Mence
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Post by Mence on Oct 16, 2021 10:29:57 GMT
Hello all. Time to wreck another perfectly good kit, never know, I might even paint it!  |
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Post by Boots on Oct 16, 2021 11:40:13 GMT
That looks nice fella  |
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Post by Boots on Oct 16, 2021 11:41:33 GMT
My missus has just ordered my chrimbo pressie..............Mengs 1/24th GT40  |
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Post by tommygunn on Oct 16, 2021 11:57:59 GMT
Looks cool, I must say
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Post by Mence on Oct 16, 2021 12:06:26 GMT
My missus has just ordered my chrimbo pressie..............Mengs 1/24th GT40 Like to see that in your capable hands. |
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Post by Si B on Oct 16, 2021 12:07:06 GMT
What’s not to like about IDF kit |
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Post by Boots on Oct 16, 2021 12:17:49 GMT
My missus has just ordered my chrimbo pressie..............Mengs 1/24th GT40 Like to see that in your capable hands. Couldn`t afford the bigger one, this scale one was dear enough  .............you`ll be the first to know when it escapes out of the box mucker |
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Post by Paul B on Oct 16, 2021 13:03:14 GMT
Been eyeing this up also, looking forward to how it turns out Mence  |
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Post by Mence on Oct 16, 2021 13:58:06 GMT
We're off. Suspension is installed. Front and rear only glued in place at present, Just to get her to sit square on a level surface.  The Lower hull was slightly squished in towards the top, installing the door frame has corrected it nicely.  More soon. |
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Post by Boots on Oct 16, 2021 14:12:47 GMT
Great start fella and nice bit of de-squishing with the frame |
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Post by Paul B on Oct 16, 2021 14:25:03 GMT
Mence magic is underway  . |
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Post by bwilt on Oct 17, 2021 11:23:30 GMT
Have this as well, so very interested in watching how it turns out..
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Post by Robbo on Oct 17, 2021 11:24:54 GMT
Lovely kit Mence, paint would be a bonus mate
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Post by Mence on Oct 17, 2021 13:36:25 GMT
Chaps. Never thought I would say it but really pleased to see band tracks not indy links with heavens knows how many pieces. On something like this where you see about 50% of them anyway, it's a welcome move.  So far resisting the suggested super glue method of joining, might staple them as the join won't be seen. |
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Post by Boots on Oct 17, 2021 14:24:26 GMT
I don`t mind the `ol bandies and they look pretty nice |
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Post by Paul B on Oct 17, 2021 14:45:42 GMT
Odd colour though, might need a good dark acrylic primer  |
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Post by Mence on Oct 17, 2021 19:35:03 GMT
Odd colour though, might need a good dark acrylic primer I thought that but seeing as I haven't built a tracked thing for a while, I thought it might be a new trend I'd missed. I assume they are some kind of soft resin, I will give them a gentle scrub tomorrow then have at them with primer. |
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Post by Ian H. on Oct 17, 2021 23:21:06 GMT
Excellent work, Mence! Nice looking running gear.
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Post by Marco on Oct 18, 2021 12:05:47 GMT
This is an amazing vehicle! Will be stunner! Nice start!
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Post by Mence on Oct 19, 2021 12:00:11 GMT
Hi chaps, thank you for the kind words. Not had much of a chance in the last few days to concentrate on this but today I added the first few bits to the upper hull including 95% of the included PE.  Not much to look at I know, hoping subsequent updates might be a bit more interesting. If you're wondering what the orange highlight is on the instructions, it's just me keeping track of things as you can build one of three different versions. |
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.............you`ll be the first to know when it escapes out of the box mucker 
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