scottie3158
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Hi Allen, good to see you fella. I have a few things planned hopefully i can pull them off.
Scotties Airfix M3A1 Scout car.
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Thanks mate but to be honest they couldn't have been worse lol.
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Try a Skif kit for your next model
scottie3158
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Cheers Paul glad you like it.
I must admit I have never built a skif kit but they sound like a challenge.Try a Skif kit for your next model
scottie3158
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I have been beavering away slowly. Not much to show but I have managed to make two new front springs as again the kit ones were awful and needed so much clean up it was in all honesty easier just to make new ones.
Each spring is made from 32 bits.
Finally a pic showing them in place.
I still have to add the axle straps when the axle is fitted..
cheers
Scottie
Each spring is made from 32 bits.
Finally a pic showing them in place.
I still have to add the axle straps when the axle is fitted..
cheers
Scottie
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I never have either … I did buy their T-64 and BMP-3 kits, and still have them unbuilt in the stash because of the amount of work needed to bring them up to scratch. The fact that the prices on them are in guilders only, without the same price in euros as well, says enough about how long I’ve had them
As for the work needed, to give one example: in his Military Modelling article on the BMP-3 some 25 years ago, in addition to adding and correcting detail all over the model, Steve Zagola scratchbuilt the entire track from plastic sheet, strip, etc.
scottie3158
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Thank you MickWow Scottie, so few parts
I will definitely give them a miss then.I never have either … I did buy their T-64 and BMP-3 kits, and still have them unbuilt in the stash because of the amount of work needed to bring them up to scratch. The fact that the prices on them are in guilders only, without the same price in euros as well, says enough about how long I’ve had them
As for the work needed, to give one example: in his Military Modelling article on the BMP-3 some 25 years ago, in addition to adding and correcting detail all over the model, Steve Zagola scratchbuilt the entire track from plastic sheet, strip, etc.
scottie3158
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Thanks Paul you are to kind.
Rick, thank you mate.Looking Fab Scottie!!
scottie3158
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Work has started on the rear of the chassis. When finished not much if any will be seen, but I couldn't just fit what was there so I started giving it a little tweak.
The front suspension mount was just a box moulded to the chassis rail.
This was removed and the offending hole filled with an offcut of plastic and filler. Next a new mount was fabricated. I rolled a piece of brass around a drill to form the cup which was then soldered to the brass back plate. This was done for strength, next the rest of the "casting" was added from offcuts off evergreen. Finally rivet and bolt detail was added.
Work has started on the spring I will post some pictures when its finished.
cheers
Scottie
The front suspension mount was just a box moulded to the chassis rail.
This was removed and the offending hole filled with an offcut of plastic and filler. Next a new mount was fabricated. I rolled a piece of brass around a drill to form the cup which was then soldered to the brass back plate. This was done for strength, next the rest of the "casting" was added from offcuts off evergreen. Finally rivet and bolt detail was added.
Work has started on the spring I will post some pictures when its finished.
cheers
Scottie
Neil Merryweather
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That's INSANE bro!
Waspie
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That's an understatement!!!!
David Lovell
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I think its all ,all ready been said so as usual bloody inspirational....... Dave
SteveT
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Wow, those springs are amazing!