Saddam’s Brolly

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Jim, Steve- thanks muchly gents!

The next instalment then...

The forward vision port covers were the copper PE ones from the kit fret, plus some plastic kit hinges. I made the rain gullies that surround the port covers out of old PE fret:
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Moving on to the side of the thing, I added the hinged teardrop-shaped pistol port covers made from card, as well as the kit blanking plate, and then detailed the lower bow plate with some PE locking bars with some Meng bolt heads.
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There is a raised vent with a grille on the engine cover, which I made from card and a bit of leftover PE from the D9R build- very satisfying to put together!
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The driver has a single wing-mirror on the Iraqi version, and I made one by soldering a tripod of brass wire, and adding a mirror plate from more spare PE and card:
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That’ll do for tonight’s instalment, I think!
Alistair☠️
 

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Scottie, Si, Mike- cheers chaps! I’ll have to try and keep the unwarranted expectoration to a minimum, shall I?

Moving on to the rear access doors, I remodelled the hatch hinges, and added the pistol port covers. I also scratched up some rear fender mounting brackets (though I never intended to fit the fenders themselves:
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The driver’s hatch was fitted, and the hinge brackets were made from spare PE handles. I had to rectify a short mould on the hatch rim with some green stuff:
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The Iraqi pattern headlight clusters are very different to the Soviet ones provided in the kit. I had to make new mounting brackets from card first, and mount the headlights and indicators:
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I then mounted these on the hull, after grinding off the Soviet-version mounting blocks:
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These have very fiddly wire guards over them, but I was only going to fit them once I had re-made the fenders- coming to the next instalment!

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Alistair.
See you've noticed things haven't changed with the rabble !
Great additions, impressed with the soldering lark.
 

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Alistair,
Looking very good indeed. I do like the new light brackets and the rain gutters around the windscreens.
Will keep checking in for more progress.
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Gentlemen, you are all too kind! I really appreciate the comments:thumb2:

Tonight’s instalment then...making fenders.

I always loved watching SimonT knocking up new fenders with his signature pewter sheet. I substituted my trusty purée tube, and flattened some out to replace the horribly over-thick kit offerings. I used a steel rule to make a lip that runs along the outer edge, and also scored them for the bend at the front of the fenders:
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Next, I sanded some plastic rod into half-rounds to make the stiffening ribs, and glued a couple to each fender, and attached them to the hull:
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Then I used a load of punched out rivets left over from another part of the build (more on that next time) and stuck them on with varnish (less messy) to match the pattern on the kit fenders:
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I also added the tow-rope holding brackets made from folded PE fret to both sides:
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A quick word on how I made those hinges for the hatches- I had a load of spare PE triangular handles, that if you cut & fold them just so, they made the hinges you can see on the model:
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Simply cut them at the apex of the triangle, and fold them out. I used a short length of brass tube to make the hinge shaft in between the arms, and added a couple of PE discs at each end to finish them off. Nothing gets wasted!

More tomorrow chaps,
Alistair☠️
 

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Al, for future get yourself a set of these tools

Embossing tools

You can put proper strengthening ribs in with them by scribing on the back of your tomato tube
 
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