Duke Maddog's Armor Factory! Second Tour! WARNING! Lots of Pics!

Good day everyone and welcome once again to my Armor Factory! Today we get to watch as the 1/72 scale Israeli Merkava makes it's way down the assembly line!

Here is the Merkava's lower hull, ready for the individual track links; sitting next to the almost completed turret:



I still need to mount the machine guns on the turret, but that will happen last so to reduce the chance and frequency of breakage.

Next, we see the test fit of the turret, upper hull and lower hulls together after the track links had been installed. She's looking pretty fine here:



Now we see the lower hull after the tracks and wheels have been painted. The upper hull has just been cemented to the lower hull.



In this view, the turret has been painted and mounted on the hull assembly. All the other parts that fit on the hull are also mounted as well. She's ready for her basecoat!



Here she is with her basecoat on, and some of the details started. Soon she'll be ready for her Clearcoat and decals!



And that concludes our tour for today. Er, what's this? Oh! I guess the crew is getting ready for a small project to do next:



Hmmm, a 1/72 scale Russian 57mm Anti-tank gun with a no.11 blade showing size reference. This should be quick! Hey, it looks like it has already been started! (Real rubber tires! Oh my!) [:0]

Well, see you at the next tour!