SimonT - 1/35th Tamiya T62 (well worn)
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Excellent modelling Simon 
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You most be getting enough sleep. You sound positively chipper. Maybe just from all the scratchery. Some excellent work. PaulE
Morning all,
due to the right side of the mantlet aperture having wandered offline I needed to strip it all down
made some new side pieces and started building it back up
rebuilding the aperture in the correct place - the left side was ok but the right side had to move 1mm to the left
As you can see there was not much left to fasten the side plate to after chopping it all apart
but it went well and came back together - much happier with it this time
new dust cover
i also added some new bolt tops around the cupolas as the kit ones were a bit vague
unfortunately the red goo suffered from the handling and various bits are now bald, plus of course the revised mantlet area needs re-coating as well
once done I shall prime the entire thing with Halford primer - this should hopefully help to keep the red goo in place for casting
I also reworked one of the fuel tanks but don't appear to have taken a photo
The tanks are all a bit wide due to them being moulded with very sloping sides so I sanded them down to make them more vertical again
This of course removed the moulded seam line around the middle so this had to be replicated with some micro strip
Fuel tank now ready to be cast
Hull front filler also sanded down ready for building up the details again
due to the right side of the mantlet aperture having wandered offline I needed to strip it all down
made some new side pieces and started building it back up
rebuilding the aperture in the correct place - the left side was ok but the right side had to move 1mm to the left
As you can see there was not much left to fasten the side plate to after chopping it all apart
but it went well and came back together - much happier with it this time
new dust cover
i also added some new bolt tops around the cupolas as the kit ones were a bit vague
unfortunately the red goo suffered from the handling and various bits are now bald, plus of course the revised mantlet area needs re-coating as well
once done I shall prime the entire thing with Halford primer - this should hopefully help to keep the red goo in place for casting
I also reworked one of the fuel tanks but don't appear to have taken a photo
The tanks are all a bit wide due to them being moulded with very sloping sides so I sanded them down to make them more vertical again
This of course removed the moulded seam line around the middle so this had to be replicated with some micro strip
Fuel tank now ready to be cast
Hull front filler also sanded down ready for building up the details again
Steve Jones
Steve Jones Scale Modelling Site
The Lord of the Darkside is at it again. A wonderful assortment of materials and skills to produce such a wonderful piece of work as this. Terrific work my friend
a little more fettling then it got a coat of primer
the cast texture may be a little heavy in places but could always be sanded a little on the resin version if i decide i don't like it so i think it is ready for casting now
the cast texture may be a little heavy in places but could always be sanded a little on the resin version if i decide i don't like it so i think it is ready for casting now
Richard48
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Looking great Simon.If castings go well i would buy one from you.Nostalgia build soon me thinks.
Richard.
Richard.
Neil Merryweather
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lovely stuff, Simon!
Eye of newt works for me with a little Anal nathrac tossed in. PaulE
scottie3158
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Simon,
Outstanding attention to detail
Outstanding attention to detail
Thank you all
Having looked at it again I decided to tone down the texture a little more then mounted it on a support for casting
I also added some small fillets for the pins on the side of the cupola ring to help them cast
adjusted fuel tank with new fill and drain caps - will need to cast a few of these off so it is sat on a lump of 2mm plastic card
the kit wheel rims are a bit wishy washy so I made some new ones to give a better defined edge
Having looked at it again I decided to tone down the texture a little more then mounted it on a support for casting
I also added some small fillets for the pins on the side of the cupola ring to help them cast
adjusted fuel tank with new fill and drain caps - will need to cast a few of these off so it is sat on a lump of 2mm plastic card
the kit wheel rims are a bit wishy washy so I made some new ones to give a better defined edge
Steve Jones
Steve Jones Scale Modelling Site
More compass cutting Mr T? Your fingers must be pretty sore after that lot LOL
Jim R
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Hi Simon
Very impressed with your skill and attention to detail. Good luck with the casting. You'll need a fair bit of rubber and resin.
Jim
Very impressed with your skill and attention to detail. Good luck with the casting. You'll need a fair bit of rubber and resin.
Jim
finished distressing the tyres on the last six wheels
then filled the old motorisation holes where the final drive housings should be
Tamiya provide a stub axle with a block that fits into the motorisation hole but it is just a blanking plate and has nothing to do with the real tank so this was cut down to just leave the stub axle
The holes in the hull were then plated from the back and the fronts built up with scraps of plastic card and green stuff
Steve Jones
Steve Jones Scale Modelling Site
I hope it all holds well when you put the tracks on