Updates are looking good Jim
Jim's 1/35 Trumpeter Sd.Kfz 7/1
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Excellent progress Jim, getting jiggy with it as well…..
Top stuff Jim and some super neat building work 
Most kind of you to post gentlemen :thumb2:
Awkward bits done. The only changes I made to the instructions were I glued the bulkhead to the bonnet first and didn't glue the seat support to the floor until everything was in place. OK it's not perfect but all the other odds and sods still to be fitted will cover a multitude of sins. The gap between the floor and the bulkhead looks worse than it is in the photos and the doors and dash will make it harder to see. That's my excuse anyway and I'm sticking to it :tongue-out3:
Jim
Awkward bits done. The only changes I made to the instructions were I glued the bulkhead to the bonnet first and didn't glue the seat support to the floor until everything was in place. OK it's not perfect but all the other odds and sods still to be fitted will cover a multitude of sins. The gap between the floor and the bulkhead looks worse than it is in the photos and the doors and dash will make it harder to see. That's my excuse anyway and I'm sticking to it :tongue-out3:
Jim
Looking good Jim attaching the bonnet to the bulkhead is a good call, as the gap between it and the cab floor is nowhere as visible
Made a fair bit of progress although there doesn't seem to be a lot to show for the time at the bench.
PE chequerplate for the side steps. The PE just didn't fit well and so it needed a fair bit of adjustment. Looks OK now I hope. I also put some scrapes in the mudguards to help with the weathering later.
A few bits added to the cab including the gear levers which I had to remove to get the floor fitted. Also the sides fitted.
Scuttle (I think that is what it's called) across the top of the dash. Needed a little filler at each end. Also started adding bonnet fasteners etc to the front.
Exhaust is provided as two pieces. No way would it fit like that so I cut the rear section into two and added a joining bit. Most will not be seen but a bit will.
This is where lack of forward planning shows up :rolling: To fit the exhaust I need the vehicle upside down but I'd already fitted some fragile bits so I had to spend time building a jig to hold it securely and without damage so that I can fit the rather fiddly exhaust.
I have built the side and rear panels with their PE mesh and also cleaned up and primed the tools.
This kit is a real mixed bag. I can go from praising it to swearing at it from one minute to another!
PE chequerplate for the side steps. The PE just didn't fit well and so it needed a fair bit of adjustment. Looks OK now I hope. I also put some scrapes in the mudguards to help with the weathering later.
A few bits added to the cab including the gear levers which I had to remove to get the floor fitted. Also the sides fitted.
Scuttle (I think that is what it's called) across the top of the dash. Needed a little filler at each end. Also started adding bonnet fasteners etc to the front.
Exhaust is provided as two pieces. No way would it fit like that so I cut the rear section into two and added a joining bit. Most will not be seen but a bit will.
This is where lack of forward planning shows up :rolling: To fit the exhaust I need the vehicle upside down but I'd already fitted some fragile bits so I had to spend time building a jig to hold it securely and without damage so that I can fit the rather fiddly exhaust.
I have built the side and rear panels with their PE mesh and also cleaned up and primed the tools.
This kit is a real mixed bag. I can go from praising it to swearing at it from one minute to another!
G
Most impressed with that jig, perhaps you should market both Jim. aka Jig man Jim :thumb2:
Jim, before you lay some paint down the inertia starter cover (photo-etch part) sits on the outside of the small tubular bulge in the fender
You can just make it out on my kit's instruction image below
G
I’m not sure about that. For my Dragon Sd.Kfz. 7, I built the full exhaust and then cut it like Trumpeter provides the parts in the first place, after which I could manoeuvre it into and out of the model with little difficulty. (I did this because I wanted to paint it separately, and that worked well enough.)
But, of course, if it’s easier to fit now you’ve cut it into more pieces, then all is good anyway
Jim,
This is really looking good mate. Nice work with all the jigs.
This is really looking good mate. Nice work with all the jigs.
:thumb2: thanks
Mighty fine work Jim, lovely to catch up on this one
Hawkeye Los :thumb2::hugging-face:
All put right now. A drop of debonder, clean up and put it in the right place. I didn't know what it was.
The instruction where it was fitted wasn't clear although later diagrams clearly show it on the fender.
Thanks Los. This is a perfect example of the benefits of sharing a build on the forum.
All put right now. A drop of debonder, clean up and put it in the right place. I didn't know what it was.
The instruction where it was fitted wasn't clear although later diagrams clearly show it on the fender.
Thanks Los. This is a perfect example of the benefits of sharing a build on the forum.
The inertia starter cover is moved to its correct place.
The exhaust is all fitted. While the model was upside down I gave it a black/brown oil wash just to start a bit of weathering.
The exhaust is all fitted. While the model was upside down I gave it a black/brown oil wash just to start a bit of weathering.
G
Jim,
Just caught up to your build, lots of great work going on here, will come back later and take another look.
Mike.
Just caught up to your build, lots of great work going on here, will come back later and take another look.
Mike.
Thanks again guys. How time flies. I have serious doubts about finishing inside the GB time scale. This is slow.
Tracks are built and basic painting done. They are still to be muddied up. The pads were too smooth so were roughed up a bit with my Como.
Leather seats also base coated.
Dashboard complete. The dial decals fit inside raised bezels and so I cut off excess carrier film so they would fit better. Micro Krystal Klear for lenses.
Wheels were all given a quite oil wash.
After the GB I want to show this in a dio - a nice muddy farm yard perhaps. So I set to with the pigments :tongue-out3:
Still work to be done but getting there.
Thanks again for your helpful and encouraging comments.
Tracks are built and basic painting done. They are still to be muddied up. The pads were too smooth so were roughed up a bit with my Como.
Leather seats also base coated.
Dashboard complete. The dial decals fit inside raised bezels and so I cut off excess carrier film so they would fit better. Micro Krystal Klear for lenses.
Wheels were all given a quite oil wash.
After the GB I want to show this in a dio - a nice muddy farm yard perhaps. So I set to with the pigments :tongue-out3:
Still work to be done but getting there.
Thanks again for your helpful and encouraging comments.
I really like that Jim. It’s coming along excellently. Love the pigment work as well.
Ya'lljiggywiddit. Some excellent work.
Jim,
This is really looking good mate. The dashboard looks very neat.
This is really looking good mate. The dashboard looks very neat.
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