discussion SimonT - 1/76th Airfix Sdkfz.7 Halftrack

[yak face]

Top work simon , its great to see another old airfix stalwart being made, great additions , cheers tony

 

[scottie3158]

Simon,
As always excellent attention to detail. I will have to look into getting some of that micro rod.

 

[minitnkr]

The Allied-Axis series does a pretty good job on US stuff as well as German. Can't beat a ball-peen for making that stud/rivet a tad tighter or that link a leeetle bit longer. PaulE

 

[SimonT]

Thanks John

Cheers Steve - I have Son of Sherman and the Hunnicutt books, they are pretty good :thumb2:

Tony - thanks for looking in

Scottie - micro rod / strip have been my staple scratch building essentials since the late 80's. Worth getting but Slaters postage tends to be a bit costly these days

Paul - I may be wrong but aren't they photo books? I would like to see something like the Achtung Panzer series where they have done an in depth study of all the different marks of vehicle - scale plans, sketches of all the differences and changes etc


Back to the model, I had yesterday off work so there was a bit more progress

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made a winch, plumbed in the air cylinders

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and added an exhaust from lead wire

non of which will be very visible yet again

needs a little tidying up but I think that is the back end essentially done

 

[Neil Merryweather]

and added an exhaust from lead wire

non of which will be very visible yet again

made a winch, plumbed in the air cylinders

OMG! can you believe this guy?

 

[papa 695]

Great detailing Simon

 

[Jim R]

Hi Simon
Winch and air cylinders all up to your usual high standards.
Jim

 

[Andy Belsey]

Always a pleasure to see your detailing Simon!
Andy

 

[minitnkr]

Yes they are Simon. My bad. Thought you were looking for walk-around details. Stackpole does a series of books covering allied & axis vehicles that contain some excellent scale line drawings in 1/35, 1/48, & 1/72 but I've not seen anything as comprehensive as Panzer Tracts on US equipment. PaulE

 

[scottie3158]

Simon,
Always a pleasure to follow and learn from your modeling madness.

 

[Lee Drennen]

Impressive work as always Simon

 

[SimonT]

Neil - :smiling5:
Ian - thanks
Jim - thanks. Winch could have been better but it will hardly be visible so it will do
Andy - cheers
Paul - no problem, thanks anyway
Scottie - the lesson you should learn is not to follow my example if you wish to retain some sanity :tongue-out3:
Lee - thanks

Done a little more on this

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looking at the side frames I found they were slightly over 1mm thick which is around scale tank armour territory

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sanded them right down to about 0.25mm - still thick but much nearer

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started adding detail to the inner face but not overly happy so may redo this

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the front grille was marred by an ejector pin that had pushed through from the back so I trimmed out the solid moulded vanes
only trouble is I now need to add back five vanes in each of the three holes - all attempts to date have failed, oops

 

[Mini Me]

Single piece of scribed siding from evergreen should do the trick. Question is can you get it with the proper sized spacing. Good luck!
Rick H.

 

[Tim Marlow]

Going well Simon. For the vanes, I suppose it depends if you want them see through or not. If solid, you could make a longer stock piece using wide and narrow micro strip, use the wide piece as the vanes and space them using narrow strips of the correct thickness. Once dry and hardened you can cut the appropriate lengths and file them to size. If you want them see through then use something like shim brass as the spacer and remove it when they’re dry...but of a faff though.

 

[Steve Jones]

Your certainly puling out all the stops on this one Mr T. I am sure you will be able to sort out the grill without sticking all your fingers together:smiling3: