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subotai
Good looking train!

Rui S
Very nice work 👍 and display case also.

Kerry COX
Will there be an air started Mack truck of the 'Western Transport Co' ? Circa 66 ?

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Martin Oostrom
I'm afraid not Kerry. This will be one of the more modern (boring?) trucks. I'm planning on doing a special livery, so keep tuned in spring!
I might try and find an old Mack tomorrow at SMC....

Kerry COX
Good to know mate. 👍
I have had a look around for the older version I was referring to and they only come in diecast. 🙁

Spanjaard
what about those extremely long trucks?

Martin Oostrom
Thanx Kerry. Saves me the trouble of scouring all the older stuff at SMC for it. I will be scouring al the older stuff, one might never know what he finds 😄
No Spanjaard! This truck is long enough by itself to claim a significant portion of my display cabinet when finished.

Spanjaard
Pity that I will not be able to help you in your quest tomorrow.... I should have not joined two trainings ....

Kerry COX
"Road Trains" those extremely long trucks are called.
A sure death sentence if you try to overtake them in a car.
In the link above, there is an image (13) of one truck carrying bails of wool from the shearing sheds out on the "Darling Downs" west of Toowoomba.
At that stage, the biggest loads of produce ever hauled by truck, and mostly, on unsealed roads. !

Spanjaard
Road trains indeed

Peter Hardy
So Kez, are you going to have a crack at an ancient Aussie lorry?

Kerry COX
NO , NIX, nada. 😉

Peter Hardy
So, you're thinking about it then?

Kerry COX
NO , NIX, nada.

Bob Hall
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Can I build this one ? LOL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Peter Hardy
You can build it Bob. Whether we let you enter it in the group build is another matter. Make a beautiful model if you could find one.

Danny Meer
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Peter Hardy
Making a start tomorrow morning! Chassis and engine first!

Bozzer
Good man! Have fun Peter.

Martin Oostrom
I did multiple attempts of removing the chrome on these parts.
Step 1: Bleach bath - No dice
Step 2: Regular oven cleaner spray - Meh
Step 3: Regular oven cleaner liquid bath in a jar - More meh
Step 4: Regular oven cleaner spray in a sealed bag - Total meh
Step 5: Mr Muscle oven cleaner spray in a sealed bag, 4.5 hours - Not happy
Step 6: Mr Muscle oven cleaner spray in a sealed bag, 12 hours - crying
Step 7: Bozzer's way: Bathing in Dot 4 brake fluid, rinse, bath in bleach, rinse, bath in brake fluid, rinse - THERE IS STILL RESIDUE
Next step: Blame Peter, just because he's Australian 😄

Peter Hardy
I'm only staying quiet on this because I haven't tried to de-chrome yet!

Kerry COX
Peter, Mr Muscle oven cleaner is the best for de chroming, (caustic) use out doors. 😉
They found my phone. !!!

Peter Hardy
Yay!

Tom ...
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Tom ...
Thankfully my dechroming was not *as* bad as yours. Welcome to the build....

Donald Dickson II
Super Clean or Simple Green both do a good job of removing chrome.

Martin Oostrom
I'm guessing the chrome got tired of all the chemical attacks and stubbornly decided to sabotage my build. Looking at all those pristine sprues of me mateys makes sad 😉

Bozzer
Sorry to hear you're having a bad time Martin. I have yet to order my Alclad chrome. I also need to post update pics.

Martin Oostrom
I spent over 3 hours trying to get one of the smaller tanks chrome residue free. Sanding, more sanding, polishing. More sanding, polishing. More sanding.

I just gave up and ordered a new kit. This one will become…. something, someday

Nathan Dempsey
That's a bummer Martin! I hope you will be able to salvage it at some point.

Bozzer
Martin, use the kit as a rat rod? If it helps, we, your friends, have enough parts in our spares box, to build several! I have boxes of crap, that I may never even use? Did you guys see my post on my build thread, about the cab? I need to get pictures posted!

Tom ...
Martin, I have two words: Mad Max! No sanding required!

Peter Hardy
Think of it as practice Marty!

Martin Oostrom
I have no clue what a rat rod could be? And I think my English vocabulary is pretty decent 😮

These chrome parts look perfect for a neglected version, so it might come out like that one day.

Practice it is Peter!

Peter Hardy
And while you're waiting you can get busy building a replacement steering box.

Martin Oostrom
Not while in a vacation cottage. All I can do is snip, sand, glue and polish.
Replacement was ordered yesterday, could be home sooner than I am 😄 Either Friday or Saturday, we'll be home Friday evening.

Spanjaard
you will came up with something, no doubt

Martin Oostrom
Kit arrived this morning. Three guesses how I spent my afternoon!

Tom ...
So jealous. The dechroming came out beautifully! Hats off to Bozzer!

Peter Hardy
I cannot bring myself to try! You blokes have me spooked more than Deontay Wilder when Tyson walks into the bar! I got some pics to load tonight.

Peter Hardy
Well Marty, you can front up to the new job tomorrow glowing with confidence after the success!

Bozzer
The wizardry is amazing! I love watching the chrome vanish in front of my eyes.

Spanjaard
great ! 🙂

Spanjaard
so what is the final recipe ? and why it did not work before?

Bozzer
Spanjaard, I can only assume that with the original parts, there was some kind of a chemical reaction. Some manufacturers use a clear coat on the chrome. The brake fluid removes the clear, the bleach vaporises the chrome, then the return to brake fluid removes the primary coat of clear. Something, somewhere, reacted with the process. After my two current builds, I'm going to invest some time into looking at what happened here. I'm also going to experiment with other products. I'll post my findings on a new thread, once I have got something to work with. I hope this helps buddy?

Peter Hardy
Bozz, can you do it quickly please? I haven't de-chromed yet! 😉

Bozzer
Lol Peter! The speed up process involves removal of the clear coat. Obviously, it has to be done without harming the plastic in any way. If this was a Revell or AMT kit, then normally, you'd just use the bleach. Them guys don't use a clear coat and the operation literally takes seconds. I'll see if I can do some tests over the weekend.

Spanjaard
thanks Bozzer!

Martin Oostrom
Before Bozzer's trick, I had attacked the parts with bleach, oven cleaner, more oven cleaner, more bleach. It must have done something and prevented Bozzer's method to work properly.
The way to go:
- Brake fluid
- Rinse
- Bleach
- Rinse
- Brake Fluid
- Rinse

If necessary, repeat the bleach-rinse-brake fluid cycle again.

Peter Hardy
I don't have any brake fluid. You only need brakes for corners and bends and all Australian roads are straight.

Bozzer
Lol Peter, that's what I always believed, until I came across a junction in palmwoods, Queensland. I've never seen so many road markings for a junction, in my life! The asphalt was almost white! And i thought our American cousins had problems with roundabouts? Luckily, being a true Brit, i mastered the junction and continued the journey safely. I was surprised however, to learn some of your rules regarding vehicle safety tests! We here, have to complete one, by law, every year. A fail means your car is off the road, until repairs are carried out and another test is completed successfully. Check out UK MOT Test.

