discussion Chieftain Mk5 (Tamiya 1/35)

[papa 695]

Nice to have you back posting Pete. Looking good so far.

 

[Guest]

HI small update, made a start on to PE.



Still got the latches to add.



Added engine grills and handles.












Thank you looking in.
Pete.

 

[Guest]

Nice to have you back posting Pete. Looking good so far.

Cheers Ian, still having a lot of trouble with up loading pic's
Pte.

 

[Graeme C.]

Hi Pete, a British Tank, I'll have to follow your progress, the brass stowage bins look good, be a shame to paint them!:thumb2:

 

[Guest]

Nice pe work :smiling3:.

 

[Steve Jones]

Glad you managed to upload the latest pics. Stunning work with the PE. Did it all bend into shape okay?. Looks awesome from here

 

[Guest]

Hi Pete, a British Tank, I'll have to follow your progress, the brass stowage bins look good, be a shame to paint them!:thumb2:

Hi Graeme thank you, glad to have you along at least the paint will hide my mistakes.
Pete.

 

[Guest]

Nice pe work :smiling3:.

Hi Ralph and thank you, there's a lot more to do yet.
Pete.

 

[Guest]

Glad you managed to upload the latest pics. Stunning work with the PE. Did it all bend into shape okay?. Looks awesome from here

Hi Steve I think I've sorted it now thank you for dropping in, it's coming together slowly, working out which way to bend and which bend to bend first sometimes takes some working out, I don't do much PE work normally. Hopefully the paint will hide most of the mistakes.
Pete.

 

[Si Benson]

Good evening Pete,
You’ve got that PE together very nicely. Looks very good to me:thumb2:

 

[Guest]

Good evening Pete,
You’ve got that PE together very nicely. Looks very good to me:thumb2:

Hi Si and good evening to you, it's something I don't do a lot of so I'm pleased you like it so far, there's quite a bit more to come so fingers crossed.
Pete.

 

[papa 695]

Very nice work with the PE Pete,

 

[RM6239]

The PE looks very neat and clean mate, well done.

cheers
Ross

 

[Guest]

Very nice work with the PE Pete,

Cheers Ian I pleased with what I've done and that's saying something.
Pete.

 

[Guest]

The PE looks very neat and clean mate, well done.

cheers
Ross

Hi Ross, PE isn't really my thing so the nice comment is much appreciated, I must confess I haven't cleaned it up yet so it should look a bit better than it is hopefully.
Pete.

 

[Guest]

Pete,
Great work with the PE, If you do not have a roller set do not panic, use the drill bits that you would normally use for DIY and roll on a stiff piece of rubber like a mouse mat. But I can see you are progressing well. Will drop a pic in of my etch tools as a guide for you. Cheers, Mike

 

[Guest]

Pete,
As promised a pic of the tools I use for metal bending....

Cheers, Mike.

 

[Guest]

Pete,
As promised a pic of the tools I use for metal bending....
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Cheers, Mike.

Hi Mike thank you for showing me the tools you use for metal bending.

These are my tools of distruction, it's just the the skill that's missing.

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Pete.

 

[Guest]

Hi this work was done last Monday, have lost my mojo and interest in building so it's back in the box.

Cut out fender support R/H for wiring to side light (before and after)
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Added wiring and clamp, also wired front lights.
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Made missing uper tow eyes, added 6 missing bolt heads.
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Thank you for looking in one day I might try and finish it.
Pete.

 

[col68]

Shame to leave it now Pete. Your doing better than I am with my takom mk11.