Rob -MadAsKiwi- Mooar
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Hey All
Well.. 7 months down the track, I've finally managed to start work on this beastie.
After closer inspection of this kit, I found it to be really shockingly bad. I don't know how old the dies are, but the castings are warped and have needed a lot of cleaning up. So, between this, and the truncated timetable I have set myself, I'm not going all out on this one, I'm just going to try and get it built by the end date with a couple of minor mods.
So.. I've spent most of today cleaning off my workbench and sanding the chassis of the truck. As mentioned, there was heaps of plastic bleeds to reduce. I've also sorted the guards and running boards (which handily come in one piece), which will go on the model unaltered.
Next was the deck.... which handily comes with a woodgrain finish on the deck.. which has 6 really bad pin marks rendering the deck useless!!! So off to the LHS to get a 3 foot length of Balsa to replace the 3" deck wood.
And lastly, one of the few mods I'll be doing is choppin' the top of the cab. I took a 5mm chunk out of the pillars, and now have to sand up what is left to level and then fill the remaining gaps. But, before that, I need to fill and sand the massive pin marks on the inside of the roof of the cab!!! All fun and games.
Right.. here's the proof work has commenced
Cab marked ready for cutting
Cab post cutting
The tray with new deck wood in place
Dry fit on parts sorted to date
Right.. back to the work bench
Cheers
Rob
Well.. 7 months down the track, I've finally managed to start work on this beastie.
After closer inspection of this kit, I found it to be really shockingly bad. I don't know how old the dies are, but the castings are warped and have needed a lot of cleaning up. So, between this, and the truncated timetable I have set myself, I'm not going all out on this one, I'm just going to try and get it built by the end date with a couple of minor mods.
So.. I've spent most of today cleaning off my workbench and sanding the chassis of the truck. As mentioned, there was heaps of plastic bleeds to reduce. I've also sorted the guards and running boards (which handily come in one piece), which will go on the model unaltered.
Next was the deck.... which handily comes with a woodgrain finish on the deck.. which has 6 really bad pin marks rendering the deck useless!!! So off to the LHS to get a 3 foot length of Balsa to replace the 3" deck wood.
And lastly, one of the few mods I'll be doing is choppin' the top of the cab. I took a 5mm chunk out of the pillars, and now have to sand up what is left to level and then fill the remaining gaps. But, before that, I need to fill and sand the massive pin marks on the inside of the roof of the cab!!! All fun and games.
Right.. here's the proof work has commenced
Cab marked ready for cutting
Cab post cutting
The tray with new deck wood in place
Dry fit on parts sorted to date
Right.. back to the work bench
Cheers
Rob
