discussion Leopard 1A1.......Revell 1/35

[PaulTRose]

Next on the bench....... After that tiddly little Ford Tc i need something bigger lol........ So how about a current-ish MBT

Kit was new tool in 2015......lots of parts in the box!...... 8 sprues plus tracks and some other bits n bobs...... Box says 233 parts so should keep me quiet for a while lol

Theres 3 schemes..... 2 german 1 norwegian...... Dont know which i will do yet

 

[pjgtech]

Will follow along matey, my my you are knocking them out at a rate of knots at the mo!!!!
The little Scorpion has given me a taste for something bigger....

 

[PaulTRose]

Will follow along matey, my my you are knocking them out at a rate of knots at the mo!!!!
The little Scorpion has given me a taste for something bigger....

Lol..... Ive also just 10 mins ago finished the Celica but cant take pics til tomorrow......
Im hoping something with a large parts count might slow things down a bit

 

[PaulTRose]

Made a start.... This is going to be bigger than i first thought

I like to add some weight to a tanks hull to make it 'sit' on the vinyl tracks........ Usually a couple of big nuts or similar is enough but the hull is so big ive had to come up with another solution...... I had some little plastic pots that was right size to fit inside..... Cut them down to right height....... Filled with little stones (fish tank medium..... Left over from when i did that dry stone wall in the infantry gb)..... Used a hot glue gun to fix in a lid.... Then glued into the hull....... Simples!

Usual paint pot for scale

 

[pjgtech]

I like to add some weight to a tanks hull to make it 'sit' on the vinyl tracks........ Usually a couple of big nuts or similar is enough but the hull is so big ive had to come up with another solution...... I had some little plastic pots that was right size to fit inside..... Cut them down to right height....... Filled with little stones (fish tank medium..... Left over from when i did that dry stone wall in the infantry gb)..... Used a hot glue gun to fix in a lid.... Then glued into the hull....... Simples!

Lol, thats a good idea re weight. I do air rifle target shooting and fishing, so have plenty of lead laying around...

 

[PaulTRose]

Lol, thats a good idea re weight. I do air rifle target shooting and fishing, so have plenty of lead laying around...

I buy cheap fishing ledgers usually

Word of warning.... Dont use ca to glue in lead..... Allegedly it causes a reaction where it 'grows' a sort of crystalline fungus which over time can cause seams to crack open

I dont know how true it is, i read about it years ago on a forum, but ive not took the risk since theres so many ways of glueing in without ca