discussion Some where on the Eastern Front 1942 /43 1/35 scale

[Guest]

Morning John - tis hot isn't it. Think I got to sleep around 4 - alarm went off 5:45 :sad-face::sleeping:

Looking at the picture above the drive wheel, back left, hasn't gone together properly - there shouldn't be any of those gaps between the two halves. Is it too late to rectify now?

There is a grab handle missing off the top of the engine deck as well - one on the right is there but just holes on the left :thinking:

The front track guards would have looked better made from pewter then bashed about a bit - trust the pewter, trust the pewter :smiling5:

Hi Simon.
Arg you too then, still close here, even though we've had some good rain falls.

I've taken a close up of the back left.



Do you mean on the deck .
:disappointed2::flushed:


I see, well I couldn't could I , otherwise i'd have filled it :disappointed2::flushed::smiling:. oh bugger damn. didn't see the missing grab handle either.
I'll have a look in the box, or make a wire one.
:upside:
Now as for the missing Pewter, no excuse, just clean forgot :cold-sweat:, suppose I could say that half of the front won't be seen as it drives through the factory wall.

Now going to sit on the naughty step.

John.

 

[spanner570]

453, you really are hopeless!
Perhaps a move to a different ward might help...The one Sister Muldoon runs! ..... :anguished::anguished:

570

 

[BigGreg]

looks realy neat i can't wait to it painted and heavy weathered..

 

[SimonT]

John - sorry, forgot to come back and clarify.......




the two halves of the drive sprocket should fit together so that gap, arrowed, is not there

Those large bumps either side fit together to form a bar between the front and back faces - the track link teeth drag on these bars as the wheel rotates and that is what produces motion

 

[minitnkr]

Shaping up nicely Dzohn. I think you guys in Europa are going to have to break down & invest in air conditioning or move your bedrooms into the basement before you all expire. It doesn't look like summers of yore are going to return in our lifetimes. PaulE

 

[Guest]

453, you really are hopeless!
Perhaps a move to a different ward might help...The one Sister Muldoon runs! ..... :anguished::anguished:

570

There is no known treatment 570, no no not Sister Muldoon, please anyone else.:fearful::flushed::tired::sad:

looks realy neat i can't wait to it painted and heavy weathered..

Greg thank you, will be quite a " smashing break out " The Germans won't know what's hit then !

John - sorry, forgot to come back and clarify.......




the two halves of the drive sprocket should fit together so that gap, arrowed, is not there

Those large bumps either side fit together to form a bar between the front and back faces - the track link teeth drag on these bars as the wheel rotates and that is what produces motion

Oh I see, should I cut them apart and reglue ? Thank you.
I'd left the rear track guards off for ease of fitting the tracks.

Shaping up nicely Dzohn. I think you guys in Europa are going to have to break down & invest in air conditioning or move your bedrooms into the basement before you all expire. It doesn't look like summers of yore are going to return in our lifetimes. PaulE

Hi Paul , thank you, think your correct with the air con, I can see there being a sales boom

Today being much cooler I managed fair amount on the diorama base
Taking note from 570 perfect bases I've decided to try to improve.
Using some cardboard and white card I've started to make a wraparound with only the front open .


The white card is glued to another section of cardboard, which in turn is glued to the large sheet.
This has given a lip around , so the roofing frame has a fixing point.
There will be afair amount of roofing sheets blown off, exposing the steel frame
With this in mind I have increased the detail






I knew one day those bolt heads would come in handy :nerd:

Thanks for following.
John .

 

[spanner570]

Very nice 453.
Good work going on for sure.... :thumb2:

570

 

[Guest]

Blingtastic!

 

[Guest]

Very nice 453.
Good work going on for sure.... :thumb2:5

Very nice 453.
Good work going on for sure.... :thumb2:

Thanks 570, glad you approve .

Blingtastic!

Hi Peter,:smiling2: thank you .

 

[Guest]

Very nice 453.
Good work going on for sure.... :thumb2:

570
Glad you approve Sir .
453

 

[Mickc1440]

That's nice JR the rabbles DIO's certainly are on the up and up

 

[Si Benson]

Coming together nicely John:thumb2:

 

[Guest]

That's nice JR the rabbles DIO's certainly are on the up and up

That's kind of you Mick, thanks.

Coming together nicely John:thumb2:

Hi Si, cheers mate, I keep trying, more time now its cooler and wet .:smiling:


Managed to get the rest of the white card stuck down on the dio back and sides.
Going to carry on with the roof joists, but at some point need to get put the tank through the wall, before I manage to block myself in.
Some paints should be here from the Scale Model Shop this week , this will enable final painting to take place of the tank.

Have a good week all .

John.

 

[Richard48]

Sorry for being late on parade dear boy.What a mighty fine job you are doing of this Sig sig.Some very nimble work Captain John,Ive got a huge stack of DML 1.35th soldiers on shelf.If you ever need a paricular box i might have them.
Carry on Carruthers.
Pip pip onk onk.
Richard.

 

[Guest]

Sorry for being late on parade dear boy.What a mighty fine job you are doing of this Sig sig.Some very nimble work Captain John,Ive got a huge stack of DML 1.35th soldiers on shelf.If you ever need a particular
John. box i might have them.
Carry on Carruthers.
Pip pip onk onk.
Richard.

Thanks Richard, i'd just pmd you as well . As for figures thank you , I will ask next time I need any.

 

[Steve Jones]

Lovin the base. Any man hole covers in the street?.

 

[Guest]

Lovin the base. Any man hole covers in the street?.

Cheers Steve ,I did think about it,but there will be loads of debris, but could put a drain in near the wall as there will be guttering.
This is where we are today .
Another section of steel roofing.C/W with Bolts ! Well they are nearly rivit:tongue-out3::tongue-out3: like
Also made a quick jig, hopefully will help to keep the angle right .

Gardening in morning but later hope to cut our a shed load of angle plates.
Thanks for looking in.
John .

 

[Mini Me]

JR, that is a "fixture". Jig is now an inappropriate word as somewhere down the line someone smarter than all of us decided it had "racial connotations" LOL!!!
:smiling5: Cheers, Rick H.

 

[scottie3158]

John,
The great work continues.

 

[Guest]

JR, that is a "fixture". Jig is now an inappropriate word as somewhere down the line someone smarter than all of us decided it had "racial connotations" LOL!!!
:smiling5: Cheers, Rick H.

Good God is no word safe from these Snowflakes !

John,
The great work continues.

Thanks Paul .