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Jens Andrée
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Friulmodel tracks have arrived after a pretty lengthy trip from Hungary to Sweden... Perhaps it took a detour somewhere?
It doesn't matter - it's here and the quality is outstanding!
My only ordeal right now is that you have to drill/ream out the pin hole with a 0.5 mm drill...
I've got drills from 0.5 mm to 1.5 mm with 0.1 mm increments, but they are for my PCB work so they are short and aren't really usable for this.
I don't even know where to find long 0.5 mm drills because such a thing would snap in a fraction of a second when used for most applications?
Perhaps a home-made reamer is the best choice instead?
There's very little flashing on the track links so this is going to be fun to try!
I've started to paint the lower hull assembly and I make everything as modules so I can paint larger bits before assembly rather than piece by piece.
I read somewhere that a couple of builders have experienced wonky/unaligned road wheels after assembly. I don't seem to have that problem, which is nice.
I've quit using AMMO primer and instead are using Tamiya paint as primer. Much simpler and more consistent. The rest of the paint are AMMO though and I'll just have to take it slow and apply thin layers until the wanted colour is achieved. I still think Tamiya & co with their "almost acrylic paints" are nicer to work with than AMMO's solvent free paint. At least for us beginners.
I will take some pictures on the next paint session so you can see what's happening!
Cheers,
Jens
It doesn't matter - it's here and the quality is outstanding!
My only ordeal right now is that you have to drill/ream out the pin hole with a 0.5 mm drill...
I've got drills from 0.5 mm to 1.5 mm with 0.1 mm increments, but they are for my PCB work so they are short and aren't really usable for this.
I don't even know where to find long 0.5 mm drills because such a thing would snap in a fraction of a second when used for most applications?
Perhaps a home-made reamer is the best choice instead?
There's very little flashing on the track links so this is going to be fun to try!
I've started to paint the lower hull assembly and I make everything as modules so I can paint larger bits before assembly rather than piece by piece.
I read somewhere that a couple of builders have experienced wonky/unaligned road wheels after assembly. I don't seem to have that problem, which is nice.
I've quit using AMMO primer and instead are using Tamiya paint as primer. Much simpler and more consistent. The rest of the paint are AMMO though and I'll just have to take it slow and apply thin layers until the wanted colour is achieved. I still think Tamiya & co with their "almost acrylic paints" are nicer to work with than AMMO's solvent free paint. At least for us beginners.
I will take some pictures on the next paint session so you can see what's happening!
Cheers,
Jens