scottie3158
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Could be all of these are true. Different factories, different times of manufacture, war situation deteriorating so not as much care taken as would otherwise be, etc.Some say the floor was red oxide and everthing else ivory, some say the floor, gun carrige, hull walls red and superstructure ivory?? I have seen the gun and breech green??
Doing my head in for sure!
Below is picture from the excellent Ryton StuG book showing the rads in place and on top of the small tank
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Now you can see that the rads will not fit , it looks like i am having to cut right through both engine frames to get it anywhere near.
I cannot cut into the centre plate on the rads as its meant to be there and there is one of the water pipes connecting both rads
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This is also from the Ryton book, you can see the two black torsion bars and the water drain pipe in the centre
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Thinking of either giving up and leaving the rads on the ground, i have come very close to throwing it all in the bin.
Lats time i buy a CMK kits, so disappointing, annoyed and cheesed off (note cheesed instead of P****off)
thanks again allMorning Bob
I seriously thought the middle photo was a monochrome reference photo!
It might be "doing ''ure ead in!" but you are really doing a great job!
I am sure there are some decent resin kits, they just need heaps of TLC.
Think of them as that poor old cat that has been on the streets since it grew up and wasn't a cute kitten,
and has spent all of its life roughing it and just needs some warmth, a roof and a little TLC, and you will be in the right place!
The analogy sprung to mind as Anna's cat rescue volunteer friends will be round for a coffee and cakes morning next week!
7 crazy cat ladies and all that sugar in a confined space for a couple of hours!
I shall hide in the attic LOL
Persevere with the engine bay, it does look the part.
Regards
Steve H
After today John, oh yes it does lolBob, keep going mate, it's doesn't look all that bad, with what you've got you've done well.
WELL Bob that's what we want to see so stick at it as if I don't feel well I do something on tiger an it absorbes me so much I forget that I felt rotton at the start Its just given yourself the shove to getting into the build as one of my boaty mate 's has been feelin rotten as he has a illness now for 3yrs or so an when I said have a go on his ship he says I don't feel u to it but he txted me later to say he had a go an he found the day had shot through an he felt better so it does help now so lookin forward to your progress BobThanks Chris plan to get the engine bay done and primed next week and the interior, well thats the plan!!
YEA I get that problem when snowball lays on me she weigh a ton after a while but I don't have the heart to shove her offGood thinking Chris
Been reading vol 1 (again) of Muller & Zimmermans StuG book, can not move, thought i had lost the use of legs then realised that my large ginger cat has taken my lap over
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