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This will be my contribution for the GB. Hopefully I can start soon.



I also have this set minus the barrel.



Shawn

Excellent choice

Raoul gave me one as a christmas present last year (thanks Raoul!), so I'll follow your build with great interest

Pihlipp

Philipp Gross wrote:Excellent choice

Raoul gave me one as a christmas present last year (thanks Raoul!), so I'll follow your build with great interest

Pihlipp

Steve Reid kindly gave me this kit. He won it in a raffle at the AMPS Nationals last year. We all know he only builds T 34's so he did not have a need for it.

I have a question for you guys. How does everyone prep/clean PE before using it? I take 600 grit sand paper and give it a lite sanding. Problem with this is I tend to damage a piece or so. Then I wash it in warm, soapy water. But I still have problems gluing it together.

No build updates but I did wash all the sprues and PE.

Shawn

Sometimes I anneal it, but only if it's too sturdy to be safely bent otherwise. I don't degrease it either, the primer I use sticks to everything fairly well. Not that I'm a PE expert or anything...

Philipp

By the way, in case you haven't seen it yet, there's an excellent review on PMMS, inclucing the modifications required for a British tank:

http://www.perthmilitarymodelling.com/r ... 35161.html

Philipp

Hi Shawn
I follow the Wilder way
file down the attachment point which ever way is easiest to cause least damage
Then proceed to anneal\bend\solder\superglue accordingly.
degrease on completion using a large soft brush, then a coating of Mr. Metal primer and spray car primer for a base.
But no sanding the surface
HTH's?
Regards
great choice by the way
Steve H

Should be a fun build Shawn.

Vincent

Made some progrees over the last few days.

First the sprue shots with the extra PE



Very basic hull detail



Each bogie consists of 14 pieces. They have a lot of detail for sure.



Some really great suspension detail



Tracks went on really nice. Was about a half link to short or a half a link to long peding on how you look at it, on one side.





Well that was the easy part , onto the PE next week.

Shawn

Cracking progress Shawn

Glad to see you got a little bench time to relax

Nice one

Steve H

Steve Hutchinson wrote:Cracking progress Shawn

Glad to see you got a little bench time to relax

Nice one

Steve H

What he said

I think we're all glad it doesn't have indy track links

Philipp