Bozzer
Pictures uploaded

wilky
Bozzer, that's the beauty of states.
Depends which state you're in as to what level of safety you have on the roads.
I'm in Victoria which requires a roadworthy only on change of owner or if you let your rego run out past three months.
I lived in South Australia and there's no roadworthy required but the Police harass provisional licence holders and often defect their vehicles for the most minor of problems .
Often a defected vehicle in South Australia never goes back on the road unless you've spent a lot of money modifying it.
I believe that New South Wales has yearly roadworthy requirements.
No idea about the other states.
Due to South Australia not having roadworthy requirements a lot of trucking companies register their trailers there and this has caused preventable deaths due to cost cutting by not carrying out necessary maintenance
Years ago you'd see roadside safety testing of vehicles with trucks being the main focus but I haven't seen one in a long time.
Now it's the Police you see testing for drugs rather than the relevant roads authority except you do see log book inspections especially in my little town because our main street is really wide thus the flow of traffic isn't impeded

wilky
I spent years driving trucks but had to give it up because I had great difficulty finding a boss that I could happily work for.
I don't like being forced to compromise safety for time constraints and driving dangerous vehicles due to a lack of maintenance.
It might be because before I even had my heavy vehicle licence I was a Tram driver in Adelaide.
We could refuse to drive a vehicle if it had issues and just get a replacement, something that can't be done in any of the trucking companies I worked for.
I'd even had a boss once recommend drug taking which was the complete opposite of working in public transport

Olivier
I read you have roads in Australia. That comes as a complete surprise to me. I thought roads only ever existed in Europe. I mean Western continental Europe of course. The rest of the world had tracks didn't it ? 😉

Peter Hardy
Fair point Oliver! Never found a road from Australia to Western Europe so I haven't been there.
Wilky, Company I work for you'd be disciplined, maybe even terminated for taking an unroadworthy truck out of the depot! Mind you, we don't have deadlines or ETAs either. One call to the boss and you are early!

wilky
Peter, that's how it should be.
I don't drive trucks any more I surrendered my licence after my heart problems.
I could have kept it with paperwork from specialists but if something happened while I was driving I couldn't live with myself

Peter Hardy
Martin, you are long overdue for some pics please!

Martin Oostrom
I can post new pics of the same situation. #NoProgress

Nathan Dempsey
I was about to post pictures of my hands sitting idle.

Bozzer
Keep up with the good work buddy. Lol, I'm trying to mask up my stripes. Think I'll leave it for today, them shots I was drinking last night, are still in effect!

Danny Meer
Lol Nathan 😄 ATM Netherlands close to lockdown from now...al non essential shops closed, Coffeeshops need to close aswell so now they all stand in line to get weed for atleast 3 weeks lol...

All those effected stay strong and good luck, every1 else keep on building😉

Martin Oostrom
I caved under Peter's challenge 😉
Did some cutting, glueing and sanding today. Just a few parts, not too many.
As I'm aiming for a high gloss show truck finish, I need to sand, polish and polish and polish every part super smooth. I might have bit of more than I can chew (as usual)

Martin Oostrom
Being one of the stragglers in this group build, I decided to get some stuff done. Not much, but at least my truck will be different from the others.
It's a shame really, Peter setting the bar so high

Bozzer
Martin, don't worry about it mate. I've not had chance to do much. The recent heatwave here, has had me busy in the garden and doing other jobs around the house. I'm also now, waiting for some white paint, that I thought I had, to arrive. I'm glad you cut your roof spoiler off. I was thinking about that too, and it now bugs the hell outta me! You have done the right thing. I think due to the many problems that we have all faced, the build is gonna over run the deadline. I don't mind. Exceptional circumstances, deserve consideration. We're still all in this together 👍

Martin Oostrom
Next time I'll use old fashioned Revell Plasta for filler. This gap was too big for sprue glue.
The end of the build was already extended till the end of July. Should be enough for most of us?

Peter Hardy
Very creative Marty! I look forward to you widening the cab next! Why do you have bubbles it the sprue glue?

Martin Oostrom
Must have been radiation from the capricon star system, or extraterrestial flux generated by my wife's vegetarian yoghurt

Bozzer
I'll drink to that! And I hope your wife gets her old self back, in the very near future 😉

wilky
I use baking soda or plastic dust and super glue.
Doesn't shrink and dries quickly

Lode Schildermans
Nevertheless, Martin, the outcome is nice, IMO. I'm looking forward to see more

Martin Oostrom
So am I Lode, so am I.

Tim Heimer
Marty I'm proud of you! Nice maneuver!

Bozzer
Updated my album

Peter Hardy
Change your cover pic Marty. Getting bored with this one!

Martin Oostrom
Yes Pete, off course Peter, at once Peter. Satisfied Peter?
I spent a couple of hours polishing a bunch of cut and sanded parts. Now they're nice an shiny!
I'm hoping to cut and glue most pieces, as Alclad smells like **** and I don't want to expose my self-quarantined family to the fumes too much/long.

Martin Oostrom
Colour test

Bozzer
Ooooh the exciting part! Now you have my full attention!

Martin Oostrom
Not there yet Bozzer. I had a chat with Peter. Just like the rest of us, blue was my first choice. After Peters succes, I need something else, as his will be incomparable.
So it will be Ruby Red with Gold, or Silver and Blue.
Also have been drawing up some designs on a piece of paper. Peter keeps complaining my designs are 'American'.

Kerry COX
Candy Green with a deep silver base. ? Mmmmmmmmmm😉 👍

Bozzer
Lol, all my ideas are American, and I'm born and bred Brit! I'm sure you know what you're doing, so I have faith. I did loads of research into my colours, just because I didn't want to do green, like I thought that everyone else was doing? We're all gonna get there in the end though. Keep your chin up, buddy, and keep safe.

Martin Oostrom
As Lode will confirm time and time again, I have no clue! I know what I like, but that is a bit hard to do. We'll see where my dumb luck will take me 😉

Martin Oostrom
Added some (bad) drawings I made. Just some ideas. I need a blue patch on the back of the sleeper for a special secret something….which kinda rules out the Ruby and Gold options.

Peter Hardy
How come I get dragged into this?

Tim Heimer
My vote is pic#38

Spanjaard
it will looks awesome for sure.

Lode Schildermans
Martin, I confirm, knowing you a bit, you haven't got the faintest idea which color. And than, suddenly, we see it appear on scalemates

Bozzer
#37 & #38 get my vote

Martin Oostrom
So true Lode. My mind has been skipping between red/blue/green/orange/yellow/black in different combinations. Right now I'm back to my two-tone idea, with the colours reversed. But that could change any minute 😄

Peter Hardy
Progress? Nearly fell off my chair!

