Bunkerknacker w/flak 18 , in a dio setting .

[bullardino]

You should have used blueish washes, or even silverish ones, so to look like Iron Man

Great progress, the mud looks perfect and the tracks too

[wbill76]

Looking good Carl! Not sure if the tracks are still a work in progress and/or if you already know this, but the track block pads on HTs are faced in rubber and not all-steel. Got to love the look of the chassis all muddied-up!

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Andy , I had a nice coat of mud on my thumb and wouldn't you know my wife said it was time for din din ! So I licked it off and fed the dogs . Huh?

Guy , good to read you like the photo process I have now .

Leon , thanks .

Lui , LOL ! Or maybe the tin man from the wizard of ozz ?

Bill , Good eye my friend . I had an update that I should of posted last night .

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I painted the pads Tamiya XF-1 . With so many of them to paint I had been putting off doing the tracks . Finally I used this brush and went over the raised pads with this brush at a 45 degree angle and with the brush loaded with XF-1 , I ran the brush length wise on the track run . Brush was not saturated but holding enough paint to deposit on all of the pads . I let the paint dry and applied another coat from the opposite direction .. It took about 5 passes .
Next will be weathering the tracks .

[wbill76]

I knew you had it covered Carl! Nice looking pair o' tracks. And a quick and easy technique for doing them too.

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Tracks look great! You may want to sell the soil by the ounce though, because good soil is getting scarce.

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Bill , thanks my friend .

Bruce , what we have now is all we get !

[deafpanzer]

Nice work on the tracks!!! Boy, have to do the same on the Chally II except that it is already attached to the hull. LOL

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smashing! the chassis looks fab and those tracks are impressive

[bullardino]

Or maybe:



Great tracks, I really like them

[wing_nut]

damn son I don't come here for a little while I look what you've done. like the old song said that some kind of wonderful

[Leon]

Fine job on the tracks Carl.I do the same thing,makes for quick work.

[remarc777]

Hi there Carl,

New on this forum there's so much to see, so much to explore, so much to get exited with! This definitely is on of the better modelling jobs I've seen around!

I'll stick around...

greetings, Richard.

[Tojo72]

Really looking good,nice work on those tracks

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Very nice!

G

[wouter]

Hi Mister Cheetos, nice work on the tracks duuuuude ^^

Cheers

[TRM]

Nice looking tracks there Carl!!!

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Hi my friends ! Theres been a major distraction at my house since last Wednesday .........my 7 yr. old grand daughter came and stayed with us till today , Sunday . When she is here I devote myself as much as i can to being with her . Her and I get along especially well . She keeps me real busy when we are together .



So now I should be able to get back to the bench !
I'll miss the little gal though .................

[Leon]

Your a lucky man Carl,they grow up to darn fast .Now what was on the bench?

[wbill76]

I see you've got your Christmas tree up too, so you may be excused this time around Carl! Bet you're a proud grandpa!

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Leon , maybe not fast enough my friend cause i'll be a really old fart by the time she grows up and I definitely want to be there !Ummmmmmm , it was some kinda German tracked thingy wasn't it ?

Bill , damned proud of her my friend !

[deafpanzer]

She is one real cute girl! She must have your wife's genes? Glad you got to spend quality time with her... family comes first in my house too.

I think you were working on a ducky thing...

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Andy , too dang cute my friend ! She melts me like butter in her hands .

Yes , it was certainly not a dukw .........quackw !

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Bet you had a great time she looks like she can twist you around her little finger!

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Pete , that's for dang sure !

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I have the firewall , radiator shroud , fenders and gun platform attached . I removed the air cleaners that I had mounted on the firewall earlier due to them being out of position for correct alignment to the engine . so some sanding and re-painting was necessary . Surprisingly the over fit has been good .Added some brown chalk dust around the radiator and engine compartment for a dirtier used look .
I redid the exhaust manifolds to get a better rustation look on them . Also I spread some more garden dirt on the under carriage .

[losboz]

Superb engine bay Carl

Those manifolds look the business

Los

[bbd468]

Damn Carl, you amaze me! You got some serious....i mean SERIOUS skillz my man. Thats engine is effin impressive to me, great job bro.

[TRM]

Definitely the stuff right there Carl!! Stunning work so far!!

Nice job dropping the bench for the little one!! Enjoy it while it lasts!!

[ogrejohn]

Gorgeous work on the engine and chassis Carl!

Looks like the little ones growing like a weed!