Heavens Eagle
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Have one of these in my stash too Bob. Will be watching. 
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SdKfz 251/17 Ausf. C. Luftwaffe
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I've been able to get a little time here and there with this. All I can say is test fit, sand, check and fit again before trying to apply glue. 
Like I said elsewhere, I forgot how hot fresh Tenax7 is and it got away from me around the armor windscreen. That area gave me a fit, I would suggest installing that armor before you install the forward section to the lower hull. I guess I had it bowed in a bit cause I had to shorten the top place for it to fit, oddly the top of the windscreen armor did not have to be changed but I may have it wedged inthere wrong. But it's all in there now and ain't going no where. got some clean up to do around there and touch up the paint. I know it's an odd painting order but that's how my mind has been rolling. :frantic
Still lots of stuff to add to the body then we'll move on to the gun.
Still lots of stuff to add to the body then we'll move on to the gun.
Sherman 18
Master at Arms
Just saw this, there is a sink mark on the upper right rear, last photo. I've looked at this more than a couple of times and now there it is.
:tomato
Want to see this done just neat looking design.
:tomato
Want to see this done just neat looking design.
Thanks Jeff, missed it, will patch it up. Don't know how you armor guys would approach painting this, got so much detail up in the cab that gets buried but later in construction there's a lot of sanding to make things fit. BTW, anyone building this who may read this, I would suggest getting the windscreen armor and that top plate fitted before installing the front upper hull to the body, I got mine bowed in a bit and made all that a bit of a pain to get in.
I got pictures again but just haven't gotten them off the camera yet :facepalm
I got pictures again but just haven't gotten them off the camera yet :facepalm
I'll save y'all the time
:nopics
I'm to the gun now. Really like how this is going together. Tristar did the gun for this and I think this is the first Tristar kit I have built. Lots of opportunity to make movable parts, think when it's done the gun will be movable with the sights linked in with the gun elevation.
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I'll get some pictures up tomorrow...promise.
:nopics
I'm to the gun now. Really like how this is going together. Tristar did the gun for this and I think this is the first Tristar kit I have built. Lots of opportunity to make movable parts, think when it's done the gun will be movable with the sights linked in with the gun elevation.
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I'll get some pictures up tomorrow...promise.
I gotta tell ya. I'm just not feeling the love on this build. Seems everytime I move forward I find a spot that needs attention and have to sand, fill and repaint. Kinda boring me so I"m going to shelf this for a while and do some aircraft that's been naggin' me. 
Here's where I stand now. Kinda blah grey. Nothing going on.
And yep, the doors still work..sofar.
I notice on the instructions for the gun it calls for no glue to be used at some of the links and stuff but, it gives no way of securing those parts without glue. Not sure what's up with that. I guess I need to decide if we're going to be opened up for firing or closed up for travel. Think I'm also dreading the tracks...oh well. I'll pick this back up soon.
Here's where I stand now. Kinda blah grey. Nothing going on.
And yep, the doors still work..sofar.
I notice on the instructions for the gun it calls for no glue to be used at some of the links and stuff but, it gives no way of securing those parts without glue. Not sure what's up with that. I guess I need to decide if we're going to be opened up for firing or closed up for travel. Think I'm also dreading the tracks...oh well. I'll pick this back up soon.
I'll press on Luiz, biggest problem lately has been time. Getting 10-15 minutes here and there doesn't make for a good modeling session.
Dusan I really try to avoid that if I can. I have to clear the bench and move to something else. The Eindecker really has me thinking right now, and I want to get to those resin birds also.
Dusan I really try to avoid that if I can. I have to clear the bench and move to something else. The Eindecker really has me thinking right now, and I want to get to those resin birds also.
Now that the Fokker is done I'll get back on this, got a couple of figures to paint also.
Now that the Fokker is done I'll get back on this, got a couple of figures to paint also.
Told ya I'd get back to this. Only took 5 years. Getting back to it means pulling it from the shelf of doom as a distraction of what life has thrown at us in the last several weeks.
Digging this out of the Halftracks II build.
Not as far as I thought I was but still pretty stinkin' close.
What in the world! There's fresh paint fumes and wet paint in the garage!
Not much of an update but I did break away from everything today and sprayed some dark yellow over the german grey. My though process is I'm going to have a mix up of grey and dark yellow, as if this vehicle started out grey and painted over when that order came out. But it wasn't done well and some replacement parts have not been painted. I don't know if this ever actually happened, don't care...I'm just trying to get back in the swing of things. I'm thinking green and brown tiger stripes camo but nothing elaborate. Again thinking this was a rush job in the field.
Not much of an update but I did break away from everything today and sprayed some dark yellow over the german grey. My though process is I'm going to have a mix up of grey and dark yellow, as if this vehicle started out grey and painted over when that order came out. But it wasn't done well and some replacement parts have not been painted. I don't know if this ever actually happened, don't care...I'm just trying to get back in the swing of things. I'm thinking green and brown tiger stripes camo but nothing elaborate. Again thinking this was a rush job in the field.
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