Lode Schildermans
I am curious of the definite choice, my Dutch friend

Martin Oostrom
Hold on tight Peter! The Kingsday day off gave me some time to do some actual painting. Hope you like it.
Still in doubt Lode. Bought some time by painting other stuff.

Lode Schildermans
Why doubting Martin? It's not the color that makes the build, but what the builder makes from it. Don't think you can do it, know you can do it

Peter Hardy
Kings day? I thought you had a Queen?

Kerry COX
OR. !!! LGBTQ. ? :-/

Tim Heimer
You're getting there!

Martin Oostrom
Our Queen abdicated some five years ago. Now we have a King and a mrs King: google.nl/url?sa=i&a..ust=1588149406726898

Peter Hardy
Takes a long time for news to get here.

Martin Oostrom
They visited Australia in '16......

Tim Heimer
LOL!

Wim van der Luijt
LOL indeed....I'm going to steal the idea for the clips

Peter Hardy
They should nearly be home again then!

Greg Baker
King and Mrs. King.... hahaha

Peter Hardy
Great. You need a King for four acres of tulip field and a cheese fridge!

Wim van der Luijt
Get back in your cage Mr Hardy! 😄

Martin Oostrom
Peter is jealous. We've got a good lookin Argentinian Queen while he's stuck with LoLiL

Peter Hardy
Sorry Gents and Martin, It's the isolation y'see, makes a man all silly!

Bozzer
Lol, Mrs King! We have a Queen and a Prince! To make things worse, there's German in the blood! Now that's gotta prove how screwed up we are? Nice progress on the truck buddy. I've been contemplating a few amendments. I'm not sure I like what I see now, so I am gonna do some research and see what happens. I'm just getting fussy in my old age.

Peter Hardy
Now I am burning with curiosity Bozz!

Martin Oostrom
Right Bozz. Our Kings granddaddy is German. His daddy is German as well. So I guess he's 3/4 German. To spice it up he married the daughter of a secretary of agriculture from the Argentinian Junta.
Never a dull moment with our royals!

Bozzer
Lol, no wonder our countries are in a mess! And to think of all the debates and arguments about immigration?

Danny Meer
Damn!!! that interiour is awesome, love the patterns in the bed sheets 👍

Martin Oostrom
Update. I wanted to do a red and mostly blue Alclad candy finish. Peter did such a nice job with his blue colour, as did Bozzer, that I needed another colour. While pondering my options, I decided I wanted an Alclad Golden Yellow engine. Cue Chris with his golden rod. So now I have a blue engine and something that resembles burnt pancakes for an interior. I have picked my exterior colour(s) and hope for a better result there....

Chris Greathouse
Yay for golden rods 😛

Bozzer
Lol, Golden Rods! Martin, it's hard for you, because you feel like you're living in our shadows. Don't worry buddy, just do your thing. It's not about who is the best, the fact is, we're all losers. The beauty of this is simple.... We all learned from eachother! Dude, this is an epic group build. When mine is finished, no matter what she looks like, she's getting top place! Every single one of us, has gone through crappy moments. We've lived through crappy times. But the best part is, we all came through it together! No matter what we produce, we did an awesome thing.😉

Kerry COX
Competition is great. 👍
But even more fun when competing with yourself. 🙂 🙂 🙂

Martin Oostrom
Don't get me wrong Bozzer, I know I'm a better builder than some on this site, and I know there are better builders than me. I'm living a happy life in the middle of the pack 👍
It's just that being behind pace wise has (dis)advantages. The pitfalls are stepped in by others. But the colour scheme I had in mind became a no go as I don't want the same colours as you guys. We're not building tanks this time!

Sir Cox, taking part in a real competition isn't my cup of tea. Would only add pressure to my hobby and I have enough of that in my work and sometimes in my other private life. I do like tom improve with each build and that goal is being met!

Thank you for your encouragement, we all will finish this truck and they'll be beautiful 👍

Peter Hardy
Very nice job on the engine belts! I couldn't get mine to sit straight!

Lode Schildermans
Martin, my dear friend, this build is coming nicely together (from my point of view) It's getting better and better

Bozzer
We shall go on to the end. We shall fight on the finish, and on the satins and clear parts. We shall fight with growing confidence, and growing strength in the airbrush. We shall defend our builds, whatever the cost maybe. We will fight them on the benches, we shall fight with the laquers, and the chromes, and the steels. We shall fight all the clears. We will never surrender!

Peter Hardy
Flippin' Pommies!

Wim van der Luijt
LOL....that's an epic speech!

Chris Greathouse
Bozz you remind me of the Braveheart speech 😛 (translate to modeling) Youtube Video

Chris Greathouse
Bozzer, I think that makes you William Wallace riding against plastic that's warped, pieces that break, paints that don't play nice, instructions that are F'd...

And the crowd bellowing and cheering behind you would be SCALEMATES. 😄

Bob Hall
I think he's related to Winston Churchill ! LOL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Martin Oostrom
Finally some more work done.

Chaz Gordon
Mr Hardy, you realise you are insulting your own Head of State!

Peter Hardy
No problem with that. National pastime.

Martin Oostrom
I'm getting a bit emotional. I sprayed some colour on the tanks... finally!

Lode Schildermans
Finally, and now we want to see more, my Dutch friend

Greg Baker
Yes, we do!

Peter Hardy
Must be a Dutchman. It's going to be orange!

Chris Greathouse
You're moving along mate!!! Now I need to get my ass in gear and pickup on my truck 😄

Martin Oostrom
More colour, by request 😉

Lode Schildermans
And we request even more colour, my mate. Nice to see you progressing on this build

Martin Oostrom
Why build 2 models at the same time, when you can do three? After my moderate succes with Tamiya primer on the Porsche, I had an urge to see some colour. And there was this truck calling me softly...
So I got the primer out of the airbrush and put some yellow in it.

Nathan Dempsey
Now that's a nice color 🙂

Spanjaard
that yellow looks beautiful

Tim Heimer
Follow the yellow brick road! Or in this case the yellow truck load!

Martin Oostrom
Small steps are still steps

Kerry COX
The red Australian mud splatter is looking good. Make sure that some one has written with their finger through that splatter, "Clean me !" for it to look genuine. hahahahahahahahaha 🙂 👍
Looking the ducks nuts Martin. 😉 👍

Tim Heimer
Step by step, mm by mm he will get there! Go Martin go!

Martin Oostrom
As this build has been in the way on my bench for way too long, I decided to expand it a bit 😄
In true form, the trailer needs a bunch of putty as well

Martin Oostrom
After about 5 hours of cleaning, sanding and glueing, progress is slow but still progress

Lode Schildermans
And the work is paying off, my Dutch friend

Spanjaard
Lode could not be more right 🙂

Martin Oostrom
It's all about the memories. I built this trailer about 30 years ago. Back then Revell had car kits with prepainted metal bodies, and the trailer was sturdy enough to handle a couple of them on the top level.

Peter Hardy
You could make a new part out of all the mess!

