Oh this will be neat. But we're all going to wonder.... what will this be going with? lol  :)

Hello Mike!

Thanks a lot for your comment! As for your question - I thought this is going to look good on the shelf next to my 1/72 Scooter (you know, the A-4B Skyhawk!). I decided to buy this kit after reading this excellent webpage here:

http://whazammo.com/flattop.html

Thanks again and have a nice day

Paweł

Oh wow, I thought you were an all armour sorta guy Pawel 

Looks neat, must be tiny in 1/72nd though- I'd guess maybe an inch/3cm long?

I have seen some of this company's other kits, i was thinking about their pickup truck and flightline tow tractor. But they are really expensive even for resin. It looks nice, but do you really think these are worth the cost.

Very nice start!  I've never seen a complete resin build kit before.  This should be fun to watch!

Toshi

Gentlemen, thanks a lot for your comments!

Gamera - nah, I do all kinds of stuff :-)) Like those babies:

I'd love to do some boats, but I'm still working on the technology to do some water...

The tow tractor is almost two inches long - 49mm to be more exact.

Bish - that's right, those babies are expensive. I gave almost 25$ for this tractor, but this money saves me lots of time when compared with scratchbuilding, so I've said, let's do it. And it's a nice kit with PE and decals.

Toshi - welcome aboard! I wouldn't be myself if I didn't add some wire to my model, now would I? :-))

Speaking about the wire - I have a little update for you, where I put some more parts together. I replaced some of the easier PE with wire so that the details would be sturdier. The huffer box on the rear isn't glued in place yet - I want to have it separate to put on a very delicate exhaust shroud made of PE mesh (from the kit). Here's what it looks now:

Thanks for looking, I hope you liked it - best greetings and have a nice day

Paweł

Pawel

Gentlemen, thanks a lot for your comments!

Gamera - nah, I do all kinds of stuff :-)) Like those babies:

I'd love to do some boats, but I'm still working on the technology to do some water...

The tow tractor is almost two inches long - 49mm to be more exact.

Bish - that's right, those babies are expensive. I gave almost 25$ for this tractor, but this money saves me lots of time when compared with scratchbuilding, so I've said, let's do it. And it's a nice kit with PE and decals.

Toshi - welcome aboard! I wouldn't be myself if I didn't add some wire to my model, now would I? :-))

Speaking about the wire - I have a little update for you, where I put some more parts together. I replaced some of the easier PE with wire so that the details would be sturdier. The huffer box on the rear isn't glued in place yet - I want to have it separate to put on a very delicate exhaust shroud made of PE mesh (from the kit). Here's what it looks now:

Thanks for looking, I hope you liked it - best greetings and have a nice day

Paweł

 

That Skywarrior looks pretty good Pawel!!!

Thats very true, if you wnat it bad enough, you will pay for it. I still have not decide if i want those trucks bad enough.

That does look very nice, i thnik you made a good choice in useing the wire instead of PE. I don't think those parts would have looked right in flat PE.

Hello!

BlackSheepTwoOneFour - thanks a lot! If you'd like to see a WIP, it's here:

http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/modeling_subjects/f/2/t/157264.aspx

Bish - I know what you mean. I was just in the mood :-)

Many times I prefer details made of wire over simple PE or styrene parts. With styrene it's often easier and faster to make a grabhandle out of wire than it is to clean the mold seam from a styrene one. Here I had fine PE handles, but I decided to replace them with wire because of two reasons - one of them is the shape, but the second is that I can drill holes and glue the wire parts firmly to the model, so that I don't have to worry about knocking them off later while handling the model.

Thanks a lot for your comments and have a nice day

Paweł

Hello!

I'll be soon putting some primer on my tractor, so I wanted to show you, how it looked like before. I added the PE hangers for the starter hose. I also did some research and I found how I can enhance the model just a little bit more, so I have scratchbuilt the front hitch and the hood hinges. I'll add the front grilles after I put some yellow paint on that baby, and paint the radiator cavities some dark colour, so as not to get the overspray on the radiator. So here's the photo:

Thanks for looking and have a nice day

Paweł

Hello!

I have primed the basic structure in Tamiya gray primer (spray) and put on the exhaust shroud. That part is really fine and on itself a reason for being of the PE sheet:

This was followed by a light misting coat of white primer. This way I started to build up some shading:

Now I plan to spray on some Humbrol 154 yellow.

Thanks for looking and have a nice day

Paweł

Thats coming on really well.

Yeap, she's lookin' good Pawel. 

Bish, Gamera - thanks a lot for your kind words!

Paweł

Hello!

I have put some paint on:

It's Humbrol 154 yellow with Humbrol 32 tires. I put on some black acrylic wash on the wheels, I think I have to dirty the rest up a little, too.

Thanks for looking, I hope you liked it - have a nice day

Paweł

Hello!

I have managed to to do the front grilles on my tractor. The main grille was backed with sheet styrene in places to give it a little more substance - I've read that 1:1 it was done in cast iron like the whole front, to give the tractor better traction. The top grille was a little to small for the opening and because of that a littl hard to secure in place. I've also completed the driver's seat:

Thanks for reading and have a nice day

Paweł

Hello!

Took me a lot of time, but I have managed to do the air hose for my tractor. I have made it from soldering wire painted tan. Then I have cut a long, thin strip of Tamiya tape - about three times as long as the wire. I have painted it black and wrapped it around the wire. I have also turned two fittings out of sprue, using my Proxxon and painted them aluminium. Here's the photo:

Thanks for lookin' and have a nice day!

Paweł

She's lookin' good Pawel. The air hose really came out well. 

Hello!

Gamera - sorry for taking so long to reply! Thanks a lot for your kind words.

As for the hose, I have folded it and now it rests on the supports:

There is some touch up nesessary, but that will be done soon. As you can see I also started working on the driver. He started as a resin copy of the driver from the Fujimi deck crew set. Of course he didn't fit at first, but then I started working him with hot water. That worked some, but not enough, then I cut and wired the joints - "ankles" and "knees". That worked and now his feet rest on the pedals, there should also be enough place for the driving wheel. I'm going to paint him as a "green shirt", which I was told would be correct if he operated the air starter.

So I'm movin' on to work on the figure - thanks for lookin' and have a nice day

Paweł

Hello!

I started working on the hands of the driver, but first I covered his body with grey paint to see where the surface imperfections might be. First thing - I squashed his nose, I'm going to have to fix that! The hands - they were supposed to at least touch the wheel. The Fujimi hands were too long, lookin' spider like - so I straightened them using hot water, then I cut them at the elbows and repositioned. for now it looks like this:

Now I can start the painting of the driver. Thanks for looking and have a nice day

Paweł

Hello!

It's been a long time, especially for such a small model, but it's done at last - I'm just a slow builder. I have painted the driver and assembled the extra flimsy driving wheel. I had to make a new shaft for that wheel because the original stub was just too short. I also managed to knock off the rear hook, so I scratchbuilt a new one - same style the front one is. And here we go with the finished photos:

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And here's a publicity shot together with my A-4B made against a sheet of a fine sandpaper:

Thanks for looking and I hope you liked it - have a nice day!

Paweł