Tamiya Sd.Kfz.7/2 .37 mm ammo clips and containers .

[wing_nut]

I zink zese are very nice sprockets!

[wbill76]

Got to love those Fruil replacement sprockets and you've done a nice job upgrading the front suspension as well Carl! No vroom vroom sounds though!

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Zero , no argument there .
Lui , i didnt get into buiding armor until the mid 1980's so i was in my early 40's . It was the Italeri kits that caught my eye . They had the best detail for that era IMO . I think the first one i bought was the M47 . After looking at the pictures on the back of the box of the actual model i had to have it . That model was fun to build .............no playing with it .With the Tonka trucks i did assest in the sound effects now and then !
John , whatz up ?
Hey Leon .
Guy , yes , i'm sold on them , price dont matter when you get your money's worth .
Marc .LOL !

[Mence]

Good to see the glue flying, the Friuls are gonna look sweet!

[bigjohn]

Sweet work Carl. Looking forward to more!

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Prof , not as much as i could be i suppose .Time at the bench is being cut back slightly .
Big John ,the next thing i'll be putting together is the tracks . There are some modifications to the Tamiya wheels i want to get out of the way .

[406 Silverado]

Nice wrk Carl. I need to get me the newer Dragon or Trumpy versions of this vehicle some day.

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Dicky , good question . Ihadnr given the flattened tires causing the problem you mentioned . Good point ! The way the center pivot of the front suspensin attaches i should be a able to put a spacer in there if the the tires dont touch . Thanks for bringing that to my attention .

Rob , i almost bought the DML kit a while back . Had it on my list to order . Then i remembered the SdKfz 7/1 and 7/2 in my stash . Its be a fun challenge getting this one up to present day standards . Gawd , that DML kit looks like a beaut though .................

[Deleted]

Hey guys .
Here's a composit of the pics i took durring the Friul assembly . Lots of time spent adapting and altering the Tamiya running gear so as to fit the Friuls .

[bbd468]

Hey Carl, nice SBS bro! What a waste of material to make vinyl tracks... Fruils looks awesome brotha!

Gary

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Hey Garius , Dicky
Gari...........thought i'd try somethin a little diff with the sbs bro .
Dicky ......no prob , i havent been posting had much to post . Adapting the Tamiya to the Friul took a while .
Here's other side and the front suspension mounted . Feels like i'm gettin somewhere finally .
Dicky , the wheels are touchin my friend !

[tonylee-Rest In Peace]

Not bad not bad at all.
You put the peddle to the metal pard.

Tony lee

[reserve]

Ho ho someone's been busy...spectacular look on the latest installment


Regards,
Mark

[Deleted]

Hey Tony and Mark good hearing from you guys .

[bullardino]

It doesn't already look the original kit, great improvements Carl

[Deleted]

Thanks Lui . It took a little while to get the "toy" look out of the way .

[fightnjoe]

looks good carl. i have tried the am tracks a couple of times but to be honest i am still the type to use the tracks in the box. still a beginner in the armor game.




joe

[deafpanzer]

Excellent SBS on HT tracks! Boy, looks like somebody else is hooked to Friuls too... LOL

[wbill76]

Looks like you've got those tracks all squared away Carl, the adaptation is flawless, would never know you had to do any mods to get them to fit.

[Leon]

Carl nice work on the tracks.

[bigjohn]

Those tracks look pretty impressive on there Carl!

[Deleted]

Hey guys good hearing from all of you .

Joe , the tracks in this kit are just pigs and needed replacing . No use in building this model and then putting them hogs on ...imo.
Andy , hook , line and sinker .
Dicky , flaps up , gear down . .
Bill , i did good then . I had to vacuum the the plastic dust off of myself after all of the cutting and file work . Dont know when i'll be up to doing this on the SdKfz. 7/1 now . Its on my list of the next 3 kits ....maybe it'll be the last one .
Leon ,
John ,

[TRM]

Beauty of a job there Carl!! Have a bag of the "Carl Snacks" on me!! Tracks are a nice improvement!!

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Hey T

Here's the Eduard pe set i'll be using , 35489 .

[tonylee-Rest In Peace]

Friuls and PE TOO, WOW

Tony lee

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..........and a couple of bags of Cheeto's .

[deafpanzer]

Yikes! World is definitely coming to its end... Carl is now doing Friuls and PE! Always liked PE sets from Eduard...

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Hello fellow MSC modelers .
I managed to struggle my way thru some p.e. and a bit of scratch building . The p.e. is nicely done by Eduard . I like the way the license plate and convoy light turned out .This vehicle will be assigned to Panzer Grenadier Division GroBdeutschland . They fought in the third battle of Kharkov , Ukrain in Jan.-Feb 1943 .

I used copper wire to make a sturdy attachment of the side screens . Now they can be removed when i pick this model up . Its heavy thanks to all of the white metal Friul tracks .


Some of rear details . The ladders were molded in the stowed position on the kit . Thanks to Evergreen now the crew can climb up to the gun platform . I used hollow soldier for the exhaust pipe. The string is the winch cable and will have a hook made for it later .The chain on the pin in the tow hook is actually tightly twisted copper wire .




I managed to keep the front axle able to swing up and down . Might be handy for a future dio .


Now to fix one of the ladders i just broke in half ...............ARF !

[Leon]

Carl that is looking sweet.More pic please.

[bbd468]

Fantastic work Carl! You got some serious scratch skills my friend.

Gary