Spanjaard
as long as no old parts are lost in the mess 😉

Martin Oostrom
It took me a while to find some energy and sand all the putty back. Then I got infected with Peter's Detail Fingers. So I made some air tanks. Added some brake lines, and some more. Still a long way from done...

Lode Schildermans
Martin, it looks a promising build. Nice to see the scratch build addons. They surely give added value to your build

Brandon H
Lookin good Martin!

Peter Hardy
Going good brother Martin! I will be interested in the til lights you go with.

Martin Oostrom
Well, some progress was made in the last weeks. I finished all the prepwork and started with the primer. I used white on the topside of the parts and grey on the underside. Not because I planned to do preshading and stuff, just because I didn't have enough white primer 😄

Martin Oostrom
Time for some colour! After two hours of airbrushing I stopped, OR I ran out of yellow 😉

Spanjaard
looking good Martin.

Kerry COX
Yellow. That got me thinking, and here is what I found. 😉 [img1]?fj=1

Martin Oostrom
Close Kerry. The truck trailer combo will be from a small independent operator. Just wait for the final reveal…

Bozzer
Hat's off to you, Martin 👍

Spanjaard
Oostrom Trucking Services Australia?

Kerry COX
Martin. Soon I hope. 😉

Peter Hardy
Mobile car park!

Martin Oostrom
All parts that need to be yellow, are. Only about 2ml of paint left, so I cut it close!

Peter Hardy
Looking on the money Martin!

Martin Oostrom
Got a lot done over the weekend. Inching closer to the end.

Tom ...
Wow that thing is huge! Major progress. Looks really good!

Spanjaard
Looking really good Martin!

Peter Hardy
Very good Martin, but can you reverse it when assembled?

Brandon H
A productive weekend indeed! Nice progress!

Greg Baker
I'm loving this!

David Taylor
Not a truck guy normally but defo in.

Bozzer
Blimey Martin, that's impressive! I don't think that trailer will struggle passing any inspection! But now you got me thinking, what are you going to load it with? I have a few ideas for mine, which will become apparent, but have you thought about your load?

Martin Oostrom
Thank you all for the supportive comments. I need to find some time for the finishing touches!
Bozzer, she will be loaded on the lower deck with some lesser builds, like the Mitsubishi GTO and on top will be the Miura, the Mustang and the Chevy Pickup

Kerry COX
The "MO Freight Co". ! 😉

Martin Oostrom
Close but no shave Kerry!
The owner won't be MO, or some other average Joe! 😄 Although he could do a bit more maintenance
Won't be much longer now…

Tom ...
Martin, that has come out really nicely. Looks so good!!

Bill Newcomer
I remember when you guys started the group, build. I want to join in because I have the Revell KW but I was not anywhere near high enough in the queue. Also I want to get my painting skillset to be improved enough before tackling it. It has been entertaining reading the thread.

Lode Schildermans
Martin, this is really an impressive build. I'm following with great interest. Keep on the good pace

Martin Oostrom
Well thank you gentlemen. The trailer did what it was supposed to do: kickstart my mojo. I don't want to kill it right away by opening the truck's box right away, so there is something else coming. In the meantime: Car Transporter | Album by Mahoo76 (1:24)

Spanjaard
great job Martin

Peter Hardy
Martin, I have no words!

Martin Oostrom
That's a first! 😄

Peter Hardy
😂

Greg Baker
Don't worry I'm sure Peter will find some. He has an endless supply. 😉

But he's not the only one to be left speechless by this project. 🙂

Lode Schildermans
I fully agree with Greg

Martin Oostrom
Now I'm lost for words 😄

Peter Hardy
Now that IS a first!

Bozzer
I dragged mine off the shelf, the other day. I might try to separate the cab and dip it in brake fluid? I'll decide after I've finished my other builds. Still love that trailer though bro! Definitely a head turner!

Nathan Dempsey
That's funny Bozzer because I pulled my box out and looked at my kit too just last week. I got the mojo going on a few aircraft build though so I'm sticking with that for now.

Peter Hardy
You blokes are so slow! Mine is under 20mm of dust now!

Bozzer
Nathan, I envy you for still having the eyes and steadiness for those tiny aircraft parts. I think my last 1/72 was a Lancaster Bomber? I just can't physically do them anymore. I loved my 1/35 German armour too, but again, my body let me down.
Peter, I have done several since, but that kit did things to me, that nearly kicked me off the horse. However, it's Italeri, so it's strong, so I have faith that I can bring it back to life 😉

Nathan Dempsey
Peter: 🤣 Too right my friend!

Bozzer: I can't do any sort of building unless I wear my Optivisor. I'm too stubborn to go get actual glasses.

Martin Oostrom
I definitely want to finish this one. So here we go.

Ard S.
I have had the trailer when I was young. I thought I have bought it with a truck as well. But I has broken while I had placed it with 4 VW Golf on it on a shelve. Sadly the music box was there too and when I put my radio too loud the whole set drive from the shelve to the ground... All 6 models could go into the garbage. Since that time I glue at least one wheel..

Peter Hardy
Bozzer, I have not done a truck since and I didn't want to do it in the first place. That Martin Oostrom thought it would be a good idea to torment me in my retirement and it worked. Bikes, old classic cars and sci fi are my go! (I did actually enjoy the 'Star but don't tell Marty that)! Watching the Freightliner being built has stirred me, just a little.

Martin Oostrom
Ard, you didn't 😱

Peter, o Peter. Now I have ideas swirling in my head 😈

Ard S.
Martin, never talk about it anymore. It still hurts. But I guess that at my age now (it was 30 years ago) the models would be broken anyway. 😢

Bozzer
Peter, I've been into bikes from being a kid, but choppers, not road racers. However, I can't get into them in plastic? I love the smell of oil and petrol, the taste of the exhaust fumes, in the back of your throat, and the heat from the blue chrome exhaust. It's a lifestyle, not a daily commute? However, my cars are mainly nostalgia or something similar? Now my trucks, they're my mini me! I'd love to drive every single one, but there's more chance of finding a unicorn turd? It doesn't phase me though, and one day, I'll have a Mack on my drive. And I'll guarantee that I'll sit there, and start the bugger up, every Sunday morning, just to p**s off the neighbours 😉

Peter Hardy
Bozzer, I always thought if I won Lotto I would buy a brand new T950 Kenworth "Heritage" and park it in my backyard so I could throw stones at it! After 5.5 million kilometres in trucks I have seen enough.

Martin, I can hear your rusty old brain from here. Give it a rest will ya?

Greg Baker
Glad to see this one back in action!

bughunter
Nice to see another build from your bench! I was going through all the pics at one - I really like the trailer 👍

Martin Oostrom
Thanks Bughunter, once again I'll try and finish this thing.

Lode Schildermans
Looking forward to see the final result, Martin

Peter Hardy
Geeze Marty, my Aussie 'Star has worn out 10 sets of tyres waiting for you to build this!

