Gerry. Your making my Job with pouring the tea difficult with your Java lol Commander Race has the pressure on me already.
1/35 MINI-ART Ya - 12 SOVIET ARTILLERY TRACTOR. 35052
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RonGlass
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I'll throw a few pieces of popcorn your way Joe.
Jim R
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Hi John
That engine is looking nice. A few wires and pipes and a good weathering with muck and oil and it will be perfect. As for tiny bits of PE
I reckon they are only there to drive us demented. Maybe a Steve or a Mike would stand a chance of getting them fixed correctly but for most of us it is simply a waste of time!
Jim
That engine is looking nice. A few wires and pipes and a good weathering with muck and oil and it will be perfect. As for tiny bits of PE
I reckon they are only there to drive us demented. Maybe a Steve or a Mike would stand a chance of getting them fixed correctly but for most of us it is simply a waste of time!Jim
John,
give the plastic bits a try - just think of the cost of the Fruils!! It's not a long model, there aren't that many links per side.
Just think of assembling link & length tracks! - only the length parts are created by yourself!
Give it a try, there's nothing to lose!!
Dave
Thanks Jim, going to try some wiring when the whole engine is built and I see how much room I have in the bay.Hi John
That engine is looking nice. A few wires and pipes and a good weathering with muck and oil and it will be perfect. As for tiny bits of PE
Jim
Morning Dave, been busy fitting a new filter in the pond so just had a quick look in here. The Fruils appear to be for a different version so the plastic will have to be. Will get out the ally bar later.
Dzhon.
Blimey, just a few days in and page 3 already!!
Interesting subject and I shall be watching closely.... Never done a tractor before.
Carry on......
Andy
Interesting subject and I shall be watching closely.... Never done a tractor before.
Carry on......
Andy
Greeting my friend, yes on the 3 rd page, 1 on the build and 2 on discussions about what the Rabble are requiring to eat and drink, don't you just love itBlimey, just a few days in and page 3 already!!
Interesting subject and I shall be watching closely.... Never done a tractor before.
Carry on......
Andy
Yeah, You'd think this was a modeling forum the way things are going.....I'll have another spot of "Joe" there Gerry. 
Wiring sounds good.....did my first engine wiring back in my high school days....adds a lot of interest to the build. Rick H.
Wiring sounds good.....did my first engine wiring back in my high school days....adds a lot of interest to the build. Rick H.
Spectators. From your Rabble Moderator When Mr. Race starts the “Wiring”. Keep the Rabble at zero please he may cross a wire and cause a spark and this place will go up like a Tender Box.
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Indeed you would RickYeah, You'd think this was a modeling forum the way things are going.....I'll have another spot of "Joe" there Gerry.
,no wiring as of yet, but my technical director ( Dude 1 of Bamburg.) has told me where to look as it is a US engine built under licence.Yes indeed you are quite correct Lee, there is always a chance of a spark , its a dangerous time.
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No where near the wiring , but the engine is finished.
Nice to build, plenty of detail , can't help the over gluing, try as I may it never happens to stay clean. Too little and the part fall off
Tracks, yes made a start using the method Dave mentioned, soon found the ally lengths and carried on.
Not easy, don't know what will happen when I come to the curved part, think I'll just take my time and use some Revell Contactor at that point.
Now the arms things for the suspension, about the most difficult thing I have tried to assemble, fell apart more times then I can to remember as there was no call for glue until the final placement of some top clips things. I've tried a suspension arm and it fits !
If any of those top plates are wrong I'll do better on the next 4 ! At this point there was some swearing .
Thanks for looking in, comments by all means .
Dzhon.
Steve Jones
Steve Jones Scale Modelling Site
A very nicely detailed engine JR. Great work on the tracks. It all looks pretty good mate. Keep it comin
Looks like a Cat?
It's a Jimmy (GMC) 4-banger sent in quantities to Russia in the Lend-Lease Act. These and a whole lot of other things like tanks, armored recon cars, trucks and the like. The engines enabled the factory to start producing these tractors again with little modifications.....
Dude 2, I did warn you about the torsion bar units. Just take your time and glue them in place, unless of course you want to set this puppy on uneven landscape. Nice job on the motor and the tracks Buddy!!! Are you having fun yet???
Prost
Dude 1
Dude 2, I did warn you about the torsion bar units. Just take your time and glue them in place, unless of course you want to set this puppy on uneven landscape. Nice job on the motor and the tracks Buddy!!! Are you having fun yet???
Prost
Dude 1
Damn Rick, I never knew horses had wires..............Learn something new every day here..............
Neil Merryweather
SMF Supporter
Looking good John, makes me feel like digging one of my cars out of the stash... but not yet, too many unfinished projects at the moment
Jim R
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Hi John
You'll crack the tracks - keep at it
Jim
You'll crack the tracks - keep at it
Jim
Looking good so far, John. I did say the torsion bars were a bit tricky! The knack with the sprockets & idlers is gluing thr right numbers of links together on the bar, allowing to dry for a few minutes, then peeling off whilst still flexible, and forming around the sprocket/idler
Dave
Dave