When I look at a PE set, I divide it up into 4 categories - Must use! - Try to use. - Would be nice to use - You must be joking!
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Waspie
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Sounds like sage advice.
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Genera modern Army question.
5 gallon fuel cans, are they generally green on colour?
5 gallon water cans were always black, is that still the case?
5 gallon fuel cans, are they generally green on colour?
5 gallon water cans were always black, is that still the case?
langy71
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As far as I can remember yeah ,
although I'll bet somebody has more up to date info..
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Thanks Chris. Nothing has changed then!
I ask as I'm at that part of the build I need to decide to fit then into place!! BUT, If I do, then it will be difficult if not impossible when I come to paint the hull later. So at the moment, I will build the frame and fix in place, then, once the hull is painted, place the correctly coloured cans in the frame!!
That's the plan today!! Things may change!!
I'm starting to write notes now in the instructions to remind me of my future intentions!!! (I think it's an age thing)
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Good reminder, I remember seeing sand coloured cans on Jackals now you mention it!!
(Which gets me thinking - I fancy a crack at a Jackal kit if the beast exists) Google time!!!!!
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Bit more progress today as mini-pooch was still knackered from a long walk yesterday.
Fit the suspension bits, road wheel axles and some minor parts. The time consuming bit is filing off the bits of sprue.
I'm guessing now might be the time to start painting the hull as most of the main parts are in place now.
Next step(s). Road wheels and the dreaded tracks. Methinks I may be working on the tracks for a little while!!!
As this is my first piece of armour, any hints or tips or comments at this stage would be most appreciated!!! I thank you - in my best Arthur Askey voice!!
Fit the suspension bits, road wheel axles and some minor parts. The time consuming bit is filing off the bits of sprue.
I'm guessing now might be the time to start painting the hull as most of the main parts are in place now.
Next step(s). Road wheels and the dreaded tracks. Methinks I may be working on the tracks for a little while!!!
As this is my first piece of armour, any hints or tips or comments at this stage would be most appreciated!!! I thank you - in my best Arthur Askey voice!!
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Cutting them off with a knife is much quicker
Personally, I would wait until the model is finished, but leave off the wheels and tracks, plus everything that gets in the way of fitting them (like the side skirts). Build those separately and paint them together with the rest of the model, then fit the wheels and tracks; after that, hold the side skirts against the model and see where you need to glue them, then scrape the paint off in those areas. After glueing the skirts on, you may need to touch up the paint a little.
Tip 1: Build the tracks while you work on the rest of the model, not after. That is: clean up some track parts, do a little work on the rest of the suspension, build some links, add more parts to the turret, etc. This keeps you from getting too bored with the tedious work on the tracks.
Tip 2: When you remove and clean up the track parts from the sprues, sort them into different containers so you can keep the parts straight. Like this:
Those are the parts for another Rye Field Model set of tracks, this time for a Sherman — see my review of the set, it probably has a few more tips you can use for your model.
Tip 3: Don’t bother building two full tracks. Your model will have skirts covering almost the whole of the top run, so any effort spent on that part of the track is entirely wasted. Much simpler to just put enough links together for the part you can actually see, plus a few extra, and then either glue them over the idler wheel and drive sprocket, or tie the ends together with thread so you can pull the track tight around the wheels.
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That looks like it’s going well. You probably don’t need that many jigs stuck together, but if it works, it works Workable tracks are usually a lot of effort to put together, but I like the way they will fit around the wheels realistically, yet can be painted separately from the rest of the model and then installed easily.
Workable tracks are usually a lot of effort to put together, but I like the way they will fit around the wheels realistically, yet can be painted separately from the rest of the model and then installed easily.
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Had my first compliment from SWIMBO today!!
'You spend more time with that tank than you do with me', (as in her)!!!!
Could that be considered a result?
'You spend more time with that tank than you do with me', (as in her)!!!!
Could that be considered a result?
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I recall fuel containers always green, plastic water containers either green or black. Possible that sand-coloured containers exist now!
Steve
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And they always had a funny taste to them....must be the steri-tabs..
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The word - ‘gopping’ comes to mind!!!
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20 years at Bovngton Lee, they became part of my day!!!
Yeah alright... I'll let you have that one, lol