Very kind of you younger than me but older than him, ( He's retired now ) .Nothing better than having some one with your skills to guide her . She'll soon be soldering the pe !
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Great work on your beast Mike, it's not bad at all!! 
Becky, OUTSTANDING work on your T-Rex. Great to see you having a go at the hobby. Keep it up - I think you have Mike worried already!! Well done.
ATB.
Andrew
Becky, OUTSTANDING work on your T-Rex. Great to see you having a go at the hobby. Keep it up - I think you have Mike worried already!! Well done.
ATB.
Andrew
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Update,
The brass work is still progressing and thankfully I am nearly at the end of the bar armour... only the part that is attached to the door to go....
Left side...
Test fit with the 'ladder' in front.
There was some confusion with the lower mounting brackets. The instructions would have you look for these...
When in fact you need these...
...As you will have used all the others...
Bar armour jig in use with tools... tweezers for handling and locating, scalpel for applying c/a...
One last pic of mounting brackets....
More later,
Cheers,
Mike.
The brass work is still progressing and thankfully I am nearly at the end of the bar armour... only the part that is attached to the door to go....
Left side...
Test fit with the 'ladder' in front.
There was some confusion with the lower mounting brackets. The instructions would have you look for these...
When in fact you need these...
...As you will have used all the others...
Bar armour jig in use with tools... tweezers for handling and locating, scalpel for applying c/a...
One last pic of mounting brackets....
More later,
Cheers,
Mike.
'Yagotalotabrasson' Beautiful.
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Cheers John.
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Update,
Been a busy day today, last thing yesterday I primed all the brass bar armour and the cab section, assembled the rams for the dozer blade.
Today I sprayed the base coat onto the cab and bar armour, then primed the rams for the d'blade.
Tonight have been busy with detail painting and tomorrow it will be add the few decals and then a wash with the dirt mix to tone things down - getting there
More later
Mike.
Been a busy day today, last thing yesterday I primed all the brass bar armour and the cab section, assembled the rams for the dozer blade.
Today I sprayed the base coat onto the cab and bar armour, then primed the rams for the d'blade.
Tonight have been busy with detail painting and tomorrow it will be add the few decals and then a wash with the dirt mix to tone things down - getting there
More later
Mike.
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Looking good 
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Hi Mike
It's been said on many occasions but it seems a shame to cover up all that brass work. However it does look stunning under its coat of paint.
Jim
It's been said on many occasions but it seems a shame to cover up all that brass work. However it does look stunning under its coat of paint.
Jim
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As Quasimodo would say "The bling, the bling....."
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Update,
First many thanks for all the comments and likes, some I have replied to and to those I have not even more thanks to you for taking the time to put fingers to keyboards, you are all stars.
Detail painting is now done and the ahem! decals are on...
The paint is meant to look rough as it was applied locally with no two machines looking alike - tomorrow the wash....
One glaring item that was missing out of the kit was the front hydraulic pipes to the blade side shifter...
I had to modify the cross member to remove the moulded cover at both ends and make new ones from aluminium sheet the pipes are made from 1mm solder wire with thin copper wire wound around a slightly larger rod and then fed onto the solder wire. Here you can see pipes from the engine compartment which then go across to the Right hydraulic ram....
This is the ram on the right side showing the undersideand left side, there needs to be two holes drilled into it where the pipes are fed into the attachment points, this will be done tomorrow when the c/a has hardened.
Cheers,
Mike.
First many thanks for all the comments and likes, some I have replied to and to those I have not even more thanks to you for taking the time to put fingers to keyboards, you are all stars.
Detail painting is now done and the ahem! decals are on...
The paint is meant to look rough as it was applied locally with no two machines looking alike - tomorrow the wash....
One glaring item that was missing out of the kit was the front hydraulic pipes to the blade side shifter...
I had to modify the cross member to remove the moulded cover at both ends and make new ones from aluminium sheet the pipes are made from 1mm solder wire with thin copper wire wound around a slightly larger rod and then fed onto the solder wire. Here you can see pipes from the engine compartment which then go across to the Right hydraulic ram....
This is the ram on the right side showing the undersideand left side, there needs to be two holes drilled into it where the pipes are fed into the attachment points, this will be done tomorrow when the c/a has hardened.
Cheers,
Mike.
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Update,
So Saturday arrived and I did my duty with the RSPB bird spotting I spotted and Becky did the recording - trouble is that our three 'children' have this thing about birds in the garden - so it was up the road to the local woods - well we do walk the dogs in there and they do consider it to be an extension of their garden....
So got on with the cab, weathering and adding the cab finally to the rest of the 'dozer' - some pics for you....
Notice where I broke off the handle next to the door - since repaired....
And so with nothing better to do this afternoon, I did this....
Now with just a few paint touch ups, and a few details still to add, all that is left is the base which is under way....
Once again thanks for your time and comments.
Mike.
So Saturday arrived and I did my duty with the RSPB bird spotting I spotted and Becky did the recording - trouble is that our three 'children' have this thing about birds in the garden - so it was up the road to the local woods - well we do walk the dogs in there and they do consider it to be an extension of their garden....
So got on with the cab, weathering and adding the cab finally to the rest of the 'dozer' - some pics for you....
Notice where I broke off the handle next to the door - since repaired....
And so with nothing better to do this afternoon, I did this....
Now with just a few paint touch ups, and a few details still to add, all that is left is the base which is under way....
Once again thanks for your time and comments.
Mike.
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Mike,
My hat is well and truly doffed mate that is a great result.
My hat is well and truly doffed mate that is a great result.
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Cheers Scottie, still a few finishing touches to add like the hatch and give the bar armour a faint wash to tone down the colour - wonder what mischief I can get up to next???
This is an outstanding representation of a very complex model.
