@^*!, I can only hope your cover is not blown.
Welcome aboard gderue and so far you have the only Italeri kit.
I haven’t even thought about AM parts, I figured this might be a good OOB kit, except the tracks are supposed to be incorrect. Coulda fooled me. [:o)]
How is the italeri kit?
I’ve heard that it might be one of Italeri’s better kits. Lots of parts, but it doesn’t have indy tracks, which will make sag difficult. Perhaps gderue can better explain.
Ok at this time I would like to say I am in. I have the dragon elfinfat he he he… I have been wanting to build it for a while now so now here is a reason.
sag with vinyls is much easier than you think. Before you glue the top on, you can drill small holes in the hull side at the hieght you want the tracks to sag, usually 3-4 per side. Glue some straightened paper clips in the hole so that they stick out to about half way out onto the tracks( just far enough to hold the track down- not too far so you cannot see them). Paint them the track color and then install the vinyls. Position the tracks so paper clips fit down in the area between the track pads. When it is finished, you can’t see the paperclips. Check out my Tamiya Jagdpanther with vinyl tracks. http://jasonwest7529.fotopic.net/c307100.html
Let me know if this isn’t clear enough- one of those tricks that is easy to do but hard to explain
I,m going to build mine OOB, other than maybe a AM barrel and I,m going to apply the zimmerite with putty. Question: How does one share a photo? This is my 1st GB.
Matt
Host it on a site. I use www.fotopic.com. It’s free. Check out this thread on the specifics. http://www.finescale.com/fsm/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=11095
Thanks, I,ll check in to this.[tup]
If I can get one in time, I’d like to enter with a Dragon Braille Scale Ferdinand. I’ll keep you posted on the possibility. March is my Birthday so I may get me one as a present.
I’ll put you down Duke, if things change let me know. Thundergod, I had a feeling you might join.
Thanks Tigerman. I’d been looking at that kit for awhile. I’ll see about getting it before the start date.
Just got back from the Greatmodels webpage. I’m down for the DML Elefant P/N: 6126 Oh my oh my now I’ve got to find a barrel. Read the reviews on this kit. It looks to be a pretty good kit and I’ll get to try my hand at zimmerit application. Most of you guys know about the suggestion to get a group build pad for the Tiger build!! we might have to think about one for the Elefant build cause I’m gona need someplace to live. Later guys.
Semper Fi, mike
How about this?
[:D] With all the clothes that my Tigress buys that she sure as &%$* doesn’t need, she isn’t giving me any hassles with the hobby. I am lucky in that regards. On a plus for her, it grounds me to the house anyways.
Thats my only saving grace Eric. The hobby keeps me close to home and out of mischief. Besides the woman loves me. Semper Fi, mike
BTW, anybody need the link to the last one? LOL.
sweet badge, Dwight!!
Dwight, when I save this, it saves it as a gif. When I upload it, all it is is a black shield. No animation. Any suggestions?
Jason, use the link I provided. I am hosting the badge and you don’t need to have hosted anywhere else. Put it in your sig in your profile.
But I think we need to decide which one to use first.