Progress pictures Quad & 25pdr

Wow, the truck and the gun looks good.

Looking good to me. What is that sticking up from the middle of the tire?

Looking great Joe. Can't wait to see an update.

Did you use Rustall to get that attractive looking exhaust? You do nice work.

Coming along great Joe !!!!

Looking sweeet. Better than mine did.

Looking good, jkeller

Joe,
i think you mean 'winch' !
looking great.
i am working on the same kit & have 2 questions:
1) what is that 'rack' that the spare is sitting on?
i don't think there is one of those in my kit.

2) i assume that you are still getting ready to paint the tires on the back sides?
because i think the rubber extends down to the next 'ring' going toward
the center. not sure why Tamiya molded it like that, as it will make
painting much harder.

i agree w/ the others: the exhaust looks excellent!

Gee great . What kit is this I havn't seen this around for quite a long time This was the first kit I ever built and liked way back when I still had mothers milk around my mouth. so if you could give me info it would be most appreciated.

It's Joe's wench, he can do whatever he wants to with that cable!

Looking great, Joe. Can't wait to see it finished.

Very nice larry. I like the old quad kit a lot... I can't wait to see it painted.

Jimq,
if he is building the same one i am (and i think he is)
it is a 1/35 Tamiya kit that has Quad, limber & 25 pounder together.
(Tamiya 35044 abt $24 US)
they also box Quad & gun separately.
(Quad alone -Tamiya 35045 abt $15US)
(can't find # for just the gun, but i have seen it in my LHS, i think
unless that was the 6 pounder).
in any case, the combo kit is a great deal.

Thanks Wildwilliam now the hunt begins. just havn"t seen it at my local hobby shop.

Joe, Im only getting Xs.

Alan
i did too a few minutes ago, but the pics are back now.

Jimq,
they should be able to get it, it is still in production.
it is a nice kit; i am getting ready to paint sub assemblies on the Quad,
and have started to build the limber.
some tricky painting (for me) as some of the parts 'shield' others,
so i may have to paint, assmble & paint some more.

Yep it's the 1/35 Tamiya with 25pdr. Thanks for the comments. Still have some work to do but I'm hoping to finish this month.

Lizarding2: I attached a link that shows what I was tring to achieve. I had to guess on a few things but that thing in the middle of the tire is suppose to be a bolt that is used to hold the tire down. Like a spare tire in a car. Not sure what it would be called.

Gderue: That's RUSTALL. That stuff is great. I used to hate simulating rust but that stuff makes it easy.

Wildwilliam: LOL guess I need to work on my spelling too. I added the rack to hold the tire because all the ref photos I came across showed the tire mounted to this thing. If it didn't have a rack it didn't have a spare tire. It made sense to me becaused I couldn't see how the tire would stay setting at that angle. It will also give me a nice area to place gear. Not sure why Tamiya did not add this or why there is not an aftermarket one available.

Regarding the Tires.....doh! That's why it looks strange. Well looks like I need to fix the seam there and apply some more black. I really appreciate pointing that out.

I look forward to more comments.
(link for Quad ref. See tire rack on b\w photo bottom of page)
http://www.geocities.com/motorcity/pit/8092/quad_restoration.htm

although i am not an expert of things without wings i think it looks great.

joe

Joe,
we will call it even, since you have clued me in on the rack.
of course, i drilled out the holes for the 'flush mount' Saturday . . .
ooops!
i just figured they had some kind of plate like the one on the rack,
just mounted flat to the rear deck.
hmmm . . . .

i have painted some of the underside & the axles and 'inside' parts of the wheel tire.
now i have to figure out how to assemble & paint for the pesky tires.

QUOTE: Originally posted by wildwilliam Joe, .........i just figured they had some kind of plate like the one on the rack, just mounted flat to the rear deck. hmmm . . . .

Wildwilliam: That's always a possiblity. There is hook or some type of mechanism on the bottom of the rack. I have also seen this on quads without the rack. There is just not alot of info. To bad there wasn't a resident FSM quad expert.

Yeah those tires. I will have to figure that one out. Hey where were you earlier.
We could of built this thing together.

Sorry, i got a late start on the towed group, and then did a Pak 40 to start so i would get something done. w/ that almost finished, i decided i might have time to do the Quad by the end of the month.

i was doing a 'buddy build' on the Tamiya Razorback.

i like the way the underside of your Quad looks.
i cannot decide if i want to do the differential & drive shafts in the body color, or more of a metal color like the engine.

i searched the Web for photos and found squat.

looks great so far!!! keep it up!! I have the kit in my stast and am anxiously awaiting its build.

Looking great Joe...like the others, I can't wait to see pics of the 'wench'

Tamiya used to split the tyres this way on almost all their kits so that you could fit the pieces inside to let the wheels move. This 'toy' approach hails back to the days when they also offered the 'toy' wire remote control tanks as an optional kit to the static model of the same vehicle.

Very nice job so far. It's a pity that you won't see much of the work on the undercarriage when the whole model is finished and sitting on the wheels.

Thanks for the comments guys. I'll post pictures of the wench when I get a chance, LOL.

Wildwilliam: Yeah I almost painted the differential the same as the engine but I decided not too. Here is another link that I have. Most of the vehicles that are on this chassis look like the undercarriage is painted body color. I was fustrated when I couldn't find pictures of the undercarriage.
http://www.mapleleafup.org/vehicles/softskin/fat.html

I guess I should mention I first painted the crevices of the undercarriage with Nato Brown (XF-68) then I follow that with Desert Yellow (XF-59) then wash of Burn Umber then dry brushed with armor sand.

Here is another picture of a different type of rack if your interested.

http://www.armorama.com/modules/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=10965&password=&sort=8&size=medium&cat=12373&page=5