fledermaus
Master at Arms
Bob, Mike, Christian and Luiz thanks a lot
Paul I have many other old kits that want to build and update, it is part of the fun taking this kits up to newer kits standards
After the emergency surgery I went on and did a little more work on the fenders, now I began attaching the tools and other PE details…all this work was already done when the surgery began so many of the installed parts can be seen in some of the roof surgery photos.
Here I installed the spare boogies bin and the covers for the ventilation area, one is shown closed.
The tools for the left side and other details are attached...
The completed left side
And the right side tools, I used tools from the model and from the tamiya panzer IV tool set to replace the no so good ones on the model.
Some work on the rear of the tank, here I installed the muffler w/PE and wooden block, also started working on some pin marks…
Now is the turn for the side armor skirts frames, after inspecting the kits part I decided to make new frames from PE leftovers, and after seen Rick’s M2 PE cabin work I couldn’t resist to try soldering the parts(this is my first soldering in PE, thanks Rick!!) guess what
It is more fun than I expected!!!
Here is one of the stock parts, and the PE carrier I used to make the replacement
The metal is bent to shape, the center reinforcement is cut to size, and the original part for comparison is on top
All parts are finished a total of 6 are needed, 3 for each side, to the left the originals…
That’s all for now, I’m working on the road wheels and tracks to be followed by the zimmerit set, more coming soon!! Thanks for looking!
Abdin
Paul I have many other old kits that want to build and update, it is part of the fun taking this kits up to newer kits standards
After the emergency surgery I went on and did a little more work on the fenders, now I began attaching the tools and other PE details…all this work was already done when the surgery began so many of the installed parts can be seen in some of the roof surgery photos.
Here I installed the spare boogies bin and the covers for the ventilation area, one is shown closed.
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The tools for the left side and other details are attached...
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The completed left side
![k2GiSBr.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2Fk2GiSBr.jpg&hash=be717ab22fe776df011236fa4644becd)
And the right side tools, I used tools from the model and from the tamiya panzer IV tool set to replace the no so good ones on the model.
![CLNFDii.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FCLNFDii.jpg&hash=2783fca32091215b38d74f474acb77a0)
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Some work on the rear of the tank, here I installed the muffler w/PE and wooden block, also started working on some pin marks…
![X1CtyDC.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FX1CtyDC.jpg&hash=5c97c03b008867eba7c61f55053e696f)
Now is the turn for the side armor skirts frames, after inspecting the kits part I decided to make new frames from PE leftovers, and after seen Rick’s M2 PE cabin work I couldn’t resist to try soldering the parts(this is my first soldering in PE, thanks Rick!!) guess what
It is more fun than I expected!!!
Here is one of the stock parts, and the PE carrier I used to make the replacement
![E2J0oPN.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FE2J0oPN.jpg&hash=61033baa4830979fa6b0714279a95949)
The metal is bent to shape, the center reinforcement is cut to size, and the original part for comparison is on top
![OQJrU3B.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FOQJrU3B.jpg&hash=b26f4380cadfaad03a7d96043a242e03)
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All parts are finished a total of 6 are needed, 3 for each side, to the left the originals…
![SxGD1yW.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FSxGD1yW.jpg&hash=77ec127b0390090aa2ae06b44605d4c3)
That’s all for now, I’m working on the road wheels and tracks to be followed by the zimmerit set, more coming soon!! Thanks for looking!
Abdin