Tamiya SturmTiger restart and now........... Finished .

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This is a kit that I started many moons ago (decade?) and lost interest in . I stuffed it back in its original box and placed it on the shelves with the rest of my stash . I came across it a while reorganizing the stash on some new shelves I built down here in the cave .That re sparked my interest in the build and ordered Eduards "Big Ed" p.e. set . I want to add details to the interior and leave the roof off of the casement . Now it begins . Hopefully I wont take 6 months to complete this one !

The box art .Good ole Tamiya look to it .


The parts where I left off when I stuck them back in the box .It'll be real nice having all of the clean up out of the way .


This is the Eduard "Big Ed" . Why did they choose "Big Ed" for a name ?

[TRM]

That is a twisted GIF buddy!! LOL!! Nice revival btw!! Clean-updone too...slap the glue about my friend!!

[deafpanzer]

Of course count me in... have same kit in my stash so just don't ask me when I will start.

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Hey T speakin of twisted that Avatar of yours always has me wonderin where/who/what ?
Andy , your the great traveler of the western USA now ! You home yet ?

[Leon]

Carl,nice start,count me in.

[bigjohn]

Glad to see you back on this one again! will be following for shure!!

[tonylee]

It's a large Eduard PE set therefore a BIG ED uard set, don't you get it?

Tony lee

[deafpanzer]

Not yet... home tonight and we are looking forward to it!

[wbill76]

Well now this will be a fun one to watch. Already have my popcorn ready!

[robbo]

I'm in for the long run, love these big guns and big ed's sets are the dogs

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Leon , good to have you along on this one !
John , its shurtainly good having you here !
Tony ,Good thinking ! Never thought of that one . Here I was thinkin some big guy named Ed got involved in the p.e. design .
Andy , yup , nothing like getting back home after a nice relaxing , trip.........that was to long and too hot !!!
Bill , best have a couple of extra bags , you know how slow I am .
Rob , I agree , this set has everything in it , even mask for the wheels . Although I don't see the need for them on this Tiger as it has the steel rims . Well , they'll be handy down the road on another kit .

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Figured I owed you guys a picture even if it aint much . I placed all of the deck plates and did some p.e. pieces on the tranny cover .

[tonylee]

You're cookin on high heat now

Tony lee

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Jun 30, 2013 21:16:16 GMT -5 tonylee said:

You're cookin on high heat now

Tony lee

Good ! Nothin like the smell of burning plastic !

[craigcole20b]

Nice restart I'll be watching this one

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Oh great! another master model in the making good start Carl

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Craig , good to have you along , but have patience , it may take a while .
Pete , master model , where ? Thanks mate .

I did some p.e. bendage last night . Not much to show as far as a picture right now though . The weather been to dang nice to stay down here in the cave for long . Its in the 90's(32c) out there and 60's(15c) down here .

Later friends .

[406 Silverado]

Carl, off to a very good start bud. Count me in.

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Rob , good deal ! It'll be good have'n you looking in .

Nems , Is there a WW II Deutschland build in your future ! Let me gaze into my genuine plastic crystal ball ...... .......OMG ! It says NO ! And then it cracked !!!

[fightnjoe]

looking forward to this carl. your work is outstanding.




joe

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Hey Joe thanks a lot for that !

You guys wouldn't believe how long it took me to do this side of the tranny ! So its no use telling you then is it ? OMG ! I had that round shifter /throttle do hicky thingy together and apart so many times I almost lost my mind ! Mumble , mumble ....... Huh ? Oh , as I was saying .......I cant believe it came out looking like anything more than a glob of c.a. and bent up p.e. ! Mumble , mumble .........

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yep PE will do that to you! looks mighty fine though so worth all the madness and dribbling i'm sure. By the way Carl that cat clip is insane!laugh I nearly had a hernia!

[deafpanzer]

Great PE work! Now I have to get that PE set too... thanks a bunch!

[dupes]

Wow, I had no idea this kit had that much of an interior? Shows you how much I'm paying attention.

Nice work on all that etch, sir.

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Pete , When I first saw that clip It cracked me up to mate . Be careful now , don't go and injure yourself !
Andy , go ahead and get the p.e. set bro . I don't want to be the only one going nuts using it ! Feel to be home and out of that little van ?
Hey Dupes , there's a good start on the interior . Too bad there isn't any representation of the torsion bars or drive shafts . I think AFV's Sturm has all of the details .

[deafpanzer]

And I am really looking forward to that duel build if I can ever finish the damn duck thing! LOL

[tonylee]

OH MAN that gear box knocks my socks off Carl.

Waiting for more
Tony lee

[bullardino]

Some more magic flowing here, count me in. Great job so far, Carl

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Nems n' Tony thanks my friends !

I got you about the "tranny" Nems .........

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Here's what I've been using for reference . I found these on Photo Bucket . I probably could have done more scratch building but alas I am not at Nems caliber when it comes to that .




Back to the bending .