Good Morning from the RBB Factory #69,
Rick, Mark, Richard, Tim, Gerry, Lee, Andrea, Graeme, Dude 2 and Andrew. Thank you all for your kind and interesting comments. Sorry, but I am just going to do a general synopsis here.....
First, the tracks....I got confused in my post and thanks to
Andrea's comment, I saw that I had said I would leave the idlers loose to fit them under the fenders. What I meant to write was, I will leave the return rollers loose and mount the top row together with them. That way they should fit with no probs after they're painted......
Next, the vodka/beer kegs...They did look rather bland in the pic. As I'm not going to go crazy and keep this build (pretty) much OOB, I decided, if anything, to only add fuel lines. Here is what they look like from all angles,
They do have some detail and need more love. A set of scratch handles and new straps would make them look better. Dirt/stains will maybe play a factor on these, or??? Damn, now I'm having second thoughts........Moving on.....The kit doesn't have a lot of etch and I used what was left for the fender brackets and the rain guard,
The 2 on the bottom right, were a real beatch to fold as the small end lips wouldn't play right and the etch is rather thick. In the end I won the battle...I also added some other details and eventually we got to this,
The tough etch pieces are under the tow cables on the fender. I added the grab handles and you can see they are of two different thickness. The rear set are thinner than the forward set. Go figure....Another pic,
The casemate needed some tough love to get the front to sit flat on the front hull plate. Lots of slicing, dicing, scraping and sanding finally got the job done and she sits flush. The kit includes a 16cm piece of brass wire for the tow cables. Just cut it in half and CA the ends into the eye hooks, done deal.....Not too much more to do before we move into the RBB Factory #69.5 which is the paint hall. In there, we are going to be shooting a lot of your favorite color through the hissy stick. Yup, 4BO folks!!! (sorry Bob)...
I apologize again for not answering everyone individually and thank you all again for your interest in the "Beast". It's a fun kit and goes together really well. Have a good one and all C, C and abuse are most welcome...
Na Zdorovie (Prost)
Allen(ski) Pres.
RBB Factory #69
PS,
Dude 2, I couldn't keep my eyes open to post this last night...........
. With the Friul tracks my set of xxx rated words and swearing wouldn't have been up to its task. 
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