Scotties Sd.Kfz. 10/5
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Thanks Graeme glad your looking in.
I had to rework the front suspension as it was a solid lump lacking in detail. The axle straps that prevent over movement of the axle were just cast as solid blocks. The leaf spring was removed and made from strips of evergreen. The link arms were fabricated from copper rod with copper pins to allow the suspension a little movement. There is still some detail to add this will be done when this has dried properly. You can see the straps that replaced the solid plastic moulding.
cheers
Scottie
cheers
Scottie
Wow! 'nuff said on that scratchery.....
Thanks Andrew, it was fiddly but fun still some work to do on it.
Thanks Steve the photos really helped.
Great modifications and scratchwork Paul. I have the ESCI kit...don't know if it's similar to both the Italeri and Revell kit.
Cheers,
Richard
Cheers,
Richard
Beautiful job. Early Corvettes (before IRS) had the same strap arrangement on the rear axle.
Hi Scottie
Front axle/suspension looks so much better. Definitely worth the time and effort.
Thanks Allen for the half track info. Most interesting. Sorry Scottie for clogging up your thread with my question.
Jim
Front axle/suspension looks so much better. Definitely worth the time and effort.
Thanks Allen for the half track info. Most interesting. Sorry Scottie for clogging up your thread with my question.
Jim
Paul, while soaking in all your detail, have to say that the copper linkage pins keep drawing my eye... Bravo !
G
Wow Paul , say no more.:nerd::flushed::surprised:
Such a great start Scottie, love watching these builds
Hi Richard, cheers mate. As far as I can make out Revell and Italeari shared the moulds but not ESCI
Thanks Paul,A lot of vehicles with solid axles had these straps especially X country and 4 x 4 to protect the suspension.
Jim, not a problem mate that is what these posts are for, sharing information and asking questions.
Ron, thank you mate they were fun to make
Thanks John.
Mick, Thanks mate hopefully more to come.
The bonnet (hood) panels did not fit very well at all leaving a large gap at the rear. This may be due to the dubious location of the bulkhead and dash board earlier. The instructions show the wind shield fitted even when the armour for the cab is fitted is this correct or would they have removed the windshield?
I still have some cleaning up to do along the panel lines.
Cheers
Scottie
I still have some cleaning up to do along the panel lines.
Cheers
Scottie
Nice progress Scottie. Great additions as usual.
Ain't that so often the case. Iffy instructions with imprecise location points and then positioning of other parts is thrown out.
You have overcome issues and it all looks good.
Can't help with the windscreen question but someone will know. Calling Jakko :smiling: :thumb2: :smiling:
Jim
The PAK versions (3.7 & 5.0) definitely did away w/it but the AA version is unclear as the armor is the same height as the original windscreen.
I'm not an expert on German half-tracks, but I think that keeping the windscreen behind the armour (that is to say in a a combat situation) would be a dangerous choice: any hit on the armour, any artillery near-miss, not to talk about a bullet going through the loophole, would break the windscreen behind it creating an unpleasant shower of high speed glass splinters in the driving compartment... but it's just a speculative thought.
Royal Models & Dragon do not include the windshield in their armored AA versions.
Paul. I agree with the critics beautiful scratch work
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