Well, it’s been awhile, but I finally got some things done on my Armor. At least some things done enough to take pics and post.
First off, here are some of my projects from some of the Group Builds I’m in on the LEM. This first one is my Kursk Group Build T-34/76 with the cast turret that is now ready for decals:
The color is actually a lot greener; for some reason it washed out in the pics. Also, as of the time I posted these pics, the grab handles on the turret are already painted.
Next is my GMC truck for the Braille Scale Group Build. I have gotten it to the painting stage, and now it is ready for some detail painting before clear coating it for decals.
Here is a shot of it without the cab, showing the chassis:
Yeah, it has a crude yet recognizable engine in it. Interesting…
Here it is with the cab on it:
I just have to cut some clear poly for the windows and it’ll be done there. The cab is only dry fit for now.
Finally, here is the truck and trailer all together:
I’d say it is looking pretty good… so far; for a PST kit.
That is about all I have for this one. Soon I should have the windows on it and then it’ll be time to detail and decal it.
As these tanks and trucks were drying, I also went to work on two aircraft. Feel free to check out my progress on them in the Aircraft Forums.
Now while those two white planes were drying, I went ahead and made some progress on my Hobby Boss 1/72 scale Br-52 Lokomotive.
I assembled the main tank for this engine and added the stack and other bulges to it. Here it is test fit to the main chassis:
Next, I went to assemble the cab, but found a whole mess of ejector pin marks that needed filling. So, I pulled out my trusty filler and went to work filling; and when it was dry, sanding. Here you can see all the little white dots where I had to fill the pin marks. This is before I sanded them down smooth:
Well, with all the sanding and filling done, I was now able to assemble the cab partway. Here it it sitting behind the tank, test fit into place:
I did start on some of the interior details of the cab as well, as you can see here:
I’ll be painting the interior of this cab before I add any more details, and then when the paint is dry, I’ll finish the cab interior and close it off. I still have a considerable amount of work to do to this; I almost feel like I’m assembling another 1911 Christie Fire Truck with all the additional assembly that still needs to be done! Man what a complex model! At least now it is starting to look like a locomotive.
Oh, and I don’t know if I’ve posted my latest progress on my Hasegawa 1/72 scale Karl Morser 54cm and munitionspanzer, so here it is.
The Karl is now complete, assembly-wise. I even got a little more detail painting done as well. Now it’s ready for decals; such as they are…
Here is the Morser with the munitionspanzer:
All that’s left on the munitionspanzer is to rig the crane and add the shells. Then that one will be ready for decals too.
Well, that summarizes all the work I’ve been doing the last few days. Amazingly enough, much of this was done while my wife was on her vacation from work for five days!