Hi gang. Finally was able to make a start on the Tamiya Challenger 1 Mk.3. All the road wheels are chunked up painted and assembled but I forgot to snap a pic. The Chobham side armor has the hollow back filled in and the thinner plate at the back end has been replaced with some sheet styrene and grab handles. I really hate when they make parts try to “look” thinned by tapering the edges.
A modeler named Dan Hay has given some good advise in the form of his web site with some building tips. he has drawing of the scratch built fuel drum racks so I printed them top the correct scale on Avery labels and applied that to the sheet plastic. Makes cutting out the part a breeze.
Well I know that Mike knows but we had yet another snow day here yesterday. So after the snow blower ran out of gas theres was nothing to do but sit at the bench. The fuel drum rack are almost done.
Hey Wingy! Going to pay close attention to this one, just picked this guy up about a week ago to go along with a great sheet of Echelon decals I scored a while back.
Talk about a great reference site…good stuff! [snWow]
Did you start this in one thread and then start over again? I coulda swore I remember making a comment about this build (didn’t you ask about banged up road wheels)?
Anyways - great start - those racks you scratched are looking superb. Lookin’ forward to progress!
i think I may have had a thread that I was asking some pre-start questions. I remember asking about the chunked up wheels. Dunno why i didn’t just update that one.
Some progress made. The rear plate is nearly done… just needs the extra track but that’s after painting. Apparently one of the issue with that Tamiya kit is part of the glacis has a step down on 2 sides so i evened that out with some .020 plastic card. And even though there will be the Chobham armor skirts installed, I just can’t have the “Tamiya air conditioning” left wide open.
