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| Subject: | [Chapter] Upper hull attached, and some more goodies.... |  |
| Date: | Jul 10, 2007 |
| From: | Hans Haase | |
Upper hull attached, and some more goodies....
Ok, this point is where I had a turnover of moods. I glued the upper hull in place, and decided to just cut my losses in the interior. I do have some extra photos of stuff I had done in there if anybody is interested, but I don't want to bore everybody with the wiring in the upper crew compartment and the clutch linkages. But, if you DO want to see, drop me an e-mail and I'll send them to you.
Here you can see one of the few exterior spots that Academy did a major goof in my opinion. Their method of constructing the differential housing was awkward, and left a difficult to fill gap under the bolt strip. I would have preferred the bolt strip to be part of the nose, instead of the upper hull, which would have made life easier.
Originally I was going to model a vehicle named Buccaneer, which had this whole area covered with sandbags. But then I found a set of Formations sirens and headlights, and I just had to use them. Such nice resin, highly recommended. I also had to fill in the big holes for the plastic headlight guards, and added the Eduard PE as you can see.
For the filler, this is Blue/Yellow Kneadatite, which is a two part putty that is more commonly used for scultpting. But I like the long amount of time you have to work with it, and I use it for a lot of things where other folks might use tube putties that start drying in just a couple minutes. The bad part is that this stuff needs to set almost for a full day.
I also opened up the viewports in the front hatches, and glued them in place. For some reason, I have found almost no photos of the crew opening these hatches, so I left them closed. All the others will be left opened. |
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 | [BLOG] M-12 155mm GMC - Hans Haase - Mar 7, 2007 |
| . . . [Chapter] Rounding up the Pieces - Hans Haase - Mar 7, 2007 |
| . . . [Chapter] How long is a drivetrain? - Hans Haase - Mar 8, 2007 |
| . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] How long is a drivetrain? - John Eary - Mar 9, 2007 |
| . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] How long is a drivetrain? [IMG] - Mike Shackleton - Mar 10, 2007 |
| . . . . . . . . . Funny you should mention that..... - Hans Haase - Mar 10, 2007 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Lots of updates in the pipe now - Hans Haase - Mar 28, 2007 |
| . . . [Chapter] Crew Compartment: Part 1 - Hans Haase - Apr 19, 2007 |
| . . . [Chapter] Nuts, Bolts and Plates - Hans Haase - Apr 24, 2007 |
| . . . [Chapter] Crew Compartment: Part 2 - Hans Haase - Apr 29, 2007 |
| . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Crew Compartment: Part 2 - Christopher C. Tew - Apr 30, 2007 |
| . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Crew Compartment: Part 2 - Michael Bedard - May 7, 2007 |
| . . . . . . . . . easy1 - Roy Chow - May 7, 2007 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: easy1 - Mike Powell - May 8, 2007 |
| . . . [Chapter] Suspension - Part 1 - Hans Haase - May 10, 2007 |
| . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Suspension - Part 1 - Michael Bedard - May 11, 2007 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Suspension - Part 1 - Hans Haase - May 12, 2007 |
| . . . . . . Formations Early VVSS Set F080 - Saul Garcia - May 14, 2007 |
| . . . . . . . . . Probably the Priest set.... - Hans Haase - May 14, 2007 |
| . . . [Chapter] Crew Compartment: Part 3 - Hans Haase - May 13, 2007 |
| . . . [Chapter] Crew Compartment, finished - Hans Haase - Jun 28, 2007 |
| . . . [Chapter] Engine Compartment - Hans Haase - Jul 5, 2007 |
| . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Engine Compartment - Christopher C. Tew - Jul 6, 2007 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Engine Compartment - Edward Hall - Jul 8, 2007 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . It has been more fun lately - Hans Haase - Jul 8, 2007 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: It has been more fun lately - Jelle Renze Boelens - Jul 9, 2007 |
| . . . [Chapter] Upper hull attached, and some more goodies.... - Hans Haase - Jul 10, 2007 |
| . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Upper hull attached, and some more goodies.... - Jelle Renze Boelens - Jul 11, 2007 |
| . . . . . . . . . I will try to mail them out tonight - Hans Haase - Jul 13, 2007 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: I will try to mail them out tonight - Jelle Renze Boelens - Jul 13, 2007 |
| . . . [Chapter] Suspension: Part 2 - Hans Haase - Jul 11, 2007 |
| . . . [Chapter] Hull, fast progress, almost done - Hans Haase - Jul 12, 2007 |
| . . . [Chapter] 155mm gun: Part 1 - Hans Haase - Jul 13, 2007 |
| . . . [Chapter] 155mm Gun: Part 2 - Hans Haase - Jul 13, 2007 |
| . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] 155mm Gun: Part 2 - Petr Bednarik - Jul 14, 2007 |
| . . . . . . . . . Yes, I noticed that as well - Hans Haase - Jul 15, 2007 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . All fixed - Hans Haase - Jul 17, 2007 |
| . . . [Chapter] Ready for Paint! - Hans Haase - Jul 17, 2007 |
| . . . [Chapter] Base Colour - Hans Haase - Jul 23, 2007 |
| . . . [Chapter] Second color coat - Hans Haase - Jul 27, 2007 |
| . . . [Chapter] Adding the Stars - Hans Haase - Aug 3, 2007 |
| . . . [Chapter] Tracks - Hans Haase - Aug 3, 2007 |
| . . . [Chapter] 155mm Ammo - Hans Haase - Aug 16, 2007 |
| . . . [Chapter] Stowage Added and More Weathering - Hans Haase - Aug 16, 2007 |
| . . . [Chapter] An extra weld seam... - Hans Haase - Aug 19, 2007 |
| . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] An extra weld seam... - Martin Dogger - Aug 19, 2007 |
| . . . [Chapter] Finished - Hans Haase - Sep 2, 2007 |
| . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Finished - Christopher C. Tew - Sep 3, 2007 |
| . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Finished - Tim Streeter - Sep 3, 2007 |
| . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Finished - Matt Riesmeyer - Sep 4, 2007 |
| . . . . . . . . . Found those, the PE set is holding me up - Hans Haase - Sep 4, 2007 |
| . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Finished - James Wechsler - Sep 4, 2007 |
| . . . . . . . . . Thought about it, but passed.... - Hans haase - Sep 5, 2007 |
| . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Finished - Gaylan Morris - Sep 9, 2007 |
| . . . . . . . . . Tracks were DML - Hans Haase - Sep 9, 2007 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Tracks were DML - Gaylan Morris - Sep 11, 2007 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . They aren't too bad either.... - Hans Haase - Sep 11, 2007 |
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