Takom Tiger 2 Repair Dio

[mike walsh]

Thanks Guys,

Heavens Eagle,

I am surprised they did not do the tyres out of plastic and done them in a 2 part mould.
The detail is excellent in this truck but maybe the more people that post the concerns/problems in public model forums they "the manufacturers" may look at alternative ways, it's been done before by some manufacturers.

Michael

 

[Tankbuilder]

I've noticed that a number of kit makers have gone the vinyl tire route. Some have even done that with the rubber tires that go on a tank's road wheels. IMHO, plastic is far better than vinyl for tires.

Cheers

 

[mike walsh]

Totally agree Tankbuilder on your opinion

Back with a quick update on the bussing Nag with Crane

Now ready for paint in sub sections, will have to work now with the Takom tiger 2 engine and the crane jib to see if the jib will hold the weight of the engine.

Michael

 

[moon puppy]

That tiger motor is sweet, I keep thinking it would look great outside the tank, so much detail on it. It'll be cool hanging from that crane.

 

[Iron Mike]

Now that's a pile of parts!

 

[mike walsh]

Thanks Guys,
Bob,
Looking forward to this to having the engine suspended in mid air.

The Bussing nag packed away from the dust

The 2 kings

Super king and Takom King :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

Michael

 

[mike walsh]

Quick Update

Takom tiger 2 base started, was going to go straight to the engine but could not hold back to start this monster :pinch:

The sides are not glued in, will paint and detail before placing together.
Filled up the whopping big sink marks in the base. Something a lot of modellers have skipped over, I know you do not see it when all the items are together but sink holes stand out like dogs balls when progress shots are being done.

Michael

 

[moon puppy]

Hey Mike, watch the rear of the hull and the transom, if you're building it with the engine removed you might want to go ahead and get it installed to keep the hull shape. My hull had a slight bow and it's causing me problems now. I think I have to pull mine out and get that transom removed and reseated. Might have to take out some things from inside to do it.

 

[Iron Mike]

 

[mike walsh]

Thanks for the heads up Bob, your right, I just had a look at the rear of mine and it has a bow in it as well hmy:
Looks like there is some homework to do on the hull
A lot of test fitting needed on this big boy

Hey Mike, watch the rear of the hull and the transom, if you're building it with the engine removed you might want to go ahead and get it installed to keep the hull shape. My hull had a slight bow and it's causing me problems now. I think I have to pull mine out and get that transom removed and reseated. Might have to take out some things from inside to do it.

Michael

 

[mike walsh]

Hello again,

Here is the next installment of images
The Takom tiger 2 is a huge build. The engine alone is a good few hours work. The parts are broken down to the respective areas and boxed to keep clear of dust and can be painted and weathered individually.

The air filters have been separated and further detailing will be required to enhance them as they will be outside on the ground.

Michael

 

[Iron Mike]

No pics. Have you tried the attachment method of adding photos to your posts? No Photobucket required.

 

[moon puppy]

Have I ever mentioned how much photobucket sucks?

 

[mike walsh]

Thanks Bob,

And on that note,I'm going to call this build blog finished.

The web host for wip images has ceased.

The completed build will be submitted to Modellers alliance at a later date.

Once I find a suitable web host other to store images.

Thank you everyone for your comments and viewing.

Michael

 

[moon puppy]

Mike, Luiz uses http://imageshack.com/ and I don't recall ever seeing a problem generated from there.

You always more than welcome to use the file attachment process here at MA but sharing with other forums is a bit troublesome. I would suggest our own hosting service but it will be turned off when we move to our new server (no really, we're gonna move!). Maybe we'll have something new once on the new server, will keep you updated.

Is Photobucket shut down completely? I can't even go to their main site.

 

[mike walsh]

Thanks Bob,

I have joined Image shack and Imgur and will separate the images to reduce file size.

The down side is going back through the pages to alter the images,mmm that is a lot of mucking around. :yipee

I will do that in my spare time somehow :frantic :v hmy: :laugh:

Michael

 

[moon puppy]

just curious, how much does Photobucket want to allow 3rd party hosting?

 

[mike walsh]

Bob,

$400 a year to pay for the privelege to show your images on the internet.mmm I understand a company has to make money but they have made it like it's a payment for registration for a small car in Brisbane, sorry, a small car rego costs a little more but I am not paying that sought of money.

Been a long serving member of photobucket since 2003 or therabouts.

Cleared all my folders off PB and saved them all to the hard drive and that will be it for me and photobucket.

Split it between other image providers and it's all happy days apart from reposting the images, which I can live with.

Michael

 

[Tankbuilder]

Photobucket?

What's the problem with Photobucket? Just a few minutes ago I created a new album there and uploaded some images into it. Here's one of them.



Cheers

 

[moon puppy]

Bob,

$400 a year

hOLY cRAP!

I've been warning folks for years about them.