Merkava Mk IV **COMPLETE**

[wbill76]

It could be worse Bob...they could be Christmas ornaments!

[deafpanzer]

Dec 18, 2014 23:01:49 GMT -5 M1Carbine said:

Andy - take it easy brother, I would expect you to take me to dinner first.............LOL

Oh man, I am definitely doomed... I recall you love to eat. It will take a big dent on my wallet, right? LOL

[M1Carbine]

Bill - holy crap........ouch!

Andy - your safe, i dropped 22 pnds and dont eat as much, ill bring my son he will make up for the definciancy.........lol


Bob

[Leon]

Great work on the ball and chains Bob.

[rbaer]

Where have I been?! I've missed a whole series of "ball and chain" jokes.
Dang it, I should get out more.
Anyway, I have this exact combination (minus the Friuls, at the moment) in the stash, so I promise to pay attention in class.

[M1Carbine]

Leon - thanks buddy, fun but glad its done.

Russ - lol.....you all caught up now...lol. Great kit, fantastic LP aftermarket and you must get the fruis if you can.

Bob

[tonylee-Rest In Peace]

Bob you've got to pick up the pace.
Santa will be here in five days and a wake up.

Cheers
Tony lee

[M1Carbine]

Tony - lol im working on it buddy.

Bob

[M1Carbine]

Hi All:

Well I have mounted my balls and primer is on:





Still some stuff Im fiddling with but going to start hammering out the Fruils.

Bob

[deafpanzer]

Man those chain and balls look FANTASTIC!!!!

[M1Carbine]

Andy - thanks buddy

Bob

[Tojo72]

Nice progress.Coming out nice.

[thug626]

The ball and chain option was the way to go brother.
Dave

[wbill76]

Everything looks right at home Bob! Looking good with the paint on.

[M1Carbine]

Tojo - thanks buddy appreciate it.

Dave - my brother, yes it was the way to go. Extreamly labor intensive but worth it.

Bill - thanks bud. The Vallejo idf primer leaves a good base.

Bob

[Leon]

Bob! The ball and chain effort paid off.Looking really good with primer.

[M1Carbine]

Leon - thank you bud, well worth the effort

[M1Carbine]

Hi gents - preshading dome and the Fruils are awesome. All these years modeling i never used them......i will from now on for sure.

Bob

[M1Carbine]

Merry Christmas gents. hope Santa was good to you all. Didn't know what the noise was at about 4am and took a couple of shots till I realized it was that fat felon breaking into my house...........LOL.

Got the pre shading and base coat on.











in between messing with other fiddlies I am getting the Fruils done. The yellow tool you see there is from an old knife sharpening kit. I use the medium and fine grit ones to take down the nubs on PE instead of a file. Im using this one to take down and flatten out the brass rod after I clip it off the track once inserted. Works like a charm.





more on the way.

Bob

[Leon]

Bob! the Merk is looking good with the pre-shading and base coat.Nice start on the fruils.

[M1Carbine]

Leon - thanks buddy

Bob

[chris0423]

Bob, looking real nice. May i ask what colour you used for the base coat?.

Chris.

[M1Carbine]

Chris - thank you. I used Vallejo 73.614 IDF sand gray primer, shading with Tamiya flat black and the base coat with Lifecolor UA-035 IDF sand gray 1982. Modern IDF armor has many varients and this is one of the shades used.

Christophe - thank you my. Friend. These work excellent on PE and never damage the part.

Bob

[wbill76]

Looks like a productive Christmas session there Bob!

[M1Carbine]

Why thank you Bill

Bob

[TRM]

Nicely done so far Bob! Your balls look great! Yeah, that does sound weird, even for the innocence it was intended for!! Nice coloring so far!! Keep up the FUN!!

[M1Carbine]

T - LMAO, why thank you kind Sir. Im hammering away at the tracks, one side completed so far. Painting MGs this evening and getting the road wheels ready and a coat of future I guess.

Bob

[thug626]

All of that labor paid off brother. Check out R&J for Fruils. They seem to have the better prices around. I picked up a set for my Ha-Go for under $40.
Dave

[M1Carbine]

Sweet Dave, Ill check it out. and they are kinda local.

Bob

[M1Carbine]

Greetings gents. had to take a breather and get to the bench, been a fairly busy couple of days and all. Well she is almost there. I have to add the .50, decals, and a nice dusting and she will be the first completed build of 2015. hope everyone had a great new year.











Finished shots soon.

Bob