Isitme
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Update,
Had a look through the instructions last night to see what needed to be done in the near future - turned a couple of pages and came across this...
.... you have got to be kidding me, I have just done 10+umpteen and thought to myself how kind they have given me loads of spares....
As you can see the location points are all there....
Progress made - half way.....
Also on the menu were the blocks for the track guards.... first the attachment points...
... I tried to do this by numbers, but in the end went from left to right on the instructions...
.... as you can see there are location indentations for the blocks, but I went along with a drill and made these deeper before adding the blocks themselves...
I have also done more work on the hull itself, adding the engine mesh covers over the grills from after market, but the ones with the kit will do just as well, the fuel tank drum brackets and the snorkel. Again I was not happy with the 'rubber' snorkel part so made a new one from tube, wrapped with tissue....
... and used a couple of the kit track links with the ends drilled out...
The brackets/straps holding the snorkel come with the kit.
Had a test run of the top track guard to check the fit and all is well, unfortunately the drive sprocket and idler wheel will have to be added before paint but not a problem.
And that is where I am at today, still plenty more to do.
Mike.
Had a look through the instructions last night to see what needed to be done in the near future - turned a couple of pages and came across this...
.... you have got to be kidding me, I have just done 10+umpteen and thought to myself how kind they have given me loads of spares....
As you can see the location points are all there....
Progress made - half way.....
Also on the menu were the blocks for the track guards.... first the attachment points...
... I tried to do this by numbers, but in the end went from left to right on the instructions...
.... as you can see there are location indentations for the blocks, but I went along with a drill and made these deeper before adding the blocks themselves...
I have also done more work on the hull itself, adding the engine mesh covers over the grills from after market, but the ones with the kit will do just as well, the fuel tank drum brackets and the snorkel. Again I was not happy with the 'rubber' snorkel part so made a new one from tube, wrapped with tissue....
... and used a couple of the kit track links with the ends drilled out...
The brackets/straps holding the snorkel come with the kit.
Had a test run of the top track guard to check the fit and all is well, unfortunately the drive sprocket and idler wheel will have to be added before paint but not a problem.
And that is where I am at today, still plenty more to do.
Mike.
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looks like you are moving this along at a fair clip....I will have to stay vigilant if I don't want to miss anything. Rick H.
, thanks Jakko.
