Andrew's 1/35 North Africa Vignette (SimonT Tribute GB)

[Deleted member 6559]

Looking very good Andrew. One would never know that you were new to etch.

 

[scottie3158]

Andrew,
Very nice neat work.

 

[adt70hk]

Looking very good Andrew. One would never know that you were new to etch.

Thanks Peter, although I think when it comes to folding it, it might get interesting, especially with the more complicated pieces!

ATB

Andrew

Andrew,
Very nice neat work.

Thanks Paul, much appreciated. Here's hoping I an keep it up.

ATB

Andrew

 

[adt70hk]

Hi all

So I've started on the trickier bits of the PE.

On the whole it's gone well, if slowly. The only major error was on my part not paying attention on which way round a box should go. I can't have it the way shown on the PE instructions as it's not quite square, meaning you lose the effect of the handles a bit..

Also, as I'd built completed most of the build before I found the PE so I won't be using all of it and had to be a bit creative with some of the other pieces.

All comments welcome for better of worse as usual.

ATB

Andrew

 

[Si Benson]

Morning Andrew,
some tidy PE work....Can’t help thinking you’ve done this before

 

[adt70hk]

Morning Andrew,
some tidy PE work....Can’t help thinking you’ve done this before

Thanks Si but actually this is my first time out with PE on this scale...pretty pleased with it on the whole.

 

[Tim Marlow]

PE looks great Andrew, you’re a natural

 

[adt70hk]

PE looks great Andrew, you’re a natural

Thanks Tim. Although I'm not holding my breath as I still have quite a way to go.

I also invested in one of these a know I was going to have a go at more PE in the future and it certainly helped for the larger pieces. I know some people don't use them but I found it invaluable.

Thanks again.

Andrew

 

[spanner570]

Now that is very neat and tidy p.e work.
I don't use the stuff, but I like what I see here.
Tidy bending!

 

[scottie3158]

Andrew,
Lovely PE work very neatly done.

 

[Graeme C.]

The etch is very tidy Andrew, I still can't get mine that good!

 

[adt70hk]

Now that is very neat and tidy p.e work.
I don't use the stuff, but I like what I see here.
Tidy bending!

Morning Ron

Thanks for the support. To be honest I'm not sure If I'll become a big time user of it in the future, given that I don't normally dabble in this scale but given the reason for the GB, I thought 'Why not?'

Here's hoping the rest of it turns out ok!

ATB

Andrew

Andrew,
Lovely PE work very neatly done.

Thanks Paul. To be honest I was surprised how well it's gone so far, given it's the first time I done any major work with it.

The etch is very tidy Andrew, I still can't get mine that good!

Thanks Graeme. Much appreciated. A cynical person might think I only showed you the best bits!! I've done a bit more since - mainly the storage box latches and they were a lot more tricky.....


Thanks again all.

ATB

Andrew

 

[Steve Jones]

Miniature madness.! Well done Andrew. Great work on the PE. Lovely to see

 

[adt70hk]

Miniature madness.! Well done Andrew. Great work on the PE. Lovely to see

Thanks Steve. Much appreciated.

Andrew

 

[minitnkr]

Excellent results. PaulE

 

[Deleted member 6559]

You really are making something of this basic kit. Marvellous etch work Andrew.

 

[adt70hk]

Excellent results. PaulE

You really are making something of this basic kit. Marvellous etch work Andrew.

Gents

Thank you very much. Progress has been slower than I'd wish, in part because I'm new to this PE lark and at the moment I'm only getting time at the weekend to do it - plus of course most of it's so damn small it doesn't look like much...

Thanks again.

Andrew

 

[adt70hk]

Hi all

As you may already have seen, this was Christmas pressie from my mum - at least the money that bought it was. I now everything I need to finish the build - at least I think I do!

ATB

Andrew

 

[Jakko]

If you want some realism advice: don’t put all those stowage onto your model Or at least, not where it’s shown in the box-top photo. The box at the left front of the engine deck, the one with the jerrycans on top, blocks two things the crew would probably consider to be fairly important: a cooling air intake for the engine and the radio operator’s escape hatch.

 

[adt70hk]

Hi all

So I have finally managed to get all the etch-work finish.

As I'd already finished the build when I found the set online, so there were some pieces that I couldn't use or had to be a bit creative with.

As an example, I couldn't use the track covers in full, as I'd hacked some boxes off the sides that the etch set expects to be there but sections of it did get used to cover the holes I'd made.

There were a couple of places too were I just didn't bother as the pieces were so small they would have been very tricky to fit and you won't notice them missing from a normal viewing distance (plus they're asking to be knocked off).

I also drilled out a hole for what I assume is the gunsight. Interestingly, the Fort Benning walk around I'm using as a reference piece has an inverted 'V' of metal above it. I'm assuming it's a shade for sun and/or water that was fitted in the field as it's not quite factory quality and isn't on other version in museums. I decided to add it for a bit of interest.

I've still got a little bit of filling and tidying up to, and also need to prime the metal but the build stage is pretty much done.

Pics below as usual and all/any comments gratefully received.

ATB

Andrew












Styrene reinforcements for the wheel brackets, which struck me as very flimsy.




The cage was without doubt the hardest part and took many attempts to get right. Ultra thin CA has held it together well though.