Martin Oostrom
The operator who ordered my truck can't make up his mind about which configuration he wants. A true pain in the ass

Martin Oostrom
And we have primer and paint on the chassis and several bits!

Bozzer
Mine is now a dress makers dummy, for resin cabs. The paint on the cab and sleeper, was never right. One day, I'll have a play with it and see if I can resurrect it?

Nathan Dempsey
Don't worry Martin, your kit will need 10 sets of tires by the time mine is done. Peter's will be at 20!

Bill Newcomer
Nice to read up on y'all's procrastination. I now have a second KW T-900 thanks to Jarrett. Once I get back to building, I may join this little party.

Martin Oostrom
We're up to speed now. Sprayed primer, black and yellow today.
Bill, the Groupbuild was supposed to end in the summer of 2020. But you're free to join in anyway.

Goldman
Big Bang Theory? Great choice!

Martin Oostrom
Thanks Goldman.
A lot was done this weekend. Current state: Almost all parts painted. Decals are on. I'm in love with the new Revell chrome. I decanted it and thinned with slt, 50-50.
It sprays beautifully and it covers like a charm.

Bozzer
Looking good mate. You've really cracked on, this weekend!

Mr D
Can't get anymore Australian than that..🤣
Nice 👍

Spanjaard
looking really nice my friend 🙂

Goldman
I want to try it too but it is only available in spray cans that cannot be air shipped.
I guess I should settle for one of the dozen other chromes that I already have...

Mr D
CA is best, trouble with plastic for plating......is it's a different plastic blend to allow for the electrolysis, it's conductive, it just doesn't glue to good with poly.
Get some of the fine applicator tips for your CA and you be good to go.
Very smart model 👍👍

Brandon H
Some great progress the last few days! Excited to see the final product!

Martin Oostrom
Thank folks.

And I totally forgot to mention: The decals made by Spanjaard worked exactly as I hoped

Goldman, I have tried acrylics, Alclad is too much hit or miss, Molotow stays tacky for a long time. There must be a good enough chrome out there for you.

Mr D, two fresh bottles of CA are waiting on my desk.

Great song Urban, has been stuck in my head for an hour already.

Ben M
I will try CA for gluing the plated plastic in the future. I cannot get it to glue well with liquid styrene glue even with the surfaces clear of plating. It makes sense it is a different blend of plastic. The only problem is CA tends to cause the adjacent "chrome" to frost and turn white.

I've experimented with Vallejo acrylic "chrome" and it's a lot brighter than "aluminum".

Mr D
I just purchased these for my CA nice n acute 👍.

a.aliexpress.com/_EynOzw9

Bozzer
Ben, I gotta admit, I had the same thing, with CA/Superglue. I don't use it for plastic models, anymore. I do however, use it for my resin stuff.

Martin Oostrom
Just stay very clear of the clear parts with the ca. Fog is a fiend.

Bozzer
I've found, a good quality, exterior wood glue, that dries clear, works perfectly for clear parts. Apply it with a cocktail stick, on tricky areas.

Bozzer
Picture 168 should be under the heading
"SEXY"

Spanjaard
I have never been into the idea of decanting cans but that Revell chrome is just tempting me to do it, wow!

Jay Dubya
PHH - hilarious !

Goldman
I use BSI Super Gold+ CA glue. Expensive but never had it caused fogging. It also doesn't grab instantly which give you a little time to position the parts properly.

Really like the yellow. Which color did you use?

Tom ...
Bravo, Martin. Mine is still in its box in the closet somewhere.... like a lot of my projects... some day... life willing...

bughunter
Wow, picture 168 looks really fantastic 👍 You made a great progress over the weekend!

Mr D
It's good metal finish on the tank straps....what paint did you use ??
Looking good 👍👍

Martin Oostrom
The yellow is decanted Tamiya TS16 Yellow.
The chrome is decanted Revell Chrome, diluted 50/50 with mr hobby Self levelling thinner

Kerry COX
🙂 And the imitation fur stuck to the bull bar is meant to replicate the remnants of the dead camels and roo's that are found all over the roads of West Australia :after the wet season starts.-)
Looking just like the real deal Martin. 🙂

Peter Hardy
Hurry up Martin! I have a load I have to get to Adelaide by Tuesday!

Martin Oostrom
Italeri really screwed this kit. I had to remove several parts to be able to mount the steps/battery boxes in the right place. The tiny tanks interfere with the positioning of the large fuel tanks. And dumbest of all, the radiator sits too high for the bonnet to close.

Spanjaard
make a small base, just enough for the truck, and add a figure repairing the engine, so you can leave the bonnet open 😉

Martin Oostrom
I fixed it a bit more "elegantly". Check picture 178

Spanjaard
certainly effective 🙂

Martin Oostrom
I'm done with this thing. After a five year struggle, she's acceptable. Just don't count the parts I left out.

bughunter
Very nice looking with the trailer and a good place in the cabinet!

David Taylor
Nice build.

Mr D
Fantastic build 👏👍 you done it proud..... the metal works is top notch, can see why you remove the chrome . Caustic soda may remove the chrome bit better, l know they chrome on top of a conductive paint.
Looks great in the collection....well done 👍

Nathan Dempsey
An excellent finish on this epic struggle project! Martin is victorious!

Spanjaard
if somebody will continue until is done, is Martin, and continue until is well done as well. congrats on a great result. even if the kit (or the brand?) fought you all the way

Bozzer
Blimey, that looks great!
I can't remember how many trucks I've done, in those 5 years, but this one is still on the shelf of shame.
Yours looks excellent, with the transporter on the back, mate!
Well done brother 👍

Bill Newcomer
Congratulations on a job well done. I would be proud to have it on my shelf.

Ben M
You win this round.

Lode Schildermans
Absolutely fabulous. I really enjoyed watching this beauty come to alive, each time you posted your progress. IMHO, it is a stunning build

Goldman
Congratulations! Perseverance is part of being a truck modeler. It looks great!

Brandon H
Nicely done Martin!!

Martin Oostrom
Thank you all for your wonderful comments. It took me short of a week all of 5 years to wrestle this monster into submission

Rui S
Great work on the monster, indeed 👍

Miguel Vaquero
Probably, my most ambitous project yet. Im going to try and recreate a sinking of a submarine with depth charges, droped from a destroyer. Everything in 1/700 scale. For this, i bought the Battle of the Atlantic set, wich comes with a J-Claas destroyer, a type VII German submarine and a Short Sunderland amphibous plane.

gorby
Sounds like an interesting project, I'll tag along. 🙂

David Taylor
Yuup.

Jay Dubya
Permission to come aboard Captain Vaquero?

Landlubber Mike
Looking forward to following this one!

Miguel Vaquero
Welcome aboard guys!! Happy to have you along.

Of course Jay! There's always room in my ships😁😁

Miguel Vaquero
Sub already done! It was small but detailed. The PE parts were really a challenge. Some weathering it's all it's left.

