Terminator Tundra
Housing for the 30mm guns..
just replaced the handles, not really a necessity
Construction far from complete, but despite the sidewalls being composed of a lot of parts (4-6 each side...)
dryfit is.... perfect
really perfect...
a new brand for an attempt to make the slat-armor
The jig is a great help...
and first one ready
second one to... due to it being slanted, it didn't fit in the jig, but it worked...
still a lot to solder...
these buggers almost got the best of me, but finally I succeeded...
only the spacerbars to add
parts for 1 off the headlights....
for the final pieces of the slat-armor, I've found that apply a little bit of solder to the connection points worked best.
the last one...
still moveable... on to the coneection points to the frame...
copper rod from a coil is insulated, so after burning this away you have a black rod. This clearcoat prevents easy soldering
which is easy to clean up
ready to use, just applied tin and flux
to make the hinges for the slat-armor, just present the wire through the holes
add a little flux to the soldering points
prepare some tine bits of solder
present them to the soldering points to
and just heat it up for a short time...
then cut off the excess... fully workable hinge...
support brackets for the slat armor
and drivers/gunners hatches have some spaced armor to
started removing the originale casted slat armor, to be honest, it doesn't really need replacement
All removed
and fits like a glove
Tried mounting the brackets first, and then the upper pieces... very fiddly and unsatisfying. So the top is soldered as one piece, bottom parts still loose
and on the model...
added some wire to the scope
overall view
then the TOW-hook holders
and all armor into place... ready for paint...
First paint with AK... Too pale
Much better IMHO
Started the masking
Filling the voids
Unpacking, only one small area that needs attention
Testfit to extend the contours to the next surfaces
Testfit to extend the contours to the next surfaces
Test fit so far... this side looks ok
And removed
This side has some discrepancies
Turret also done
Turret also done
Again some blutack
Rear slat armor mounted
Missiles too
Коментари
12 20 February 2020, 13:07
Bart GoesaertThx, must admit, pretty detailled kit, also the bar armor looks really good, almost a pitty I've ordered a PE replacement
20 February 2020, 17:35
Bart GoesaertMan, I'm stunned by this kit... I really am... I mean this is Zvezda, and it fits like a glove... Just glued some components, most is dryfit.... even almost no filler (except on 2 places, but that's all...)
25 February 2020, 06:24
Bart GoesaertStarted soldering the first parts of the slat armor yesterday... To everybody, it is not a necessity, the kit parts are very fine and crisp... but ordered these, so i can only try...
19 March 2020, 07:38
Bart Goesaertsome more progress, hope to get these done today. Then on to the slat armor for the T-14...
27 March 2020, 07:19
Bart GoesaertSlat amor complete, on to the connection points for the armor to the hull....
28 March 2020, 07:28
Brian EberleThat slat armor looks great, and quite intimidating to create. Same for the headlight assembly. Great job and congratulations
28 March 2020, 11:40
Bart GoesaertThx mates for interest. It is intimidating to creatie, but with patience it will work out
28 March 2020, 19:36
Bart Goesaertsoldering complete for this one... hopefully soon assembled and ready for paint...
30 March 2020, 06:55
Bart GoesaertThx mate, nope, closest I came to be a neuro surgeon is neurotic 😉... A lot of time on my hands for now...
30 March 2020, 10:06
Bart Goesaertdo you have other options? So far I -'ve only found 5 livreys for this one, and the first is from another version. Another option is the 3-color black grey white...
1 April 2020, 16:16
Bart GoesaertI know, and sand/green... But also started the T-14 and T-15 from the same brand... Want them all in different camo's, but not the ones that most people choose like the splinters or green...
1 April 2020, 19:15
Bart GoesaertReady for primer, finally... most things mounted in dryfit... me happy so far.
13 April 2020, 06:25
Bart Goesaerthello Thomas, I'm building 5 of these so far, and plain green is for another model
13 April 2020, 06:26
James CVery nice work so far Bart👍 I've built several recent releases from Zvezda now (Msta & Koalitsiya) and was very pleasantly surprised by the quality and fit, given how inexpensive they were compared to the likes of Trumpeter & Meng etc. I've been bitten several times in the past by their older re-released Dragon kits which were just plain bad. The difference between the their old and new kits is like night & day.
6 January 2021, 16:51
Bart GoesaertThank you guys, these new Zvezda kits are real gems...
Meanwhile ready for the next color...
7 January 2021, 06:57
