Graeme I like to think so.

Nice work Paul, think those etch brkts look a sod to do,but they do look the part .

John they were a pain but I think they look beter.

Coming along nicely paul

Ian thanks fella.

[scottie3158]

Spent the morning making some hinges from pewter, copper wire and punched rivets hopefully they look the part.


I have just noticed I have knocked a rivet off of one of the hinges.

cheers
Scottie

[SimonT]

Hinges look brilliant Paul

[scottie3158]

Hinges look brilliant Paul

Thanks Simon coming from the master of scratch I will take that.

[Guest]

He's done it again - I'm lost for words.