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| Subject: | [Chapter] Chapter 5 - The Sand Skirts |  |
| Date: | Aug 19, 2005 |
| From: | James Wechsler | |
Chapter 5 - The Sand Skirts
I figured that mounting the rest of the sand skirts was going to be a pretty simple process. I cut the parts off the resin blocks, fixed some warping and drilled out the little air vent on the middle skirt.
My thought was that I’d start with the rear of the three side skirts and then locate the middle skirt from it. I checked and found that I could slip the idler on the stub axle after the skirt was mounted so I could paint it separately. First, I glued the rear sand skirt flap to the rear side skirt and while the Krazy Glue Gel was drying, I test mounted it to the hull so the parts would dry in the correct position. After they dried, I mounted them to the hull. The fit was excellent.
I then set about mounting the inner piece of the rear sand skirt (the part that goes on the inside of the rear flap). I must have spent an hour trying to figure out how the Legend part was supposed to fit. No matter what way I mounted it, it didn’t look even close to the photos I have. In the end run I simply cut a piece of plastic sheet to the shape. I think Legend needs to have a detail photo or something in the instructions.
After I got all of this done, I attached the middle pieces of the side skirt. Big mistake. They fit perfectly well the rear skirt and to the hull. Unfortunately, when I test fit the front fenders/skirts, I found out that the middle skirt is about 1 mm too long! At first I thought this was the result of my using the one piece cast transmission cover and fenders but when I compared them to the Legend pieces, the dimensions all matched up. The skirt is just too long.
The bummer is that the only way to fix this is to trim the middle skirt since the rear and front skirts meet the middle skirt on an angle and trimming them would leave a step in the height where they meet. But I’d already mounted the middle skirt! I decided I was going to have to use my sprue cutters and clip the skirt while already mounted.
First, at midnight, I sacrificed a goat in my backyard. Then, draped in rabbit’s feet, wearing only a loin cloth, with incense burning and me chanting in a long dead ancient language, I made the snips. Apparently my offerings to the model gods worked since the cuts were clean and my problem was solved. OK. Maybe I said a few swear words and made the cuts in about 30 seconds.
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 | [BLOG] Sherman III Early in North Africa - James Wechsler - Aug 13, 2005 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 1 - What items am I going to use? - James Wechsler - Aug 13, 2005 |
| . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 1 - What items am I going to use? - M Wawrow - Aug 14, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 1 - What items am I going to use? - Martin Dogger - Aug 15, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 1 - What items am I going to use? - Jim Wechsler - Aug 15, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 1 - What items am I going to use? - Billy Bishop - Aug 17, 2005 |
| . . . Re: References and markings - Paul A. Owen - Aug 14, 2005 |
| . . . . . . Re: References and markings - Jim Wechsler - Aug 14, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: References and markings - Paul A. Owen - Aug 15, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: References and markings - Martin Dogger - Aug 15, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: References and markings - Kurt Laughlin - Aug 15, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: References and markings - Paul Roberts - Oct 19, 2005 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 2 - Lower Hull - James Wechsler - Aug 15, 2005 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 3 - The Upper Hull - James Wechsler - Aug 16, 2005 |
| . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 3 - The Upper Hull - Andrew Herbert - Aug 17, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 3 - The Upper Hull - Jim Wechsler - Aug 17, 2005 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 4 - The Front Fenders - James Wechsler - Aug 18, 2005 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 5 - The Sand Skirts - James Wechsler - Aug 19, 2005 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 6 - Painting the Lower Hull - James Wechsler - Aug 20, 2005 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 7 - Weathering the Lower Hull - James Wechsler - Aug 20, 2005 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 8 - Those Pesky Front Fenders – Part Deux - James Wechsler - Aug 22, 2005 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 9 - The Suspension - James Wechsler - Aug 23, 2005 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 10 - Front Hull Details - James Wechsler - Aug 26, 2005 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 11 - Rear Hull Details - James Wechsler - Aug 26, 2005 |
| . . . . . . a couple of suggestions..... - Chris SMith jr - Aug 29, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: a couple of suggestions..... - Jim Wechsler - Sep 1, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: a couple of suggestions..... - Chris SMith jr - Sep 1, 2005 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 12 - The Pioneer Tools - James Wechsler - Aug 28, 2005 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 13 - The Turret - James Wechsler - Aug 29, 2005 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 14 - Painting - Part 1 - James Wechsler - Aug 30, 2005 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 15 - Painting - Part 2 - James Wechsler - Aug 30, 2005 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 16 - Painting - Part 3 - James Wechsler - Sep 1, 2005 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 17 - Painting - Part 4 - James Wechsler - Sep 2, 2005 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 18 - Dry Brushing - James Wechsler - Sep 3, 2005 |
| . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 18 - Dry Brushing - Aaron Cole - Sep 3, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: Dry Transfers - Paul A. Owen - Sep 4, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Dry Transfers - Aaron Cole - Sep 4, 2005 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 19 - Dry Transfers - James Wechsler - Sep 3, 2005 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 20 - Detail Painting - James Wechsler - Sep 5, 2005 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 21 - Weathering - James Wechsler - Sep 7, 2005 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 22 - Just the Tracks Maam - James Wechsler - Sep 8, 2005 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 23 - Please Maam, Just the Tracks - James Wechsler - Sep 9, 2005 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 24 - Stow it - James Wechsler - Sep 10, 2005 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 25 - The Crew - James Wechsler - Sep 10, 2005 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 26 - All Together Now - James Wechsler - Sep 11, 2005 |
| . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 26 - All Together Now - Andrew Herbert - Sep 12, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 26 - All Together Now - Paul A. Owen - Sep 12, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 26 - All Together Now - Andrew Herbert - Sep 13, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 26 - All Together Now - Jim Wechsler - Sep 13, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 26 - All Together Now - Jim Wechsler - Sep 13, 2005 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 27 - Well, isnt that special - James Wechsler - Sep 13, 2005 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 28 - The Base - Part 1 - James Wechsler - Sep 19, 2005 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 29 -The Base - Part 2 - James Wechsler - Sep 21, 2005 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 30 - Final Assembly - James Wechsler - Sep 23, 2005 |
| . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 30 - Final Assembly - henryk gorkiewicz - Sep 24, 2005 |
| . . . . . . Awesome! - R.C. Hill - Sep 24, 2005 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 31 - Perspective - James Wechsler - Sep 25, 2005 |
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