B1 bis

[Iron Mike]

Very cool! B) Nice work, Tim! Glad to see you got a little time off to enjoy yourself!

 

[jknaus]

Looking really good. Keep at it, Thinking there is another B-1 in my future. The fenders are outstanding by the way.
James

 

[moon puppy]

Nailed it...

 

[Tim A.]

Thanks guys, Yep finally got a day off!
Well I took this shot in the dark but it's the only way some of the detail would show up on the snow white styrene.
After a few failed attemps and a couple of launchings lost in the carpet I managed to make the light's cover turning mechanism :gogo it's tiny.

Tim

 

[Iron Mike]

Does that faucet handle say "hot" or "cold"? :laugh: Looking sweet!!

 

[Sherman 18]

Turning out great! Love the fenders and added detail.

 

[phantom II]

Translation would be <--- red wine--Off--White wine --->


Looks mighty nice Tim ! B)

 

[Cheyenne]

Nice work Tim , ......... your build convinced me to get this kit along with the Dragon early dudes with French tankers .

Fenders came out sweet , are the Tam ones too thick ?

 

[Tim A.]

Does that faucet handle say "hot" or "cold"? :laugh: Looking sweet!!

Thats what it looks like to me too...... wonder what it's tech term would be? My wife would call it a "hicky" :laugh:

Hi Cheyenne, yeah the kit's are to thick. I attempted to thin them from the under side but decided to just build new ones. This started out to be an out of the box build so I didn't look into the aftermarket offerings plus the styrene was with in arms reach I'm also looking at thinning the track links. I'll bet there is an offering for those too but I'll also bet I can't swing the price.

Tim

 

[randy_ditton]

Nice job on the fenders, Tim, Good luck on the paint job!


Randy

 

[rob ferreira]

love the fenders, actually I just love seeing white styrene on a model
This baby is coming along nicely. What type of paint scheme will it have.....:hmmm how about ..RUST
Looks like the parts are a good fit all around... typical Tamiya.

Waiting for the first drop of paint to hit the plastic.

Rob

 

[Tim A.]

Thanks Randy and Rob
I was suprised at how fast they were done, took about two hours. The kit is nice but I think the mantlet for the 75mm gun could have been designed better.

As for paint I still like the scheme with the large numbers in the pic I posted but Iowabrit's link doesn't show this paticular one.

Rust looks cool too though

 

[Tim A.]

Got a little more done today. Made another machine gun as I didn't like the kit's.

Decided to try thinning the track links. It only took two to get really bored but I think they look better. Thinned section is on the left in the pic.

Tim

 

[reconron]

Isn't it funny that we modelers ALWAYS find thinks in the modelkit we are not happy with?hmy:

Really like where you going with this one Tim.

Greetings,Ron.

 

[cb1]

nice! I'm begining to think that I want to build one myself.

Great job so far!

 

[rob ferreira]

Ah nuts, you had to go and post that pic :woohoo: . Now I might have to get me that kit and rust it up

Model is coming along nicely and good work on thinning the tracks.

Rob
www.scratchmod.com

 

[TomN]

Looking great Tim.
I was thinking that if I ever built this one I would definately have to get Friuls for it, but your method of thinning the tracks looks super. Can't wait to see the full run of tracks.

Tom

 

[ricklawler]

Re: B1

She's looking great. The fenders are wonderful - it's always nice to see modelers doing some old fashioned scratch work.

Take care,
Rick

PS. I knew you'd have Rob itchy once he saw the rust picture!

 

[rob ferreira]

yep that is mighty tempting.:hmmm

Anyone got any pics of the inside of the B1 ??!!

It would be a quick enough build that I may have to go for it. Damn I forgot that I have the rusty half track to build first, thanks to Ken

Looking forward to seeing those tracks on the model.

Rob
www.scratchmod.com

 

[Tim A.]

Looking great Tim.
I was thinking that if I ever built this one I would definately have to get Friuls for it, but your method of thinning the tracks looks super. Can't wait to see the full run of tracks.

Tom

Neither can I Tom I've got about half of one track done - very boring work!

Thanks guys,
I aint come across any interior shots yet. The one in the pic looks like it was used as a plinking target though.

I'll spend hours making a part that is almost as good as the commercial offerings :laugh:

Tim