Dragon M7 Priest
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Jim R
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Hi Ross
That's coming together well. Detail on the gun looks nice. It is often hard to decide whether to paint parts before fixing them. I like to get as much built as possible before painting.
Jim
That's coming together well. Detail on the gun looks nice. It is often hard to decide whether to paint parts before fixing them. I like to get as much built as possible before painting.
Jim
Steve Jones
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Nice update Ross. Its always a challenge to build and paint, build and paint. All heading in the right direction. Is it starting to cool down a bit over there now??
Jim, I'm the same, if I can glue it before painting I will.
Steve, it certainly slows things down a bit, it did start to cool off but we've had a week of over 35 again, two weeks into Autumn it should be starting to cool off, North Queensland keeps getting battered by Cyclones and flooded and we can't seem to get any rain.
Still working on the internal areas.
Front and sides are currently drying from a gloss coat before some weathering and I'll make a start on the tracks tonight.
cheers
Ross
Steve, it certainly slows things down a bit, it did start to cool off but we've had a week of over 35 again, two weeks into Autumn it should be starting to cool off, North Queensland keeps getting battered by Cyclones and flooded and we can't seem to get any rain.
Still working on the internal areas.
Front and sides are currently drying from a gloss coat before some weathering and I'll make a start on the tracks tonight.
cheers
Ross
Very clean build so far. Great job on trans. I hope the rear stowage boxes are not cemented as they are on backwards. The tops should be level. Looks like only HE stowed? No WP or AP rounds? PaulE
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Great work Ross.
scottie3158
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Ross,
looking good coming along nicely.
looking good coming along nicely.
Si, cheers mate.
Michael, thanks mate.
Paul, trust somebody to notice
, yes they are glued, I was finishing them up late at night, went to sleep thinking I had done something wrong, tossed and turned for about an hour then it struck me.
Rick, Peter and Paul, almost a band, thanks guys.
It's starting to look like a Priest now.
Some cleaning up to do and a couple of more internal walls to paint.
cheers
Ross
Michael, thanks mate.
Paul, trust somebody to notice
, yes they are glued, I was finishing them up late at night, went to sleep thinking I had done something wrong, tossed and turned for about an hour then it struck me. Rick, Peter and Paul, almost a band, thanks guys.
It's starting to look like a Priest now.
Some cleaning up to do and a couple of more internal walls to paint.
cheers
Ross
Just caught up Ross, pity about those stowage bins, when I do something like that ( quite often ) I brush some TET along the join and ease it off with a Stanly blade .
Other than that it's looking good .
Hope you get some rain soon .
John .
Other than that it's looking good .
Hope you get some rain soon .
John .
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That’s what I was thinking: use a good hobby knife (I don’t think I’d use a surgical scalpel — too fragile) to get into the seam between the upper deck and the stowage box. Be careful to keep your fingers away from where the blade will go if it slips, by the way. I once managed to stab myself through my thumb because I wasn’t careful enough with something like this.
What did you glue them with? If it’s superglue then you can probably get the parts to pop off when the glue breaks, it being hard and somewhat brittle when cured; if you used liquid cement it’ll depend a lot on how much you used, though.
Another option if they won’t budge is to use a modelling saw, which will take off a bit more material. You can replace that with a bit of plastic strip, or you could just leave the boxes slightly lower than they should be, since it’s unlikely to be noticeable.
In any case, having the boxes on the right way is worth the bother, if you ask me. Leaving them like this doesn’t do the build any justice.
Jim R
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It is looking good Ross. As for the boxes have you tried repeatedly scoring along the join with a new no 11 blade. It may take a long time but slow and steady may work.
Jim
Jim
scottie3158
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Ross,
I agree with Jim's method, I have had to do it myself, it is slow but it does work.
I agree with Jim's method, I have had to do it myself, it is slow but it does work.