Allen's SU-152 "Zveroboy" (Beast Slayer) Trumpeter 1/35

[Jim R]

Hi Allen
Wouldn't it be great if instructions actually said things like "DO NOT stick part B12 until you have painted part C3 'cause if you do you're screwed"
Tracks look the usual mind numbing exercise but glad they look good.
Jim

[Mini Me]

But Allen..........all those bottles are full.....looks like some still have the price tag on 'em........Hmmmmm:thinking:

[Tim Marlow]

Thanks for the tip….I think I will do the same as you….I usually end up with more sub assemblies than parts anyway LOL…
Looks like I’ll have to find some good music for the track sessions as well. Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky and Borodin should do it :thumb2:

[yak face]

Great start allen , i dont envy you with those track links ! Careful though they look like a couple of bowls of cocktail nibbles , one too many beers and you might be looking for some fruils after all ! Prost !
Tony

[Ian M]

The only rules we seem to have is when Ian shout at us Andrew:smiling3:

I heard that!

[minitnkr]

There's even a smoking loge.

[Tim Marlow]

Hi Allen. As you’re a bit further on than me I have a question. What advantage does the “no glue” instruction for the track tensioners give you? As far as I can see they are not adjustable once on the chassis so can be glued solid once in place. Don’t want to do that and mess up a later stage though….

[Allen Dewire]

Hi Tim,

None at all. If you don't glue the idler arm or the tensioner on, the unit will move maybe a mm. not very useful and the 2 pieces would probably fall off. Funny thing, my destructions don't have the "no glue" notice in them for those parts. Strange!!!

[Tim Marlow]

Hi Tim,

None at all. If you don't glue the idler arm or the tensioner on, the unit will move maybe a mm. not very useful and the 2 pieces would probably fall off. Funny thing, my destructions don't have the "no glue" notice in them for those parts. Strange!!!

Cheers buddy. I’ll glue them up then! The only advantage I could see was to allow the arm to swing before you fit it, so you don’t get the angle wrong. My instructions do have a couple of part number errors as well, so it could actually be a mistake.

[Guest]

Thanks for the tip….I think I will do the same as you….I usually end up with more sub assemblies than parts anyway LOL…
Looks like I’ll have to find some good music for the track sessions as well. Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky and Borodin should do it :thumb2:

Tim this will certainly do

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[Guest]

Arhh those dreaded mud scrapers, sorry I didn't mention those Dude 1, thinking back I completely messed mine up , for got to fit them ! and had to remove the sprockets wheels and do it again when I went to put some Fruils on.

[stillp]

Tim this will certainly do

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Thanks John, I love that song! Something about snowberries I believe?
Pete

[Guest]

Thanks John, I love that song! Something about snowberries I believe?
Pete

Yes something like that according to the comments, there's something about a mass choir in full voice . Think the soloist must be some well known Russian singer forced into uniform !

[stillp]

Yes something like that according to the comments, there's something about a mass choir in full voice . Think the soloist must be some well known Russian singer forced into uniform !

Didn't he, along with many others of the ensemble, lose his life in a plane crash a couple of years ago? Certainly has/had a great voice.
I agree about the sound of a choir, but I'm Welsh so I would wouldn't I!
Pete

ps Update - yes, 64 of them died in a plane crash - I'm not sure if that included the soloist. RIP.

[Guest]

There was something mentioned about that , a great shame.
When people mention male voice choirs I always think either Russian or Welsh .