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Everything in place
🕑 Added 2021-03-01 10:06:41 +0000 UTCMy friends, I don't know if the photos work (again) because as I'm posting, I can't see them...
Anyway, I've got everything that's made out of plastic ready and glued in place (well, except the exhausts but those are also ready). Now I can finally start adding photoetch!
Probably the most tedious part were fenders. To give them a bit of "character" I had to thin them down with a rotary tool from the inner side... all the way! That took a while because they're very long, but once it was all done, I could add some small dents here and there. It's not as good as denting photoetched fenders, but better than nothing.
There were some fit issues when I was gluing them to the hull, especially in the rear section where exhausts will be. I ended up "cheating" and filling the gap with a small weld bead even though it shouldn't be there. It's not going to be very visible once the exhausts are in place, but the gap definitely would be! Let's make that our little secret 😁
The storage boxes also needed some work. In reality they're welded from not-so-thin plates, it's visible in photos that they're quite sturdy. So I spent time cleaning up the glued joints and rescribing each lid to make it more pronounced. I also added some minuscule texture for good measure.
The rest was kinda regular stuff... gun cradle was textured, detailed with a few plastic circles and then welded to the rear plate. Fuel caps textured, detailed, glued. Headlights cleaned up, filled, drilled out, welded to the hull etc. Electrical cables are made from lead wire as usual.
Now I have the whole workbench cleaned up from all the plastic shavings and dust (there was a TON of it), so it's time to finish the model with photoetched details 😁
Comments
Night Shift
Seems like the rear portion was at the top, so the turret was probably cast vertically as there's a cut off sprue there, check it out here http://svsm.org/albums/t29/P1110992.jpg http://svsm.org/albums/T29E3/IMG_0968.jpg
Night Shift
Thanks, the tracks are removable, they're not connected above the sprocket so it'll be easy to slide them off the wheels. Also, all wheels are removable except the top pulleys. It won't be as pleasant as painting a Tiger or Jagdtiger running gear though 😁
Dave Crees
The angle at the rear of the turret would have a light texture as it would have been hot drawn when made , fantastic build loving all the texture and the small details that you have added
John Gray
Hey Martin looks great, how did you handle the running gear, is it all glued as one piece? Or are tracks separate on their own? In one piece?
