Worst part of building Armor?

Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, March 25, 2004 11:16 AM

Is only getting to use my green, brown and flat black paints.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, March 25, 2004 10:54 AM

I am new to armor, I only have two vehicles.
A Mobelwagen and a FistV APC.
I think the worst part is those individual tracks segments. I have been putting it off until I realized that either it is going to work or it isn't. If they don't, then I am in the same boat as I was before I started. BUT, if they do work, then I am way ahead of the game.

Once the treads are on, everything else will be easy.

Oh, about building to what the box looks like. I read someplace how you can tell if you are not an amateur. It is when you stop trying to make your model look like the box or like someone else's fantastic build.

I'm still an amateur I still look to the box and I am still annoyed with TREADS! Big Smile [:D]

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wipw

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January 2003
From: Utah - USA

Posted by wipw on Thursday, March 18, 2004 12:26 PM

QUOTE: My wife telling me I spend more time with "my little plastic toys" than I do with her...

Hmmm, my wife's complaint is that I spend too much time doing hobbies, and not enough doing housework. Geeze, go figure!

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 17, 2004 6:33 AM

Finishing it! There's always something that does'nt look right sometimes.
Indies, I got a stiff neck doing those!

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 16, 2004 11:21 PM

Gotta laugh at Ex18B comment my wife says that to just about every hobbie I have this one being the worst some (women) dont seem to understand .

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 16, 2004 11:12 PM

Hey thanks for the welcoming I am thinking of doing the abrams gb. I have the dragon m1a1ha which was my first armor purchase .......the indivdual track links kinda scared me away from it. I purchased it in 95 sometimeago anyway I just picked up the baghdad version and it is the same kit except for figures and a few misc. things. so not sure which to do. Wish I had a digital camara so I could share some of my work. Well either way this should prove to be a fun time. Happy moddeling.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 16, 2004 9:56 PM

Individual link tracks! painting the rubber on roadwheels is the worst part of building the wheels.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 16, 2004 9:24 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by wipw

QUOTE: nothing beats those individual tracks wherein each track link is composed of three parts.

Oh yes there is...indy tracks composed of 4 or 5 parts!!

oh there are track links with 4 or 5 parts? what kits are those so i could stay away from them.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 16, 2004 9:15 PM

Not having enough to build.... Road Wheels... My wife telling me I spend more time with "my little plastic toys" than I do with her... (Not true BTW)...

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beav

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May 2003
From: Ft. Sill, OK

Posted by beav on Tuesday, March 16, 2004 5:56 PM

It is a very close tie between the whole undercarraiage up to the sponsons, and the indy tracks-both are dislikeable.

"First to Fire!"

Steven

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 16, 2004 5:11 PM

The Worst, the absolute worst, HAVING TO SPENd ALL DAY AT SCHOOL JUST BEING ABLE TO THINK ABOUT MY MODELS, NOT BUILDING THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Or when the vinyl tracks are to small and you brak off the idler wheel trying to connect the ends Banged Head [banghead]

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 16, 2004 5:07 PM

definetly road wheels

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Anthony

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February 2003

Posted by Anthony on Tuesday, March 16, 2004 12:42 PM

Earlier in another forum, I have already mentioned I dislike building roadwheels. Now I recall one part I truly HATE no matter what kit I build(armour, planes, etc) --CLEANING UP MY AIRBRUSH. It's time consuming, messy and I have to do it.

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wipw

Member since
January 2003
From: Utah - USA

Posted by wipw on Tuesday, March 16, 2004 12:32 PM

QUOTE: nothing beats those individual tracks wherein each track link is composed of three parts.

Oh yes there is...indy tracks composed of 4 or 5 parts!!

Bill

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 16, 2004 12:25 PM

i dunno but how come i like building the road wheels? lol
when i build them, i clip the road wheel parts and line them up together with the half of the road wheel adjacent to them, put all the needed poly caps then put a drop of glue on each road wheel half then join them from the road wheel that is first in line up to the last. this way, it's faster. painting them is quite annoying.

nothing beats those individual tracks wherein each track link is composed of three parts. ay yay yay!

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 16, 2004 11:40 AM

Tracks and Zimmerit (well getting past the "Im going to wreck the whole kit if i mess the Zimmerit up" mood)
and Sherman tracks

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Kumy

Member since
December 2002
From: Steeler Country

Posted by Kumy on Tuesday, March 16, 2004 11:08 AM

1. Finding "tweezer-pulted" PE parts in the carpet...

2. Gettin rid of ejector pin marks on tracks...

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 16, 2004 10:12 AM

Treads treads treads treads!!!

Did I mention treads? Tongue [:P]

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wipw

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January 2003
From: Utah - USA

Posted by wipw on Tuesday, March 16, 2004 10:10 AM

Welcome thundergod.

#1 - realizing there is no way I'm gonna' get my model to look as good as the pictures on the box.

#2 - spending 20 hours building Model Kasten tracks and having them fall apart.

#3 - looking at all the ejector pin marks on the tracks that led me to buy the MK tracks in the first place.

#4 - Aber 3 part tool clamps and workable hinges!

Bill ==========================================================

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========================================================== -- There is a fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness". (Author unknown)

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subfixer

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March 2004
From: Spartanburg, SC

Posted by subfixer on Tuesday, March 16, 2004 9:57 AM

I don't like boring out machine gun barrels and cleaning up gun barrel seams.
Welcome thundergod!

I'm from the government and I'm here to help.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 16, 2004 9:39 AM

1. Tracks for Tamiya's Famo
2. Droping small but important parts on the carpet. Banged Head [banghead]

3. And........Ohh yes! roadwheels Disapprove [V]

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 16, 2004 6:32 AM

Indy tracks, indy tracks, indy tracks, indy tracks, indy tracks (get the idea? )

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spector822002

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December 2003
From: Southern Maine

Posted by spector822002 on Tuesday, March 16, 2004 6:29 AM

definatly painting rubber on road wheels , so tedious , so boring ! but after the road wheels , I would say drybrushing , it just plain ruins brushes , and tears off your hard work on small PE parts !

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 16, 2004 5:34 AM

Road wheels are a pain, and cleaning up after a sloppy manufacture is rotten too. However like all hobbies its a labor of love. BUT I think the greatest pain is when the barrel of the cannon on some tanks comes in two halves, and those two halves dont wanna mate evenly. if you sand em the barrel is uneven. And then you have to do what you shoulda done in the first place, goto the shop and have them order a white metal cannon.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, March 15, 2004 7:59 PM

Lets give a big welcome to thundergod! Sign - Welcome [#welcome]

Welcome to the forum. Hope we can help you in every way we can!

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, March 15, 2004 7:53 PM

Heck on any model: sanding and filling in ejector pins marks, removing mould seams!
On armor specifically: doing individual track links, but if done right are worth the effort!

Glenn

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, March 15, 2004 6:58 PM

I have had it lucky with the road wheels on the few kits i have done, The thing i hate is when just as your about to put that super small peice on you drop it and it is sucked into a blackhole and now you stuck trying to scratchbuild something to replace it.