Nice to see your huge amount of brass starting to take its place. this is going to be stunning when done looking forward to your progress.

Jase

Looking good Dave, loving the detail being added.....

Regards

Alan

Looking good

Thanks Andy and Alan

More progress made and more PE, should start seeing a bit more PE now according to the instructions.

As much as I really like the Voayger PE set I have noticed that they even include the parts that are included with the kits own PE, this is something I really dislike and dont understand, especially when it is no better then the PE provided with the kit. I guess they are just trying to bulk up their frets.

That's all for a few days as off to Amsterdam tomorrow morning

Lovely work Dave, the etch is looking good

Steve

Thanks Guys,

Lots more etch to come

Thanks Kev

I have made a little progress on this, not getting much model time this week as have man flu as well as working 12 hour night shifts.

I have finished the rear plate so far, the photoetch clamps will hold a log in place which I will paint separately and then stick on at the end.

I also made a start on the first sideskirt, there is a lot of little parts that build up to make this, even more on the other side. I have just dry fitted the skirt to the body now to give an idea of how it will look, still more to add to it. I will paint the skirts off of the main body as I wont be able to get some of the wheels on once they are attached.

The fuel tanks are just dry fitted at the moment and need a little work on some seams.

Thanks Kev

I must admist there does seem to be some areas where there is being etch added where there is some perfectly accetable molded on detail although I have reached a point where I have used a chisel blade to take off some of the molded detail on the skirts and replaced with etch.

I do suspect that this etch kit was originally made for an earlier less detailed kit and then just modified for this kit. I will just continue to pick and choose between the molded on detail and etch as and when it comes to it.

Not a lot done as work is still icredibly busy at the moment, we are into the final week now. I did have a dilemma as I was thinking I would need to assemble the skirts off the body so I could put the wheels on after I had started to paint the base colour then the skirts on after, however some of the etch connected to parts that were attached to the main body which left me with trying to work out how I would get the wheels on after the skirt.

After lots of pondering it hit me, I was being completely dumb The only wheels that needed to go on were the idlers and return wheel, these are both painted in the base colour only and no rubber tyres, SO, it didnt matter if they went on now on they went and on the side skirt went.

In the pictures the fuel tanks are still only dry fitted as I wanted to show how the tank it starting to take its shape now, and what a beautiful shape it is

You will a picture from the back that shows a photo etch clip that looks like it should have something in it, there is a big log that is held across the back in these, the log will be going on at the ended as will be painted detached for ease.

Just started work on the second skirt.

Thanks Nemesis

I just hope I can do it justice when it comes to the final stages of painting

Thanks for the comment Kev, I am doing as you say and just picking and choosing the etch to use, at least I will have some to add to a spares box when this is finished

I have pretty finished the chasis and now made a start on the turret.

The kit is going together really nicely with only a few very minor fit problems that require no more than a little bit of filing. There is one plate that sits on top of the chasis just behind the turret that has gap after fitting but nothing a tiny bit of filler wouldnt sort.

After looking at the instructions for assembling the tracks I am a little puzzled. The tracks are of the individual link type however they are not workable and require gluing, so how am I supposed to glue them and then wrap them around the wheels in the correct shape? surely the glue would have dried by the time I get all the links glued.

Any advise from experienced armour builders grealty appreciated