discussion Tamiya 'famo' 18 ton halftrack

[shovelhead 1977]

hope this is in the right place !, this model to be built next started this a few months ago so I thought about time this was finished ! loads of parts including a set of photo etched parts ,

 

[Ian M]

Well lets be seeing it then!

 

[shovelhead 1977]

sorry pictures are not to clear, these are a few of the assembled parts ready for detailing. just been reading through the instructions and found one mistake it ,the road wheels all come in two halves which are to be cemented together then fitted to the axles once cemented together you can't fit them all on as they are supposed to sort of overlap each other but you cant fit them on this way,best way is to fit inner halves to axles then cement the outer halves in place !

 

[Ian M]

If you have glued the wheels together. You can get them on the axles by standing the wheels up in the "assembled" position and place the chassis alongside and carefully move them into place and press onto the axles....
Ask me how I know...

 

[shovelhead 1977]

great will have a go at that !

 

[Guest]

best way is to fit inner halves to axles then cement the outer halves in place !

Just keep the outer faces of the wheel axes clear of paint (or scrape it off, of course), then install them like you say — you can still glue the inner and outer halves together fine.

 

[shovelhead 1977]

a couple of photo etched parts fitted to headlights and engine, also some track parts

 

[scottie3158]

Hi Raymond,
Nice work I will follow along.

 

[Ian M]

Those tracks build up well Easy to clean up as well if I recall.

 

[shovelhead 1977]

more photo etched fitted, bit of tidying up to do and then be ready for painting , brackets fitted to bottom of body bit more tidying and painting to do !

 

[shovelhead 1977]

forgot to put a picture of what its supposed to be like, so here it is !

 

[scottie3158]

Ray,
Nice work on the etch.

 

[shovelhead 1977]

done some of the track just waiting for glue to dry plates now fitted to both drive sprockets,what a fiddly job that was but got there in the end !

 

[shovelhead 1977]

pic 1 and 2 tying down eyes, brackets,,strap with buckle , and two floor mounted brackets pic 3 tool tray and locker clasps, pic 4 body side with door tie down eyes pic 5 mudguard hinge pic 6 air filter clamps

 

[shovelhead 1977]

some more parts completed,some really fiddly etched parts !

 

[shovelhead 1977]

engine near completion, just a few little details to add, winch , cable and gearbox ready, bit of touching up on the painting and then ready for weathering !

 

[shovelhead 1977]

chassis, ready for tracks and weathering to be done !

 

[Steve Brodie]

Coming along very nicely.

 

[shovelhead 1977]

tried a bit of dirtying up today, never done weathering or anything like this before, any opinions welcome !

 

[scottie3158]

Ray,
Nice work.