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Post by Teabone on Mar 2, 2013 14:46:07 GMT -5
This post starts to show what was known as the IMA interior
kit which never seemed to make it to market.
The casting is near superb and the mastering the best I have ever seen,
everything fits together like a TASCA kit.
The directions are adequate but for my tastes could use a little nudge
here and there.
I talked to the Master maker when I purchased the kit, in
our conversation it sounded like there was some sort of disconnect between the
resin company IMA and the Master maker which is too bad because usually resin
kits are a test for casting and fit.
Thats it for the start, am starting the interior and will post some OOB photo's of the parts, may have to purchases a Bronco Humber kit to copy the guns which are the same as this kit but we will see.
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Post by deafpanzer on Mar 2, 2013 15:41:59 GMT -5
Great choice!!! Count me in... are you going for the same camo scheme shown on the box?
Good luck!
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Post by tonylee on Mar 2, 2013 16:29:28 GMT -5
Cuter than a speckled pup she is.  Tony lee |
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Post by Leon on Mar 3, 2013 2:41:54 GMT -5
Cool little tank Teabone.Have fun with it.
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Post by Teabone on Mar 3, 2013 14:14:15 GMT -5
Thank you all for the interest. It certainly is going to be an interesting build with that involved track system. Right now I am considering the base color because I am going to attempt the box art paint scheme which on the box looks kind of like a cream. The instruction give 2 parts XF59 with 3 parts XF62 and I know that would give me something very green which that color is not.
Will most likely go with Stone unless something comes up to change my mind.
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Post by wbill76 on Mar 3, 2013 19:54:55 GMT -5
Stone sounds like the right approach IMHO. Looking forward to seeing this armored roller-skate come to life! It's a kit I've been tempted to get myself on occasion.
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Post by Teabone on Mar 3, 2013 20:00:31 GMT -5
Stone sounds like the right approach IMHO. Looking forward to seeing this armored roller-skate come to life! It's a kit I've been tempted to get myself on occasion. I'm not sure I would do one again but it does fill a period of time that has not been covered so I'm committed now but there are so many great kits out there that a guy has to be selective or he will miss the good ones. |
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Post by Teabone on Mar 4, 2013 19:50:47 GMT -5
 I had to glue the basket supports in the required configuration and di not have enough hands to put it all together so outside the box I used Micromark liqui-tape which allowed me to apply some let it set up and temporarily stick the uprights to the rim while I epoxied the tub basket floor at the other end. When the basket floor had set I pulled the rim off removed the Liqui-tape and epoxied the rim to the uprights in perfect position.  Might be old hand here but I use double sided 3m tape on paint stir sticks to hold small parts to paint.  Bottom after removing engine compartment wall.   Shows engine compartment wall.  Shows how sighting bar came out in PE and size of rivets.  |
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Post by Teabone on Mar 4, 2013 19:55:04 GMT -5
DickyF
That list thing happened again with the above post. I edited out by erasing it and that kept the post alright but something is up that does not show up in any other sites I might post to.
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Post by wbill76 on Mar 4, 2013 21:00:53 GMT -5
Now that's quite the interior going on there...a lot of stuff to pack into that tiny vehicle!
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Post by Teabone on Mar 5, 2013 16:33:06 GMT -5
Yes and it all fits just like it should.
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Post by Leon on Mar 5, 2013 19:02:14 GMT -5
Teabone nice work on the interior.
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Post by Teabone on Mar 5, 2013 23:13:16 GMT -5
Leon
Will post some progress shots tomorrow if its still raining.
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Post by bbd468 on Mar 5, 2013 23:37:00 GMT -5
Hiya Teabone, this looks to be a fun little kit fella. The camo looks challenging but FUN!!  Gary |
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Post by Teabone on Mar 7, 2013 13:52:51 GMT -5
Picture of interior set in place and a closer view.