Miguel Vaquero
Today i wanted to work on how i want my diorama to look. So i hoped on blender and downloded some free assets and placed them together to see how i want it to look. I think for the quantity of resin and the accuracy of the scene this is going to be more or less the final desing of my diorama.

Miguel Vaquero
Starting with the destroyer. Awesome detail too but a million tiny parts. Good challenge for sure

Miguel Vaquero
Destroyer assembly done! To the paint booth

Jay Dubya
RAAF 10 Squadron Flying Porcupine next please, Miguel ?!!?

Kesa Tiho
I am in love
Fantastic build

Miguel Vaquero
Thanks Kesa!!

Miguel Vaquero
I don't know if I'm going to finish the Sunderland😞😞. The fitting between the fuselages is too bad and fragile, using putty is not going to do the trick this time cause it will hide a lot of the nice detail and I will not be satisfied. I'll think about how to do it but there's not much hope now😓

Miguel Vaquero
To get my mind of the plane. I decided to destroy the sub.it turned out perfect, as I intended

Jay Dubya
Not really where you are headed with your diorama, but this might give a bit of context to my 'historical' comment Miguel.

"A Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Sunderland (of No. 10 Squadron) made the type's first unassisted kill of a U-boat on 17 July 1940.[3]"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_Sunderland

Flying Porcupine
"Two examples, in particular, stand out: on the 13th of April 1940, a Sunderland operating off the coast of Norway was attacked by six Ju-88C heavy fighters – the Sunderland shot down one JU-88, damaged another so seriously it had to quit the fight, and drove the rest away.

A 1943 encounter with JU-88 was even more savage when a Sunderland from 461 Sqn RAAF was attacked by eight JU-88C long-range fighters. Despite the Sunderland being heavily damaged with most of the crew wounded, the Sunderland downed three attackers, damaged and drove off the rest and made the 560-kilometre return journey to Britain where the heavily damaged aircraft was beached at Cornwall."
planehistoria.com/short-sunderland/

10Sqn RAAF Photos -
adf-serials.com.au/sunderland.htm

Keep up the great work on these tiny models.
Cheers

PS The nickname 'Flying Porcupine' was probably just a bit of allied propaganda as there's not a lot of evidence the Germans ever referred to a Sunderland as one. It's a lot like the Japanese with the Beaufighter and Whispering Death.

Miguel Vaquero
Thanks for all the info Jay! I really appreciate it. And they could fit very well with this diorama. They actually performed anti submarine operations from GB and they actually sunk 6 U-boats.

I'm sure if I'm able to fix my Sunderland, I'll paint it with their colours. I loved their history

Miguel Vaquero
The U-Boat has exploded!!💥💥

gorby
The explosion effect is very realistic.

Miguel Vaquero
Thanks Gorby!!

Miguel Vaquero
I've already glued the U-Boat to the acrylic sheet. As the background for the diorama states that the aft reserve torpedo exploded, to hide the cables I made some bubbles coming down from the exploded compartment. It's not the best but it's better than to have some cables seen.

Miguel Vaquero
The acrylic sheets mold is done. The ship is now lifted with nylon cord to place on to the resin without sinking. And the u-Boat is secured in the container.

Next step, the resin pouring. I've never been so nervous about a model.

gorby
Good luck with the resin Miguel.

Shar Dipree
following

Miguel Vaquero
Some bubbles formed. Not the best result, also they are positioned in places where some bubbles would be formed. Overall I think it turned out great.

Jay Dubya
Absolutely 'killed it' - well done Miguel!

Miguel Vaquero
Thanks Jay!

That bubble on the bow is killing me. It's right on the surface of the resin but I don't know how to get rid of it, and if I'll make it worse if I try something

talbot
wow, absolutely love this

David Taylor
Brill.

Landlubber Mike
Wow, really cool man! Well done!

Rui S
Excellent work 👍

Miguel Vaquero
Thanks a lot guys! There's still some work to do. But it's getting there.

I've made the form of the waves with some acrylic gel. Let's wait for it to dry and then to make some foam

Guy Rump
Great job, very impressive. 👍

Miguel Vaquero
Thanks Guy!

I ended up making and painting the Sunderland, flying the colors Jay suggested. The end result, I think it's salvageable. I'm wondering if I should put it in the diorama. The downside is ill have to stick it with some transparent acrylic rod. It's going to be visible but not too much. I think if I mask the bottom part of the rod, the one closer to the water, as a droped depth charge from the porcupine, the result might not be bad at all.
What do you guys think

Jan Peters
Very cool set up, and very ambitious. You're a braver man than I.
Love the effect of the explosion, very convincing.

Miguel Vaquero
Thanks Jan!! Im not really brave, I was really really scared 🤣🤣. Its just a matter of trying and if I fail well, from everything we learn. In the end it turned out great, so that is that.

It's really great having all the support from all you experienced guys. I've only been modelling for a year or so, so your comments are really encouraging

Miguel Vaquero
Testing the Sunderland. What do you guys think. I'm not sure If I loved or hate it

gorby
I like it, I think it adds another element of interest (mind you I reeeeeally like the Sunderland so I might be biased). 🙂
I just want to comment on the how you've done the surface of the water - excellent, particularly the effect of the exploding depth charges.

Mr D
That looks fantastic Miguel 👌👍👍

Miguel Vaquero
It really does add a lot to the scene Gorby. I'll have to think thoroughly but I'm starting to like the diorama more with the Sunderland in it.

Also thank you and thanks Mr D for you kind words! The good thing about this diorama is that it really doesn't need any special abilities. It's as simple as it can get and it will give you a great result

Mr D
It's has plenty of life to it 👏👌.
How did you get the bubbles in the right place 🤔??
I am starting a Diorama once l get my next build sorted, lm trying to rap up the X2 projects I'm working on and then l start my Mi-8 it's going to be part of a Chernobyl disaster Diorama, l have the damaged power station ready for paint,
I would like to create explosion n smoke like you have done here and LED.
Nice work 😀👍

Villiers de Vos
This is epic. You manage to capture the observer with your dynamic and realistic scene.

Ben M
Remarkable diorama. How did you get the resin so deep? The stuff I use, you can only pour 1/8" at a time. The diorama is so dynamic and exciting!

Miguel Vaquero
Thank you Villiers. Really glad that you like it. Your words really mean a lot coming from such a great modeller.

Well Mr D, the big bubbles coming out of the explosion are mainly produced by the gap a created when cutting the U-Boat. The air trapped inside came to the surface while the resin was curing, and it cured faster than the bubbles could scape to the surface. They as well appear because of the cotton I used to create the explosion effect, but mainly because of the first reason. Also Ill make sure to follow your build. It really sound amazing, and watching your prior work, Im sure it's going to be awesome.

Thank you also Ben!! I'm glad you enjoyed the work. As per the resin, I really used the cheap one from AliExpress. I mixed well the two parts till the resin and hardener were completely clear. Then I poured it and that's it. The instructions said I could pour up to 2 centimeters per pour. I did four centimeters deep at once and it cured great. The only downside I found is that not all small bubbles rised to the surface and couldn't be popped with a torch. I should have poured a little, then torched and then poured the rest. I didn't expect such a Good result from this but guess I got lucky.

