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| Subject: | [Chapter] Chapter 25 - I have got a one track mind. |  |
| Date: | Aug 20, 2004 |
| From: | James Tainton | |
Chapter 25 - I have got a one track mind.
The topic of this chapter is about the piecing together of the single link tracks that come with the set. The detail in these links from the maker ModelKasten is typically remarkable in finesse. They don't have the hollow guide horn though that was on the real one, but these things are so tiny some engineering issues about producing the plastic replicas most likely curtailed this detail. Still, they are lovely. However, like a beautiful rose they also have their thorns. These would be the tiny pins that come with tracks. Hypercare and attention IS required if one is not to botch these up. Do not use too much glue or you will melt the pins and tracks. I used Testors liquid cement poured into an old Tamiya "Extra Thin Cement" bottle so I could have a tiny brush,(the Testors one is way too big!), to add a miniscule amount of cement to just hold the pin in and bond it to the link without melting anything. There are very few extras, (a pet peeve of mine when it comes to MK tracks), so be careful.
After assembling the neccessary lengths for both sides, I then coated them with an airbrushed, ( go gently here Squire, as excessive pressure and handling could break your lengths), flat black primer. (picture #1.)
Picture 2. is of a raw track and #3. is with the flat black on.
Pictures 4. 5. 6. & 7.- I usually in the past have made my tracks really rusty and dirty and then brought the matal back with drybrushing metal colours onto the tracks. This time however I wanted to have fairly basic "metal" looking tracks. So I just airbrushed, (Carefully!), metal colour from Hombrol and then burnished this up.(CAREFULLY!) You can see in 6. that there is some disengaged lengths, (which is pretty unavoidable), - this is not a big deal as I can fix them up later.
Oh and remember, careful building and handling of these fragile track legnths is manditory for a successful conclusion to this project. When burnished up nicely, I put them aside to wait until the painting and aging of the vehicle as a whole was complete, at which time I will slap these babies on. |
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 | [BLOG] Panzerkampfwagen I (Sd.Kfz.101) Ausfuehrung A - James Tainton - Mar 18, 2004 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 1. - Roll Call - James Tainton - Mar 18, 2004 |
| . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 1. - Roll Call - Christophe Jacquemont - Mar 19, 2004 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 1. - Roll Call - James Tainton - Mar 21, 2004 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 2 - Getting the Goods on Panzer Is - James Tainton - Mar 19, 2004 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 3. - Making Tracks - James Tainton - Mar 21, 2004 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 4 - Transmission, Clutch, Steering Unit - James Tainton - Mar 22, 2004 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 5. - Body, Side and Driver Seat - James Tainton - Mar 23, 2004 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 6 - Growth on the Inside - James Tainton - Mar 25, 2004 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 7 - The Mechanical Guts - James Tainton - Mar 29, 2004 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 8 - A Little Nip and Tuck - James Tainton - Apr 2, 2004 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 9 - Weathering and Transmission Access - James Tainton - Apr 17, 2004 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 10 - More Bits - James Tainton - Apr 19, 2004 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 11 - Aber Vision Ports - James Tainton - Apr 24, 2004 |
| . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 11 - Aber Vision Ports - Robert Lu - Apr 24, 2004 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 12 - More Vision Ports - James Tainton - Apr 26, 2004 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 13 - More Vision Port Fixings - James Tainton - Apr 28, 2004 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 14 - Mr. Surfacer and Off White - James Tainton - May 3, 2004 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 15 - More Work on the Interior - James Tainton - May 4, 2004 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 16 - Klapp for the Wolfmensch - James Tainton - May 24, 2004 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 17 - Hull Covers Done - James Tainton - May 27, 2004 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 18 - Nice wheels, man. - James Tainton - Jun 5, 2004 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 19 - Progress Pictures - James Tainton - Jun 7, 2004 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 20 - Drilling makes perfect... - James Tainton - Jun 9, 2004 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 21 - These Bolt Heads Will Drive You Nuts - James Tainton - Jun 14, 2004 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 22 - Kaltluftgräting - James Tainton - Jul 16, 2004 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 23 - Exhausts and aging. - James Tainton - Aug 7, 2004 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 24 - Top meets bottom - James Tainton - Aug 16, 2004 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 25 - I have got a one track mind. - James Tainton - Aug 20, 2004 |
| . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 25 - I have got a one track mind. - Erik Forsgren - Dec 31, 2005 |
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