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Post by Teabone on Mar 7, 2013 13:54:37 GMT -5
A view from the top.  |
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Post by Teabone on Mar 7, 2013 14:04:00 GMT -5
The kit provides some PE parts that I ALWAYS avoid as much as possible because of CA glues and Gator glue does not always work well with small parts. Here I use some slices of angle stock to make bumpers for when the opening roof part No. C 3 lays open. Also when applying the upper hull part No. C 33 it did not want to line up quite right so I had to fill a gap. Then when fitting the left fender which has no index marks I set it 0.015" short of the hull end which made fender part No. C 5 fit poor so I cut a cardstock spacer to make it true.  |
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Post by Teabone on Mar 7, 2013 14:07:53 GMT -5
Same filler problem here which Slater's 0.010 rod fixes. This is an excellent product for this purpose, it is about as fine as human hair and also makes great weld beads. The red color helps in photo's also.  |
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Post by Teabone on Mar 7, 2013 14:09:13 GMT -5
Bottom had one small pin mark that had to be filled  |
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Post by Teabone on Mar 7, 2013 14:11:07 GMT -5
A couple of progress shots   |
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Post by Teabone on Mar 7, 2013 14:17:43 GMT -5
The last post showed the right side where part No. C 34 attaches, I found some very minor issues here that one should be aware of. There is a set of rivets running along the top of the hull as shown that have to be removed for C 34 to fit flush, they have to be removed strating with the tenth one from the left end of the hull. Also I had to use my flat sanding board to shorten the height of C 34 to match the top of the hull.  |
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Post by Teabone on Mar 7, 2013 14:22:03 GMT -5
Im doing soemthing I dont like to do but I think the sight vane is an important part so this is the start of my attempt to assemble the PE parts that make the vane up. Will be reporting on how applying the rivets goes later when I quit swearing.  |
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Post by Teabone on Mar 7, 2013 14:38:17 GMT -5
Before I forget the issue of the mysterious imbedded advertisements that I hogged in on BigJohn's Ambulance blog with. It was a real issue that can be detected by Malware Bites but it is not a virus. It is a program that slips onto your computer with some of the "Free" add on’s that are floating around particularly the "Free" Tool Bars. The program is named playtopus and can be removed by using the regular uninstall procedure. If you get it you want to check all your programs you don’t recognize as it also comes with other names but when you hold your cursor over the program the name playtopus will show up. The Icon that shows with the name is a small blue duck.
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Post by sfcmikej on Mar 8, 2013 9:30:07 GMT -5
Hey Teabone,
Good progress. Love the interior details.
Mike
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Post by deafpanzer on Mar 8, 2013 12:33:51 GMT -5
You are making a great process!!! Interior looks great too...
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Post by Teabone on Mar 8, 2013 13:51:53 GMT -5
Hey Teabone, Good progress. Love the interior details. Mike
I can’t take a lot of credit for the interior since the
original master did such an excellent job, it does add to the kit though it’s
too bad it failed to make it to market.
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Post by Teabone on Mar 8, 2013 13:54:21 GMT -5
You are making a great process!!! Interior looks great too... I can only take partial credit as I told Mike, it is moving along good and I may be able to paint the base coat in the next day or so. T |
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Post by wbill76 on Mar 8, 2013 15:16:03 GMT -5
Looks like you're whipping this one into shape teabone, looking good! Thanks for the added info on platypus, it's one of those that circulates around quite a bit these days unfortunately. Glad you got that particular bug resolved!
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Post by Teabone on Mar 8, 2013 19:36:43 GMT -5
Looks like you're whipping this one into shape teabone, looking good! Thanks for the added info on platypus, it's one of those that circulates around quite a bit these days unfortunately. Glad you got that particular bug resolved! It is unbelievable the amount of people who set around dreaming up ways to screw something up, of course I am sure they say the same thing about people who build scale models as a hobby. |
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Post by Teabone on Mar 14, 2013 17:07:42 GMT -5
The kit had two styrene plates that set on the edge of the turret ring for some reason which I never understood as the original vehicle had no such plates so I filled the holes. The kit also provides a mirror on a styrene rod which would never survive my clumsy ways so I replaced it with a bronze rod and two pieces of styrene to connect the mirror to and to the hull. will show a picture when done.   |
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