Love how she's coming along so far, looking forward to seeing how you weather the behemoth!

PANZERJAGER

......the correct primer is iron oxide, and the way I weather Is to actually wear away paint in certain areas to duplicate "real" wear and tare on the paint.  So the primer must be applied 1st. so as to be Visible as i abrade the paint.  Hope this helps...

 I know you're talking about the paint but here's some interesting info about the two main types of iron oxide.

 Fe2O3 is red and Fe3O4 is black. They change back and forth fairly readily and appearance depends on impurities and how it occurs. Steel beams as they come from the mill have a deep blue, almost black mill scale from surface oxidation that will rust to the more stable red. Some firearms were once browned (in the 1800s) by repeatedly rusting, rubbing off the loose rust, then rusting again and doing this repeatedly until finally oiling. Others were given a gray to deep blue finish by doing the same thing but adding the step of boiling in water to turn the red oxide to black.

When you look closely you can see that beautiful texture..........

                   made the hair on my neck tingle

 I just love the color you put on this baby.

 Even though I like to build dirty, I can really appreciate good lookin' work like this. 'Ya got something to be proud of here my man!

Paint, Decals and wash!  getting close to done.

wash still wet.

PANZERJAGER

Thank you Roy, You did verify my observation that it does look like that tank had T66 tracks on it.

But, you are mistaken on one thing.  T-66 track as pictured above were classified as " Dry pin" track I.e. dead track very much like the Germans used in WWII.

Regardless as to the suspension design, the 1st M4A3E8 Sherman tanks came equipped with them.  And latter were equipped with "live" track.

I just would like to be able to find out the "back story" of that picture, and why they were using that track at that time.  What that picture does provide is a possibility for an interesting option as to model this T28 kit...

But I digress..............

PANZERJAGER  

I agree with  you Panzerjager.  The interesting pic you put up earlier do make the tracks appear to be T66s.  But T66s were live tracks -- no doubt about it.  As were the T80s and T84s.  All three HVSS tracks were live.

Like I said before, the features that made the track "live" were bushings in the pin attachments that linked the track shoes together.    Remember, the suspensions were designed to only take live tracks.  Both the VVS and HVSS (which is what the T28 had) absolutely could only ride with live tracks.

the doog

Very nice detailing!

A curious color to prime it though--are you planning to do some ort of radical hairspray chipping on it?

Thanks Karl,

But the correct primer is iron oxide, and the way I weather Is to actually wear away paint in certain areas to duplicate "real" wear and tare on the paint.  So the primer must be applied 1st. so as to be Visible as i abrade the paint.  Hope this helps...

PANZERJAGER

T26E4

@Panzerjager: the T28 had live tracks.  Regardless of what the face of the link was composed of or looked like, the design of "Live Tracks" had to do with bushings INSIDE the link which made it curl.  

web.inter.nl.net/users/spoelstra/g104/track_vvss.htm

Look at these Sherman tread types.  ALL were live tracks.  The use of live tracks had to deal with how the suspension was designed -- and had nothing to do with whatever was the configuration of the link shoes themselves.  They could be smooth rubber, rubber chevron, composite rubber/steel, all steel, steel cleat, whatever -- and all be LIVE tracks.

The T28 Assuault gun's suspension was designed for live tracks and thus, ALWAYS had live tracks mounted to it.

Thanks Roy,

But I was thinking they look like T-66 tracks in that picture.

@Panzerjager: the T28 had live tracks.  Regardless of what the face of the link was composed of or looked like, the design of "Live Tracks" had to do with bushings INSIDE the link which made it curl.  

web.inter.nl.net/users/spoelstra/g104/track_vvss.htm

Look at these Sherman tread types.  ALL were live tracks.  The use of live tracks had to deal with how the suspension was designed -- and had nothing to do with whatever was the configuration of the link shoes themselves.  They could be smooth rubber, rubber chevron, composite rubber/steel, all steel, steel cleat, whatever -- and all be LIVE tracks.

The T28 Assuault gun's suspension was designed for live tracks and thus, ALWAYS had live tracks mounted to it.

Very nice detailing!

A curious color to prime it though--are you planning to do some ort of radical hairspray chipping on it?

Just noticed this!

In this picture the t28 seems to have single pin track on it vs. "live" track.

This is the only pic like this, all other have "live" track, interesting....

panzerjager

M. Brindos

I just got a compressor for my AB yesterday so I'm itching to paint the M-103 now. I'm literally bouncing inside with anticipation lol.

I can sympathize completely lol.

Congrats! on the new equipment man!

that M-103 looks like a good kit though.

I just got a compressor for my AB yesterday so I'm itching to paint the M-103 now. I'm literally bouncing inside with anticipation lol.

I can sympathize completely lol.

M. Brindos

No problem. You earned it.  :D

Can't wait for the primer to out-gass, so I can get the O.D. on it!

No problem. You earned it.  :D

M. Brindos

Oh my. That just looks fantastic in primer.  O.O

The OD is really going to make this come to life fully.

Thanks Brindos!

Oh my. That just looks fantastic in primer.  O.O

The OD is really going to make this come to life fully.

Primer was a success!

now I will have to wait 2 days for it to dry completely before I can add the O.D. paint.

PANZERJAGER

Gamera

Whoa! That does look really, really good!!!

Thanks Gamera!

Been an exhausting build...

Can't wait till I get primer on it tomorrow!

Whoa! That does look really, really good!!!

including bolts too!

see you in primer!!!

Last pics before I prime this beast!

M. Brindos

All of that amazing detail.... Yummy.

Thanks Brindos!

You did say "Bring it".....

PANZERJAGER

All of that amazing detail.... Yummy.

the doog

Wow, that looks super! Do you actually mean that there are no tow hooks provided, or were they just wrong?

Thanks Karl!

As a mater of fact there are no tow hooks of main tow cables in the kit.

There are however small towing cables included for when the external tracks are being towed like a trailer.

This being said, there is no provision "in the kit" for stowing them on the hull.

I also decided to replace the kit tools with some of my copies of the Formations Models set.

time to rest till tomorrow.

Wow, that looks super! Do you actually mean that there are no tow hooks provided, or were they just wrong?

Now for the good part;

PANZERJAGER

Sorry for the silence for the last couple of days.

But progress has been made!

I had to carve from scratch one of the 4 tow hooks needed for this project.

then I had to make a mold and cast the rest of them:

waynec

looking good. are you going to put it on a base with a figure standing next ti it to show it's true size?

Actually I'm going to put the T.C. and the driver in the hatches.

looking good. are you going to put it on a base with a figure standing next ti it to show it's true size?

Gamera

Coming along nicely! Thanks for letting us come along for the ride.

Thanks,

Glad your looking in...