Early Merkava

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July 7, 2021
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July 7, 2021
blanking off holes, filling voids
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July 7, 2021
Voids on rears of bogeys - filling with both Perfect Plastic Putty, and superglue - ejector pin marks on inboard faces of idlers. Voids on rear face of springs will not be visible - the ones I am filling will be on the finished kit.
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July 7, 2021
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July 7, 2021
EVERY one has this seam, both sides - gotta clean up all 12....(sigh)
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July 7, 2021
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July 12, 2021
The dreaded hull/sponson INFINITY CHASM This has got to go....
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July 12, 2021
Plastic sheet to the rescue! A bit of trimming and fiddling, no more void.
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July 12, 2021
Marking up items to be removed per Eduard instructions
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July 12, 2021
read careful, mark careful...
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July 12, 2021
Same on the rear .
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July 12, 2021
That deep pocket - for the drive light - If you use the Eduard P/E part (excellent looking!) You'll want to fill this a bit, as the P/E part will want to go down inside, onto the lip. I just rolled a small ball of white putty, and my P/E cover laid in nice and flush.
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July 12, 2021
Like this.....
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July 12, 2021
Hinges...Eduard gives two options -
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July 12, 2021
On the left, you can leave the kit's molded on "halfa hinge" in place, and use piece 67 - or, what I did, remove the kits "halfa hinges", and use piece 46 . Much better looking, but tedious and requires you to fold the wee hinge pin over -
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July 12, 2021
Quite a difference....
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July 12, 2021
That is all for today. My eyes are crossed....
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July 22, 2021
First light coat of Mig's "Real IDF Sinai Grey" - I HATE road wheels.....
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July 22, 2021
Air intake boxed out and painted flat black inside, exhaust port just forward is simply round tube stock thinned out a bit.
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July 22, 2021
Air intake in place
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July 22, 2021
Engine exhaust - boxed out inside, very thin sheet forced into place and glued in.
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July 22, 2021
Great tool for applying super thin CA glue - got this from Flexi-file, easily made by cutting the top off of a sewing needle - when it gets gunked up, simply burn it off, and wipe it clean.

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Got the old Tamiya kit (bagged) at a real bargain - Not gonna go crazy with Metal tracks- mostofthe build will be OOB, I may add some PE and scratch corrections - LOTS of mold seams, ejector pin marks and voids to be filled first! Lets start with the bogeys and lower hull....

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