Hey wow, very cool! I built the same kit in the Italeri box years ago. I don't remember any real issues with the kit- you should enjoy this one. I didn't add any aftermarket parts to mine though. Hopefully everything fits on yours without any issues. 

Thanks Gamera I am also hoping that everything fits togather well.

What a great looking kit!  And all the extras are just going to take it over the top!  I'll be watching your progress and comments about resin and PE.  I have yet to adventure into that realm yet, so your thoughts and comments will be a great resource for me!  Awesome dio you have there!  Can't wait to see the progress pics!

Eagle90

O, nice, will be watching this. I have the Iraleri boxing that i will be doing later this year, so i'll be watching this.

I have found Verliunden sets hit and miss. I have found tehre engines in particular have fit issues, but otehrs sets have been fine.

Eagle90 welcome aboard and I hope I can be helpful.

Bish thanks, I am lucky that the Verliunden set has only update parts for the engine and not a complete one.

Nice start, good to see that resin is fitting well. Some nice dtail tehre.

For engine colours i tend to go for a slightly shiny black. I found it hard to find exact info, but thats what it looks like from the pics i have seen.

Very cool vehilcle,looks good so far.

Good start so far. Keep them updates coming

Thanks for stoping by and haveing a look Eric and Tojo

A nice update there. And thanks for the heads up. I'll make a note of that.

You mention individual tracks, are these Am tracks or with the kit, mine has good old Italeri rubber band tracks, though i have a set of metal ones to replace them.

Bish

A nice update there. And thanks for the heads up. I'll make a note of that.

You mention individual tracks, are these Am tracks or with the kit, mine has good old Italeri rubber band tracks, though i have a set of metal ones to replace them.

 

Bish mine came with the kit I think Tamiya updated the tracks when they reboxed the kit. They are some small links it should be fun. I am thinking about trying to build them kind of like link and length that is what the instructions show.

Robert

That explains the referance to new parts i had seen mention of. I know they wilkl be small, they are the same tracks as used on the Pz I and i imagine similar to the 251 tracks in size.

Robert - 

That's a great looking kit and so far an excellent job. I look forward to watching you advance on to the dio scenery. Enjoy the build!

Hunter

Robert - 

That's a great looking kit and so far an excellent job. I look forward to watching you advance on to the dio scenery. Enjoy the build!

 

 

 

Nice start on the trees. I did my first ones last year, i kow how much work goes into them. Look forward to seeing more of yours.

Bish

Nice start on the trees. I did my first ones last year, i kow how much work goes into them. Look forward to seeing more of yours.

 

Thanks Bish they do take a lot of work but are so worth it.

Robert

Hello Rob!

That half track is lookin' good! Nice work with the engine. As for the colour of it, the block is usually left unpainted in Europe, so it has the colour of a raw steel casting, liberally covered with oil and soot. The sheet metal parts like the valve cover are usually painted black. The exhaust manifold is light rust colour. Something along these lines:

Hope it helps - good luck with your build and have a nice day

Paweł

Thanks Pawel that should help nicely and thanks for stopping by to take a look.

Robert

You're moving right along, nice work! I love those trees too. 

PS: One of the 'rubber' tires on my kit cracked in half a couple of years after I assembled the kit. The other tire still looks fine and I've had several people comment that they've never had an issue with them, so maybe it's my bad luck but just a word of warning there. 

Some nice work on those trees, looks like a good start for the dio plans. 

Thanks for the heads up Gamera. I will keep my fingers crossed that my tires are some of the good ones but with my luck probable not.

Robert

wbill76

Some nice work on those trees, looks like a good start for the dio plans. 

 

Rob - 

Buddy it's looking great. I went through and looked at all your photos and your doing a great job. You are going to have to teach me how you built those trees. They looked awesome. Keep us up to date...enjoying your build.

Those track links do look good, but they still give me a migrane looking at them. 

Nice job scraping out the detail, looking forward to seeing the resin replacements in there.