Opel Maultier *Completed*

[kaktus]

Thanks! Nice to know that you like it!

[kaktus]

I think that everything is ready for paint. I got home early today, took a glass of whiskey and had few hours of bench time. What a great way to start a christmas holiday.







All sub-assemblies


I'm planning doing a dunkelgelb base colored vehicle with green camouflage and heavily chipped whitewash. I think that would look cool.

[bbd468]

Looks great Kaktus, i really like this kit.

[wbill76]

Perfect start to the holidays Kaktus, looking good!

[bullardino]

Great looking one, kaktus

[remarc777]

Hi there Kaktus,

I'm going to join too. Always loved this half tracked workhorse. If your painting skills are as good as your build qualities, we're in for a treat!

greetings, Richard.
 

[Leon]

Looking really good Kaktus.The PE looks great.

[kaktus]

Thank you guys and merry christmas I'm currently few hundred kilometers away from my bench. Hopefully i can begin painting at next weekend

[Tojo72]

Looking good

[kaktus]

This modelling year started a bit frustrating way. Got everything primed and then noticed that there is some bad dimensional problems. At first (and easiest), drive sprocet axle is a way too wide and drive sprocets will not line up with the rest of the boogies. Second, that axle is too close to the cab and tracks will hit to step rails. I decided to cut that axle off and relocate it a few millimeters away from the cab. I read that others have had these problems too so the problem is in the kit parts.




Also the drive sprocets teeth are too short or sprocets inner diameter is too wide and tracks don't fit straight. Same problem occur with friuls and kit magic tracks.


After cutting and sandig the sprocet. You could also trim guide horns on the inner side of the track.



Everything in place and ready to move on. Thankfully I noticed these problems at this stage.

[losboz]

Very frustrating but I am sure you can sort this

Another chap had exactly the same issues link

Good luck with the fixes

Los

[deafpanzer]

Looks like you have it under control. A glass of whiskey really helps... maybe two? Looking forward to your next update...

[Deleted]

at least you found these problems now and sorted em good fix!

[Leon]

Great fix on the minor issues Kaktus.Looking forward to seeing paint.

[wbill76]

Good catch on those dimensional issues Kaktus! Shame that the kit is poorly designed in that area...but then if all kits were perfect there wouldn't be any challenge in building them.

[kaktus]

Yeah, it's a shame that you have a nicely moulded kit but there is still problems like that. Don't they test build their models in dml or is it just too expensive to make new moulds for parts with wrong dimensions. I think everything is fixed now so i painted the basecolor.






Scale representation and motivation drinks

[Jaymes Crowther.]

A Dragon kit with fit and crap instructions? I am surprised...NOT. Nice work though Jukka I have the kit in 1.72nd so I'm making some notes. You've put some work into this kit and its paying off keep it up bud.

Jim

[kaktus]

Thank you Dicky and Jaymes!

[tigrazor]

If you need some spare Friul Maultier tracks - I have some left from the FT-17 build:

modelerssocialclub.proboards.com/thread/5560/ank-smoking-victorianized-ft-tank


Like the Opel so far!

[deafpanzer]

I am not sure which I like better... the beer or the model. At least I am being honest... love beer too!

Glad you got it fixed... love the camo job!

[wbill76]

It became clear a long time ago that Dragon NEVER tests out their instructions or builds prior to release...they just don't care for whatever reason about that particular aspect. They, at times, will correct problems by releasing a slightly different variant kit with fixes but very rarely do they ever go back and fix a previous kit's issues.

Nice progress on the camo, looks like you've found the perfect motivation!

[kaktus]

Good mood continues. I didn't tell you that i painted cargo bed with wood colors and sprayed few layers of chipping fluid to it before i painted it with dunkelgelb Also placed decals.





After that, more chipping fluid and some white paint. Chipping stage will be fun.

[deafpanzer]

It is really looking AWESOME!

[Deleted]

nice scheme love a bit of whitewash me!

[kaktus]

Thank you so much guys! I chose that whitewashed vehicle because it gives a lot more depth for weathering. Fresh mud splashes for driving muddy russian roads etc..

[bullardino]

Great choice, the ww will surely add a lot to the final appearance

[wbill76]

WW combo with the green and DY will provide a lot of opportunity in the weathering stages for sure. Looking forward to it!

[kaktus]

Weathering started! Also painted some details. I try to finsih this for the next model show. Deadline is 25th day this month.

[bullardino]

Nice start on the weathering

[cmc73/]

Looks great. Like the chipped effects. Keep it coming. The fun part of every build. The weathering...