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Dryfit so fa

general view

boxart

Some weird mold fail...

Added handles and pivot axles. Front fender for lamps made thinner (left vs right)

Finished

Mg's soldered... not perfectly aligned at the muzzles, but it's 3 layers and size you can compare with the butchers knif...

First pe-works, not a novice, but still another level

Finally some decals

and it's mega-size, still regretting the airco dh-1 1:144 as stripdown-model

added the guiding lines for attempt to add canning

hull parts

First half side done

fully stripped above...

Main radar parts and operator cabin

Upper hull mated and started detailing

Main truck parts

Main truck parts

For size...

To obtain the double curvature from the disk I'll try to make it in styrene or PE

Started PE-cabin from eduard... Middle vertical wall is a few mm short

redid the hood, removed the paper and added aber tie downs, to make it more convincing

Main gear with albion tubing

but when checking with the glass parts it becomes another story... the angle is completely off. Need to think hoh to cop...

Finished

flush fit with the green border... 1mm gap on the indicated side

interior almost complete

Looking for chairs

drilled out lifting eyes, replaced handles

a bit of corrections to the tub...

Ready for primer

Dials

real version ;-)

Hollowed out the muzzle break

dryfit of the cupolla.... can be totally disassembled...

dry-fit

removed all necessary details, time to start with filler and adding stuff

PE and details added, more to do

Complete overview, very small box for such a large aircraft

Tower being build up

Just some gentle scraping with the tip of a knife

dryfit

Sight... very comprehensive...

cockpit with basic detail

Frontal wings added

Started soldering the armored cab

some necessary filling was needed...

Rear fins done

dryfit of the main parts...

almost there

first fender complete

Main hull part

And barrels dryfitted

main hull

started soldering the sideconsoles

result...

Wing cut-outs made and dryfit of the flaps, still need to wait till the wings are joined with the hull

not that much parts

Still some last details to do and some checks.

White is on

wheels and tracks mounted

boxart

Kit part

a mean machine...

tested with black paint to check the seams, looks ok after a few iterations

Ready for reinforcement beams

Yardarms for aerials added, 0.2mm copper wire, base completely soldered

total overview so far...

hull parts, even the old airfix panellines are small compared to this...

a small one in the end

Main hull, one solid part, track guides are separate

made some shoes... which size fits best?

it's small

All complete

Almost complete, and ready for primer, only parts missing are for ease of painting

Removed the front fenders

the jolly threesome... The T-14 and T-15 are giants compared to the Terminator on a basic T-72 chassis

added the plates at the sides of the cockpit

and mounted

Almost ready, and not only for the nuthouse or optician...

without flash

and adapted

busy cleaning up and dryfitting

tracks in basepaint...

Side consoles and floor..

it's small

some PE on the other side too... still not even halfway...

For the difference

Finally finished!!!

cockpit front

Upper torso... drilled and scraped for sharper result

Sprue's

Hull assembled, still need to check whether the pontons have a flush fit

first cockpit getting ready, 3 to go

Cupola finished and ready to try to clean-up

An idea of the set-up I'd like... If it doesn't work out with the smoke, it will be less dramatic...

hull and wheels in one part

some try at the black and white technique

Hull parts and tracks

Other details too

Hull and wing parts

bottom hull completed

Breakwater partly broken

Added some handles

booklet

a lot of ejection marks on the inside of the vehicle to be filled, also on the towing hooks etc...

painted the tracks.... finally

not that big after all

Main hull parts

nose + guns...

general overview

last dials added

dryfit for size, pretty big...

all welcome