Terminator Tundra

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February 20, 2020
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February 20, 2020
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February 20, 2020
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February 20, 2020
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February 25, 2020
Housing for the 30mm guns..
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February 25, 2020
just replaced the handles, not really a necessity
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February 25, 2020
Construction far from complete, but despite the sidewalls being composed of a lot of parts (4-6 each side...)
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February 25, 2020
dryfit is.... perfect
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February 25, 2020
really perfect...
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March 19, 2020
a new brand for an attempt to make the slat-armor
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March 19, 2020
The jig is a great help...
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March 19, 2020
and first one ready
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March 19, 2020
second one to... due to it being slanted, it didn't fit in the jig, but it worked...
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March 25, 2020
still a lot to solder...
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March 25, 2020
these buggers almost got the best of me, but finally I succeeded...
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March 25, 2020
only the spacerbars to add
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March 28, 2020
parts for 1 off the headlights....
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March 28, 2020
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March 28, 2020
for the final pieces of the slat-armor, I've found that apply a little bit of solder to the connection points worked best.
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March 28, 2020
the last one...
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March 28, 2020
still moveable... on to the coneection points to the frame...
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March 30, 2020
copper rod from a coil is insulated, so after burning this away you have a black rod. This clearcoat prevents easy soldering
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March 30, 2020
which is easy to clean up
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March 30, 2020
ready to use, just applied tin and flux
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March 30, 2020
to make the hinges for the slat-armor, just present the wire through the holes
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March 30, 2020
add a little flux to the soldering points
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March 30, 2020
prepare some tine bits of solder
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March 30, 2020
present them to the soldering points to
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March 30, 2020
and just heat it up for a short time...
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March 30, 2020
then cut off the excess... fully workable hinge...
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March 30, 2020
support brackets for the slat armor
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March 30, 2020
and drivers/gunners hatches have some spaced armor to
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April 13, 2020
started removing the originale casted slat armor, to be honest, it doesn't really need replacement
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April 13, 2020
All removed
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April 13, 2020
and fits like a glove
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April 13, 2020
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
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April 13, 2020
and on the model...
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April 13, 2020
added some wire to the scope
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April 13, 2020
overall view
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April 13, 2020
then the TOW-hook holders
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April 13, 2020
and all armor into place... ready for paint...
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January 3, 2021
First paint with AK... Too pale
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January 3, 2021
Much better IMHO
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January 3, 2021
Started the masking
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January 3, 2021
Filling the voids
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January 3, 2021
Unpacking, only one small area that needs attention
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January 3, 2021
Testfit to extend the contours to the next surfaces
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January 3, 2021
Testfit to extend the contours to the next surfaces
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January 4, 2021
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January 4, 2021
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January 4, 2021
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January 4, 2021
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January 4, 2021
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January 5, 2021
Test fit so far... this side looks ok
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January 7, 2021
And removed
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January 5, 2021
This side has some discrepancies
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January 5, 2021
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January 7, 2021
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January 7, 2021
Turret also done
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January 7, 2021
Turret also done
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January 7, 2021
Again some blutack
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January 7, 2021
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January 7, 2021
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January 7, 2021
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January 7, 2021
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January 19, 2021
Rear slat armor mounted
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January 19, 2021
Missiles too
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January 19, 2021
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Comments

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20 February 2020, 15:38

Bart Goesaert
Thx, 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 Goesaert
Man, 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

Thomas K.
The kits 1/72 from zvezda are very fine! 🙂

25 February 2020, 13:55

Bart Goesaert
Started 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

Dave Flitton
Brave...

19 March 2020, 14:51

Bart Goesaert
Thx dave...

19 March 2020, 16:03

Bart Goesaert
some more progress, hope to get these done today. Then on to the slat armor for the T-14...

27 March 2020, 07:19

Bart Goesaert
Slat amor complete, on to the connection points for the armor to the hull....

28 March 2020, 07:28

Black Baron
Watching. I love PE.

28 March 2020, 11:10

Brian Eberle
That slat armor looks great, and quite intimidating to create. Same for the headlight assembly. Great job and congratulations

28 March 2020, 11:40

Bart Goesaert
Thx mates for interest. It is intimidating to creatie, but with patience it will work out

28 March 2020, 19:36

Bart Goesaert
soldering complete for this one... hopefully soon assembled and ready for paint...

30 March 2020, 06:55

Sergej I
This is insane... are you a neurosurgent, sir? 😄 👍

30 March 2020, 07:11

Bart Goesaert
Thx 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 Goesaert
on to the choise for the camo: 1: [img1]
2: [img2] 3: [img3]

31 March 2020, 09:35

Sergej I
Vote for 1., splinter baby 🙂

31 March 2020, 12:15

Black Baron
They're all a bit unexciting. No. 2 is my vote.

1 April 2020, 12:07

Bart Goesaert
do 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

Thomas K.
protective green from AK is also a option 😉

1 April 2020, 18:36

Bart Goesaert
I 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 Goesaert
Ready for primer, finally... most things mounted in dryfit... me happy so far.

13 April 2020, 06:25

Bart Goesaert
hello Thomas, I'm building 5 of these so far, and plain green is for another model

13 April 2020, 06:26

Zsolt Czegle
Awesome so far!

12 May 2020, 18:42

Bart Goesaert
thx Zsolt

13 May 2020, 05:51

Bart Goesaert
Settled on the camo:
[img1]

3 January 2021, 07:42

Bart Goesaert
Test fit of the parts so far...

5 January 2021, 06:26

Maarten Henderieckx
nice camouflage

6 January 2021, 10:00

James C
Very 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 Goesaert
Thank you guys, these new Zvezda kits are real gems...

Meanwhile ready for the next color...

7 January 2021, 06:57

Bart Goesaert
And applied... me happy

7 January 2021, 21:45

Zsolt Czegle
Looks good! 👍

8 January 2021, 06:51

Bart Goesaert
Busy with the details

19 January 2021, 05:15