Mr D
Thanks for the Info Miguel 👍 it's all worked out for the best.

Miguel Vaquero
It did worked. Now the only thing left is to crate a base to go with it and finish the wiring.

Bruce Huxtable
Very impressed with your execution of this evocative scene. No escape for those poor souls..... Your creative solutions worked very well indeed, but I'm curious as to how you formed the surface of the sea? There's a lot going on, including the expanding circular waves. Superb!

Dominik Weitzer
great!

Pietro De Angelis
Awesome dio, congrats!

Miguel Vaquero
Thanks for your words guys, they really mean a lot!!

Indeed bruce. It's one of the things that fascinate me the most about U-Boats. They were deadly war machines, every sailor was terrorized by them during WW2. But it unsettles me the way all those people knew, that a single flood, could mean they would never resurface again. It's really nerve racking. Those things are what attracts me the most to this machines and their histories.

As for the water, I used a combination of two artistic acrylic gel mediums. I used one with a low viscosity for the small ocean waves and normal ripples. I then used one much more dense, to simulate the water effects created by the destroyer and the depth charges explosions. The gel, once dried, it stays hard as if it was resin, and also stays transparent. Then I painted the high ripples with a diluted white and extended it with a soft bristled brush along the ripple and it's surrounding area. I did the same were the bubbly foam would stay after the ship passed, but with a more diluted white and more gentle passes with the brush.

Ill try to upload some better pictures were the effects are better seen once I complete the diorama.

Bruce Huxtable
Many thanks, Miguel. You clearly have a very good 'eye', re-creating reality in a very convincing way.

Miguel Vaquero
Thank you very much Bruce. Im glad that you like it!

Christian Abraham
The dio is really awesome

Miguel Vaquero
Thanks Abraham!!

Kesa Tiho
Breathtaking. I hope when i make my first ship moc it comes out as beautiful as yours. Any tips?

Mr D
Hi Miguel 👋
Was a good set of X3 you got , l recently purchased the Flyhawk SBD Dauntless, li looks really good from what I've seen so far in the box.... What do you think of there kits ??

Michael Kohl
Following

gorby
Wonderful work!

Rui S
Very nice indeed 👍

Holger Kranich
Hey Nelson!
Your dio´s are high level work! I like them very much! Congrats!

nelson
thank you my friend. A lot of time invested in them.

Holger Kranich
I can imagine!

Holger Kranich
The SEAL dio is amazing!!! Did you used the Dragon or the Verlinden LSSC?

Michal Z.
really nice dio's! 🙂

nelson
it is the dragon model. Fyi the nipa palms are lime colored paper with a coat of HU38

Luc B
👍

Hunter Cummins
Awesome where is the barrel on the 48 in the second to last picture??? And can we have some more poctures of the prime mover diorama??
But som awesome stuff

Choppa Nutta
awesomo !!!!!!!! 😄

Anthony Flanagan
I am with Holger. The SEAL dio was my favorite too. Really, really nice body of work. My compliments on your camera work. 👍👍

Alan Rush
Hi Nelson. Great work and a real pleasure to look at! Lots of activity to attract your eyes and figures and vehicles look great.

nelson
thank you for ur kind comments. Its encouraging.

nelson
concerning the short barrel of the M48 its in fact a M728 CEV 😉

nelson
new batch of photos long overdue

Marcin Jakubowicz
Great job!

J K
These are excellent

Rui S
Nice Dio collection 👍

Jean-Michel Tilquin
Looks promising!

Steven Van Dyck
Thanks, Jean-Michel. I now built the engine, but it can still be improved upon. The replacement radiator is also used. It's important to remove the pinmarks, or the engine top will not fit.

Steven Van Dyck
It's a chore to clean up the two halves of each leaf spring, but at least they are well cast. It's also hard to line out the frame with the few traversing beams you get in the first steps. But I think the result is nice. I did have to add some detail to the front bumper leaf spring, this could have been copied from the aft one but for some reason they made the front one deficient. I drilled out the steering axle so I can change the wheel posiotion if I need to.

Jv
Looks amazing
Taking a seat

Steven Van Dyck
Welcome, JV. Today I discovered that the cogs in the winch don't have teething. I have a lot of spare cogs from cassette players, but none had enough teeth and the right diameter. I think you get to see only part of the wheel, so I removed the teeth of a smaller wheel and put these in stead of the edge of the kit wheel. I found a second cog for the drive wheel. Then I installed the winch.

Steven Van Dyck
The seats are covered with wine bottle foil to give them some realism.

Steven Van Dyck
I've done some work on the cabin now. It appeared that the Yahu set is completely useless for a Thunder Scammell transporter. The instrument panel is grossly undersized (though matching at least in lay-out with a design in my book) and the winch series number plate is for a Pioneer pick-up truck. So I had to go for the kit PE after all, this also matched with another image in the book so there were probably multiple lay-outs. Why did Yahu announce this to be a universally fitting set? I suppose that the Thunder Scammell has the same dashboard PE as the tank transporter? Further on I replaced the tarp with some sheet metal, to me the best option for folding tissue. To paint the interior, I used Tamiya Khaki Drab after removing some, but not all pinmarks.

Steven Van Dyck
I had to machine a part off the benches to make these fit, that's because of my added foil. But also the back plate has an impossible shape to assemble to the cabin in one piece, so I removed two strips of plastic. I used a brown wash and a drybrush and then the cabin was assembled. I will coat this matt later on.

Steven Van Dyck
The frame is completed with the after drive train, four wheels all on one axle. This is a dry-fit, I will first paint the frame and that means we'll now concentrate on the trailer first. One picture shows a frail part that even got a non-connected port.

Lex Jassies
Building the same model but then with the Matilda as cargo I will follow this build with great interest.
I had the same issue with the Yahu instrument panel, even for the IBG model it is to small. Very sloppy job Yahu! Decided to build my own.
The IBG kit (had this kit also) has nice small teeth on the big gear but the rest of the kit isn't up to the Thunder Model kit so I sold that kit. I think that your solution for the lack of tooth is ingenious 👍.
For so far I find both the tractor as the trailer build without any major issue.
Keep up the good work! 🙂

Steven Van Dyck
Thanks, Lex. I included here some pictures showing why I think the air filter has the wrong proportions. It is 10.5 mm through in the kit and I am replacing this with a 9mm aluminum tube. This way it is also easy to replace the springs with copper wire. I also had to replace some PE that was missing in the kit to connect the fifth wheel to its shock absorbers.

Lex Jassies
Good work Steven 👍.
Remembering your build of the Atomic Gun, I knew you are very able to make something very detailed of this kit 🙂
I agree that the oil filter is to short in the kit, about the diameter, hmm.....
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Don't you think that the etchings in the kit are way to thin? I replaced the majority with 0,3 0,4 and 0,5 styreen.

