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| Subject: | [Chapter] Kit, Materials, and goals |  |
| Date: | Sep 23, 2007 |
| From: | Mark Pieters | |
Kit, Materials, and goals
nd on to chapter one. The kit is the 1/35th sized newly released model and compliments their 1/48th Hetzer kit rather nicely. I will use parts from the Aber PE set (for DML kit) when appropriate and add the Lion Marc metel barrel if appropriate. I've built the Italeri kit years ago as well as one of the DML kits and I may trot them out of storage for visual side by side comparisons if people are interested. Being about smack dab in the middle, skill-wise, I will be using my new airbooth to paint the model and may ask for advice/help at that time from those more knowledgable than I. My desk is an Ikea computer desk that has swing out arms and two adjustable shelves. The main desk top is height adjustable as are the 2 swing arm shelves and 2 full length shelves. I searched for several years for an egronomic desk and this is about as close as I could come without spending the big bucks for one those motorized workstation affairs. I also have a good compliment of modeling tools (various brands of sprue nippers for example) and a PE bending jig. I use an Ikea 3 teired office inbox style tray with pull out metal shelves. The bottoms of each tray have ridges that makes it easier to grasp the tools. And the shelves slide in and out so I can stagger them for easier access. It's sitting on the right side swing out shelf and keeps the main desktop free of clutter. One item I want to point out is the Loc-tite brand of super glue. It's in a blue squeeze bottle and is a "gel" formula and is much easier to use than the hobby store brand of CA. It also lasts much longer. The goal is build the kit stand alone (no diorama) and without a figure. The model will be depicted with several months of hard use but with no major damage (ie: slightly crumpled areas, light chipping, maybe a missing tool here and there). And onto my workbench (yeah, rather crowded at the moment..) and the kit opened up: |
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 | [BLOG] Tamiya 1/35th Hetzer No 35285 - Mark Pieters - Sep 23, 2007 |
| . . . [Chapter] Kit, Materials, and goals - Mark Pieters - Sep 23, 2007 |
| . . . . . . Nice workbench Mark!! - Dave Williams - Sep 24, 2007 |
| . . . . . . Barrel - Paul A. Owen - Sep 24, 2007 |
| . . . . . . . . . Kit not started yet... - Mark Pieters - Sep 24, 2007 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Barrel - Paul A. Owen - Sep 28, 2007 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Barrel - Paul A. Owen - Sep 29, 2007 |
| . . . [Chapter] Dry Fitting of Major Components - Mark Pieters - Sep 27, 2007 |
| . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Dry Fitting of Major Components - Bill Goodrich - Sep 28, 2007 |
| . . . . . . Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico... - Scott Gentry - Oct 8, 2007 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico... - Mark Pieters - Oct 8, 2007 |
| . . . [Chapter] Steps 1,2, and 3 - Mark Pieters - Sep 30, 2007 |
| . . . . . . Front leaf springs - Paul A. Owen - Sep 30, 2007 |
| . . . . . . . . . Leaf Springs + Hetzer in Kriegsmarine & Luftwaffe Service?? - Mark Pieters - Oct 2, 2007 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Hetzer in Kriegsmarine & Luftwaffe Service - Paul A. Owen - Oct 13, 2007 |
| . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Steps 1,2, and 3 - Scott Gentry - Oct 8, 2007 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Steps 1,2, and 3 - Mark Pieters - Oct 8, 2007 |
| . . . [Chapter] Steps 4,5,7, and 8 - Mark Pieters - Oct 9, 2007 |
| . . . [Chapter] Step 9 Track Assembly - Mark Pieters - Oct 13, 2007 |
| . . . . . . Aber PE kit - Paul A. Owen - Oct 13, 2007 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: Aber PE kit - Henrik Sjolund - Oct 23, 2007 |
| . . . Next update? - Paul A. Owen - Feb 3, 2008 |
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