Cheers Mick
Thanks Ian
John - used a small etch bender tool whatnot
Ross -
wonder why they called them kangaroos? As for the blood and androids - think Terminator.......
Bobby -
No, not much warping but plenty of air bubbles to fill
Mike - the rivets are punched from pewter sheet using the RPToolz domed rivet maker
Scottie - thanks for dropping by
Finally managed a little modelling time today so there has been some progress......
the tracks arrived from China - excellent service from Dawns Grocery Store and much faster than the predicted delivery date
added 0.6mm punched rivets to the front track guards
and finished adding the lower hull 0.7mm punched rivets - I also managed to then knock some of them off again because I didn't give the CA long enough to set. Had to make some more
stuck the gearbox to the transmission housing plate
added the exhausts to the hull rear plate and filled in the side joins again
the air filter boxes both had air bubbles in them so out came the filler again
the small mg turret did not sit well on the hull so I used my compass cutter to knock up a new turret ring which was CA'd into place after sanding the lower face of the turret
the turret now sits much better (before anyone says, yes the
Tamiya mg is upside down - it is not fixed in)
these platform thingies got replaced with copper sheet versions to more closely match the ones in photos - a bit longer and wider than the kit resin version (shown alongside for comparison)
not really sure what these things are but they seem to have tarps strapped on them in most photos - seems an odd detail if that is all they were for. Why not just weld tie down loops direct to hull?
an overall view of the current state
Thanks for looking in