Johnny

I finished the lower runningwheels this evening.


To make it easier to put the wheelpart on after the suspension are in place I made some paper cylinders to center the wheels into.I also did this to strenghten the wheels a bit.I guess it would have been quite easy to rip it off with only the outer cylinder glued onto the suspension.


The 16 centerwheels from above

Johnny

The front spring connected to the two links.

Bunkerbarge

Once again Johnny amazing levels of detail in this model. The parts just look so realistic I can't believe they are made of card.

Thanks for the superb build thread again they are very interesting to follow.

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tigertc

Agrees^^^^^

stunning stuff, wish i had the patience.

Johnny

Thanks guys!! I really appreciate your feedback!

The suspension system on the left side is done.Now I just have to try to glue it all together and hope it will line up in a way....Here I have just placed it on to see how it fits.


I also had to use another camera....forgot to bring with me my own,so the quality isn't as good as I wanted.I have tried to enhance the shots in PSP and I hope they are good enough to get an impression.

Johnny

Suspension system is mounted and wheels placed loosely on the side.

Johnny

Well guys I'm back at work after my vacation....and I got some progress on the ChiHa tonight.
I made the small leadingwheels.So now It's just the second drivewheel left of the wheelwork!

tag

More brilliant work Johnny looks amazing but you really must stop having holidays they eat in modeling time so much

Johnny

Thanks Tony!!

The exhaust.

Today I made the exhaust.

The parts are cutted out and edgepainted.


First I made the exhaust tank.Made of 3 parts.


Then it was the bend.


And all assembled


The top cover was to be made of a frame and the underlying net.I replaced the papernet with something else.....


The finished cover looks like this.I don't have any metalnet....so I guess this will do.It's hard to tell the difference with the naked eye from a normal view,but the macro shows that it's not metal...


Placed on the tank.

Johnny

So the rear end is done.Only the jack is missing.Will add that item in the end due to my lousy handling of the models sometimes.....