RichB
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Began working on this little guy this week during lunch at the office.
Step 1 began with the running gear. The road wheels had a very light seam running around them. The drive sprockets had 4 light ejector marks on the back. The sprue attachment points are by the teeth, so careful cleanup is required. The outer rim of the idler wheel takes some care to remove from the sprue so it isn't bent or twisted. The road and idler wheels received poly caps during assembly. While I was doing these wheels I also cleaned up the return rollers.
Step 2 moves to the lower hull, adding the rounded nose and suspension. Take care here as the spring assemblies are handed and the rear most assembly has the springs at a slightly different angle. The drive housing also received a poly cap when it is installed. Only the rear hull plate was added from Step 3. The remainder of that step was installing the parts assembled in Step 1.
Step 4 deals with the installation of the link and length track which I will do later in the build.
Step 5 sees work begin on the upper hull, drilling some mounting holes from the underside, adding the side air intake and a filler for the sponson. I filled some ejector marks on the underside of the track guard in case they are visible.
In Step 6, some panels, splash guards and the rear track guards are added to the hull superstructure. A little bit of filler was used along some of the panel joints. The joint line for the rear track guards needs to be filled as its not a natural join line. The right side is easy as it is a flat panel. The left side runs thru the raised diamond pattern so is much trickier.
Cheers,
Rich
Step 1 began with the running gear. The road wheels had a very light seam running around them. The drive sprockets had 4 light ejector marks on the back. The sprue attachment points are by the teeth, so careful cleanup is required. The outer rim of the idler wheel takes some care to remove from the sprue so it isn't bent or twisted. The road and idler wheels received poly caps during assembly. While I was doing these wheels I also cleaned up the return rollers.
Step 2 moves to the lower hull, adding the rounded nose and suspension. Take care here as the spring assemblies are handed and the rear most assembly has the springs at a slightly different angle. The drive housing also received a poly cap when it is installed. Only the rear hull plate was added from Step 3. The remainder of that step was installing the parts assembled in Step 1.
Step 4 deals with the installation of the link and length track which I will do later in the build.
Step 5 sees work begin on the upper hull, drilling some mounting holes from the underside, adding the side air intake and a filler for the sponson. I filled some ejector marks on the underside of the track guard in case they are visible.
In Step 6, some panels, splash guards and the rear track guards are added to the hull superstructure. A little bit of filler was used along some of the panel joints. The joint line for the rear track guards needs to be filled as its not a natural join line. The right side is easy as it is a flat panel. The left side runs thru the raised diamond pattern so is much trickier.
Cheers,
Rich
