I am building this up for a GB that I am running on here. It should be a quick easy build as it is not a complicated kit at all. I am building it up in the markings of an Iraqi as used in the 1991 Gulf War
so here is my kit
I mixed up a custom steel shade for the link and length tracks and airbrushed that on
and I started with building the lower hull… it was a bottom plate with teh sides and rear plates added. I am going a bit out of sequence, but oh well…
and then I scratch built up the jerry can racks with “L” ange strip styrene for the upper rear hull and test fitted some jerry cans in there. I still need to improve the cans a bit, but they are only placed for now, not glued, until I improve them…
More progress today, but I am not quite following the instruction sheet order… nor showing these in the order that I did the work earlier today…
I did about 2/3 of the work on the turret…
some work on the upper hull, but I left off the small breakables until after I get it glued to the lower hull
small bits added to the front and rear of the lower hull
and the running gear added… I left the sprocket wheels loose until the tracks are added for fine tuning the position of those with the link & length tracks
some test fitting of all the major components
and a better look at the jerry can racks that I made up… I need to go back and modify them a bit as well as the cans…
Well, I did not get as much done on this today as intended… my other project, the Klingon Cruiser took a lot more attention with its’ decals and their lack of co operation… and then there was some family business to attend to… but I did get some more sub assembly work done… although most of the photos turned out terribly, so this is the presentable one…
and I remembered this resin figure in my stash that may work for a vignette scene…
I have some other Iraqi figures as well, so no decision here yet…
… and now that damn bug has bitten me again… I swear there needs to be an immunization shot for this…
I really do NOT like open sponson bottoms. so I added some sheet styrene to fill the ones on this…
And then I added some front plates on the lower hull in front of the sprockets… but then if I am gonna display ths with a figure one day, it can’t be buttoned up so I started adding some inner panel works…
and as you can see thru the open hatches
I’ll add some more basic detailing in there like laterals, pedals, and seats… but not go overboard like on my B-26…
so this is how the sub assemblies together look now…
sorry for the crappy photos, but my camera and the garage work area are not good friends after dark…
Has it really been since August since I have done any work on this? Wow! Well, I have been working interior scratchwork in the drivers compartment today. Pictures coming tomorrow…
