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Post by Leon on Mar 1, 2016 16:16:09 GMT -5
Coming along nicely Terry!  |
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Post by panzerjager2 on Mar 1, 2016 16:25:53 GMT -5
Very COOL......
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Post by adt70hk on Mar 1, 2016 17:19:47 GMT -5
Liking this one a lot! Crew look good. I especially like the pose of the figure resting his arms on the top of the hull.
For some reason I've always had a soft for Chafees...
Thanks for sharing.
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Post by mrt51 on Mar 2, 2016 7:29:44 GMT -5
Bet the crews had to get along well in those tight quarters! I feel sorry for the poor gunner/loader. Yeah there is not much room to move around. |
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Post by mrt51 on Mar 2, 2016 7:31:19 GMT -5
Coming along nicely Terry! Thanks! |
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Post by mrt51 on Mar 2, 2016 7:31:46 GMT -5
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Post by mrt51 on Mar 2, 2016 7:33:26 GMT -5
Liking this one a lot! Crew look good. I especially like the pose of the figure resting his arms on the top of the hull. For some reason I've always had a soft for Chafees... Thanks for sharing. Andrew Yean the Chaffee is tough looking little machine. One of my favorites also.  |
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Post by mrt51 on Mar 2, 2016 7:36:00 GMT -5
I workded on the turret. The WW 2 version is setup somewhat differently then the post war version. It's good to have lots of extra parts laying around so don't throw away sprues with parts on them you may need them elsewhere. :oldguy  Added more welds....a mixture of plastic and solder. I use solder when a weld has to go around complex curves. Notice also that I have added casting texture to the mantlet and turret face. These were cast parts.   The WW 2 version had a simple antenna mount as a opposed to the one cast on the later turrets.  I also added wire lift rings to both sides.  Still more to add, but this is a start. Terry |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2016 10:53:15 GMT -5
You're really going to town! Really interesting to watch. Thanks!
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Post by mrt51 on Mar 2, 2016 13:58:04 GMT -5
You're really going to town! Really interesting to watch. Thanks!
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Post by wbill76 on Mar 2, 2016 19:59:48 GMT -5
Nice backdates/details on the turret Terry. Solder has a lot of uses for scratch-building, nice to see I'm not the only one to press it into service for things like this. |
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Post by mrt51 on Mar 3, 2016 7:55:33 GMT -5
Nice backdates/details on the turret Terry. Solder has a lot of uses for scratch-building, nice to see I'm not the only one to press it into service for things like this. Ha! I use it all the time. Thanks! |
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Post by mrt51 on Mar 3, 2016 7:58:36 GMT -5
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Post by dierk on Mar 3, 2016 8:46:13 GMT -5
Tracks have turned out lovely (as has the rest)!
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Post by Leon on Mar 3, 2016 8:53:24 GMT -5
Tracks look great Terry!
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Post by mrt51 on Mar 3, 2016 9:51:26 GMT -5
Thanks guys!
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Post by adt70hk on Mar 3, 2016 10:14:21 GMT -5
That is coming together very nicely and the tracks look great!!
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Post by mrt51 on Mar 3, 2016 11:01:05 GMT -5
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Post by jsteinman on Mar 3, 2016 11:40:46 GMT -5
You may want to check, but I think the Chaffee used live link track - so no sag.
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Post by mrt51 on Mar 3, 2016 12:10:32 GMT -5
You may want to check, but I think the Chaffee used live link track - so no sag.   |
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Post by mrt51 on Mar 4, 2016 8:21:50 GMT -5
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Post by dierk on Mar 4, 2016 8:33:25 GMT -5
Looking good! Although I do share your indecision about the latches - they look a bit chunky to me.
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Post by mrt51 on Mar 4, 2016 8:58:46 GMT -5
Looking good! Although I do share your indecision about the latches - they look a bit chunky to me. Here is a pic of the real thing. I think a re-do is called for.  |
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Post by jsteinman on Mar 4, 2016 9:59:18 GMT -5
I agree on the latches. Being so prominent on top.
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Post by mrt51 on Mar 4, 2016 14:00:14 GMT -5
I agree on the latches. Being so prominent on top. Going to take another stab at it tonight.  |
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Post by mrt51 on Mar 5, 2016 10:40:44 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2016 13:16:17 GMT -5
Awesome!
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Post by wbill76 on Mar 5, 2016 15:32:55 GMT -5
v2.0 on the hatch latches looks much better Terry.
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