Bowcat's King Tiger with Henschel turret, Meng 1/35

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This came yesterday, but as it was my youngest 7th birthday i didn't get to look at it until now.

What's in the box pics. :smiling3:

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There's quite a lot of plastic, and a nice metal barrel and some PE. There's also a couple of forming tools, for the tracks and PE.

So far it looks good and shouldn't need much cleanup.

Right then, time to start on the wheels. :smiling3:
 
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Rather lurid coloured styrene there! I guess Meng are thinking red oxide primer ;)

It all looks quite modular, with many separate pieces. I confess I was initially horrified by what seemed to be a thick raised area around the driver/radio operator hatches.... then I realised that Bob had photographed the back of the parts! :oops:
 
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Wheels are done. Sanding the centre caps was tedious.

I decided to paint the inside of the rims first as i thought it might be easier than trying to get paint in later.

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Not had much modelling time of late, so progress has been slow.

I have to say, I'm loving this kit. It fits together so well there are no gaps, and i could probably get away without glue.

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very nice looking kit,Bob,do like the PE,and metal barrel,;)
very nice start,I always start with the wheel,get them painted,before,
moving onto the lower hull,find it a lot easy and saves time,
looking good so far,nice work,;)
 
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Coming along nicely Bob. You can see how Meng have thought out the kit, leaving provision for their interior kit.
 
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Cheers guys. :smiling3:

Ran into a little fit problem tonight getting the engine deck fitted, most likely because i didn't glue the inner brace in quite perfectly. Nothing that a little bit of sanding didn't fix. ;)

I've also ordered a few goodies from John which should hopefully arrive tomorrow. I'm going to try my hand at filters and dot filters on this one.
 
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Hi Bob just caught up with this big cat and yes I'll be tagging on to the end.
Looks a nice kit abd quite a lot more in the box than Tamiya ( according yo some mine is an old kit :eek::eek::eek:smiling3: :smiling3::smiling3::smiling3:o_O
I do like the colour of the plastic but strange when your going to prime it all up anyway?
So far it looks really swell ( don't you just love all those wheels??

Regards

Robert
 
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Mr Bowcat said:
Cheers guys. :smiling3:

Ran into a little fit problem tonight getting the engine deck fitted, most likely because i didn't glue the inner brace in quite perfectly. Nothing that a little bit of sanding didn't fix. ;)

I've also ordered a few goodies from John which should hopefully arrive tomorrow. I'm going to try my hand at filters and dot filters on this one.
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Just thought I'd say that if you do dot filters or oil rendering, make sure you use a mild thinner. Definitely not basic white spirit! A low odour product works best IMHO.

This link is a useful resource
http://missing-lynx.com/rareworld.htm

Stuff on rain marks, filters etc
 
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I'm glad you said that, i would of used white spirit. My kids want to go to hobbycraft tomorrow so i will see if i can find some mild thinners.
 
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interested to see if your kit has the problem with the suspension arms /wheel alignment that most have come across. i.e. not square to the tank :mad:
 
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Steve, it does. The wheels toe in, I'm planning on adding some weight to force the suspension arms to flex up. It's a shame as the fit of the rest of the parts is fantastic.
 
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Steve Brodie said:
interested to see if your kit has the problem with the suspension arms /wheel alignment that most have come across. i.e. not square to the tank :mad:
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Steve, I can't think of a tank I've built that doesn't have the same problem! No matter how carefully I've assembled the suspension.
 
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Looks like it's going to be a fun build Bob, i might have to get one for my stash (to go with Tamiya, Dragon and Academy tiggers lol).

Have fun, John
 
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