Steven Van Dyck
Thanks, Lex. I did notice that it is used for objects with varying thickness.

Steven Van Dyck
The trailer is further assembled. The floor planking looks better if regraved and I suspect it is missing support profiles.

David Taylor
Watching.

Steven Van Dyck
The ramps are reinforced with a metal pin, it's easy to oversee and clip the kit part. The towing eyes have a bad fit in the rear profile and can cause some warping.

Steven Van Dyck
A figure from SKP is made. The jacks under the trailer get some intricate PE. For the trunk on the underside it is important to first glue the sides, its possible to assemble it all wrong if you first build the front.

Steven Van Dyck
The Scammell is now painted in Tamiya Khaki Drab. The engine is painted metallic. The EZ Models wheels, painted in semi-gloss black masked with a circle cutter are now fixed to the truck. This will prevent damage to the frail underside of the trailer. The Valentine hull is now under construction.

Lex Jassies
Glad to see this one back in the theater 😉

Steven Van Dyck
The dio for the Scammell is cast in plaster. Some figure sets are ordered to make an El Alamein setting out of it. Some Italian captives will be ushered forward by English infantry and an Arab coffee vendor with a lazy dromedary will appear. This Firestorm animal is not yet on Scalemates but I'll add it when it arives here. Some Verlinden palm trees will be a good fit here.

Steven Van Dyck
The Verlinden palm trees are completed after the resin bubbles are filled in. I got no instructions with them so I hope the botanists among you will not be upset. Lots of other accessories were entered today, I had to make an item for the Firestorm dromedary on Scalemates. The English Infantry will guard some Italian POWs while an Arab vendor will pass by offering a drink. I completed some of the easier figures, but the injection kits will be built later today. The Valentine got some Voyager hinges making use of a small drill to align them with the hull.

Steven Van Dyck
Seven figures are made. Five of them will be prisoners of war, so some of them have their hands in the air. Some other changes will have to be done to them, they have still their ammo bandoliers left. The English seem eager to rein them in.

Lex Jassies
A lot is going to happen there 😉

Steven Van Dyck
It seemed necessary to remove the engine hood to make the protective hatch fit, but it was all caused by an error I made earlier on. Anyone building this model should pay very much attention to the intended location of the rear plates, even the reviewers admit they made errors there. Luckily the PE hinges were perfect, though the bolts can go missing. I also did some painting on the dio base.

Steven Van Dyck
The tracks are now finished from the extra AFV set. They can be assembled like a real workable set,j if you remove some damaged parts. Some of these were warped on one corner of the sprue. If you remove these and count the extras that came with the kit, you get about 10 spares. The most tedious job is removing the hunderds of ejector marks, thsi works fastest on the assembled tracks. I also took a look at the the Voyager fender parts.

Pietro De Angelis
Great and impressive work,
fantastic attention to detail,
congrats!

Bruce Huxtable
A great deal of careful and skilled work going on here! Watching, learning and being inspired! 👍

Steven Van Dyck
Thanks for the compliments, gents! The fenders are assembled to the Valentine, but you have to choose between the straight kit parts or the wobbly embossed PE set. The fender brackets can only mend this a bit, but these are riddled with microscopic PE hexnuts.

Lex Jassies
Yep, sometimes working with PE can be a real pain in the butt. But when you succeed it's very rewarding 😊

Steven Van Dyck
Some metal boxes get piano hinges. These are made using a brass wire. Contrary to the manual, the hinges are best fixed before they are bent.

Steven Van Dyck
In another topic (Scammell Transporter in North Africa | Album by Higgscott (1:35)) it was made clear to me that there is an error in my setup. Apparently the early 30 ton TRCU, the trailer without the goose neck has never been seen on North Africa pictures. After some preliminary investigations I found out that there are some modellers out there that made the same mistake or just did not care about the difference. At first I thought I had a dilemma, either buy the right trailer that is still widely available, pry my LZ tyres off the existing trailer and onto the new one, or dump the Valentine again, set aside the still loose figures and remodel the Scammell dio in an European theatre. But I realize that my newest addition to the project, bought at SMC this weekend, only leaves open the first option: [img1]

Steven Van Dyck
A new trailer it will be. It's a good thing the bogies with the resin tires are so fiddly, they could be reused from the old trailer.

Bogicevic Vladimir
Steven, I am so glad that you have found a solution. Following...

Steven Van Dyck
Thanks, Vladimir. The new trailer is almost finished. It has a lot more PE but it is also harder to assemble the front part with all the angles in it. I included an old picture of the tank with the exhaust on it. I still have to start on the turret.

Steven Van Dyck
The LZ Models figures are assembled; The Enfields are nicely detailed but the soft resin is very warped.

Steven Van Dyck
Some tools are added in photo etch or schrach. I use the Voyager pieces though some are identical to the kit PE. The tank turret is now assembled and sports the aluminum barrel, though I also got some BESA barrels.

Steven Van Dyck
The Brengun is mounted on the turret, but the drum magazine seems positioned wrong by AFV. I think I need to remove the carrying handle from the gun to be able to add the drum correctly. I also wonder if the English at Alamein would still have white hatch insides as proposed by the manual. The Orange Hobby Besa magazines are a neat little kit, but I replaced the all-around embossing with a thread to avoid warping.

Steven Van Dyck
I added this brand Tabletop-Art because I want to build some ruins near the Scammell dio. I completed one Ionic column and then cut up the other so that the capital and one drum have fallen off. I added the drum edges to both pillars and also hollowed out the plug holes for the dislodged parts.

gorby
Excellent model and photos!

Dominik Weitzer
wow, great!

Marcel
Great work. It looks almost like the real thing.

Rui S
Excellent model & photos 👍

Villiers de Vos
Following.

Mr D
Very nice.... like the subject, good start 👌🖌️👍🖌️

sc114
Thanks

Skyhiker
👀

Villiers de Vos
Nice work on the camouflage.

sc114
PATAFIX !!!

Mr D
Very nice 👍👍
The cockpit green/blue spot on👌 can l ask what paint or mix you used ??
Apparently tis colour was considered to have a calming effect??
Great model n subject 😁👍

sc114
Hi!
Pacific88
0192 Aero Color Force(Cockpit blue green) 18 ml

Skyhiker
I looked up that color and didn't find it. The closest I could find is ... F-44 MIG emerald, Pacific88 Matt, Acrylic, 10ml

sc114
You can also use this paint, but it needs to be diluted, it is for the brush.

sc114
Link to the paint on aliexpress
aliexpress.ru/item/1..id=12000037744227793

Mr D
Thanks sc114 😁👍
I struggle mixing it's to that standard.
Will be over to AliExpress now 👍
Thanks

sc114
The model is finished. But there will be an addition! ,,,To be continued!!!

Mr D
Wow 😳 ....it's coming out amazingly 👌 quality work and a great aircraft.
Like it 👍👍