Heavens Eagle
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I have finally hit a milestone with this. I think I have most if not all the corrections done. All the major corrections are done. Might be a few rivets here or there that I missed and no reason to post those if/when I find them. So, here is all the pneumatic plumbing done and the lines are added. The braided line is an aftermarket car part. The hard part was getting the ends so they wouldn't fray open. They "just" fit down in the holes in the connectors. 
Woohoo!
So here it is before paint where you can see the things added.
The pneumatic lines in each of the side are best guess from the photos I have been able to find. There is a little rhyme and reason to it so I am not going to worry about it. After all this is one of those Trumpeter kits where they probably pulled sizes out of their butts instead of doing actual research. In any case, as I look at the build now it has a lot more impression to it compared to out of the box. I am seriously considering getting some thick foam and building a base for a display where it is deployed. The thick foam as the spades that go on the ends of the trails will set down about 3/4 of an inch into it. If there was an 8 ton semitrack (FAMO) in 1/16th scale it would be an even more impressive "in tow" build.
So what do you think? Did I get close and nail it?
Woohoo!So here it is before paint where you can see the things added.
The pneumatic lines in each of the side are best guess from the photos I have been able to find. There is a little rhyme and reason to it so I am not going to worry about it. After all this is one of those Trumpeter kits where they probably pulled sizes out of their butts instead of doing actual research. In any case, as I look at the build now it has a lot more impression to it compared to out of the box. I am seriously considering getting some thick foam and building a base for a display where it is deployed. The thick foam as the spades that go on the ends of the trails will set down about 3/4 of an inch into it. If there was an 8 ton semitrack (FAMO) in 1/16th scale it would be an even more impressive "in tow" build.
So what do you think? Did I get close and nail it?
