wbill76

Greg,

On the Pz II-C the wiring is pretty straightforward. See line diagram below from Achtung Panzer #7 which is posted for discussion purposes only. A conduit runs into the hull right next to the fender and allows separate wiring to go to the horn, Notek light, and regular headlight on the left hand side. On the right, it's the same conduit but with only the one wire for the regular headlight. Hope this helps!

I am stealing this for the Tamiya Panzer II B that I am building. Hopefully it is the same as the C.

I started on it Sunday and will post some photos when I get more then just the road wheels done.

Greg,

On the Pz II-C the wiring is pretty straightforward. See line diagram below from Achtung Panzer #7 which is posted for discussion purposes only. A conduit runs into the hull right next to the fender and allows separate wiring to go to the horn, Notek light, and regular headlight on the left hand side. On the right, it's the same conduit but with only the one wire for the regular headlight. Hope this helps!

Rob: Yeah, what they said! Wow, that's alot of detail for such a small vehicle!

                              Sorry bout the lack of usable information all. Heres the vehicle to which I am inquiring,

Hope the box art helps.Thanks.

                                                             Greg"Detailfreak"Rowley

Rob- Holy sheet!  Remember I am deaf so I don't really pronounce many words too well.  Agree with guys here... the riffles caught my attention right away. 

Carl,,  I will second that - - -

Rob,,,,   Holy-Crapoly!           Superb!!

Rob , "HOLY CRAPe " ......................?

Satch, nice work on the Magic tracks. The DML color differences are subtle and hard to tell apart...they usually bag them separately and when looked at when attached to the "Dragon Card" in the box they are lined up in the "left hand" and "right hand" bags. The bags are also different, one has a red stripe at the top and the other doesn't to help distinguish them. Once outside of the bags though it's up to the old Mk 1 eyeball to tell them apart usually!

Rob, you are really going to town on the detail department with this little Carrier. Very nice!

Greg, I might be able to help...but what vehicle specifically are you looking for info on? I can't recall what you are building for this one, sorry!

SATCH - You sneaking pictures in the dark   Tracks look good. Yes, on some kits I can hardly tell the difference in the color of the links.  Luckily they come separated in their own bags.  I like the disruptive pattern you went with   Any chance of some brighter pics?

What do you pilot?

CARL, ERIC - Thanks.  The kit originally had a rack for the Enfields that held both of them together and was fitted on top of the engine cover.  Was a last minute decision to mount them where they are at now.  I first thought it would be to much but had found photos with some mounted here and now glad I put them there.

No POOP here....I hope........

                          Got a question,anyone have a pic of the proper location for the headlamp and notek lamp wiring penetrates the glacis plate?? None of my refs show much.

                                              Greg"Detailfreak"Rowley

Not even sure you can call it a Tamiya kit anymore with all the goods you've added. I love that Enfield.

HOLY POOP Rob ! .............

Few small things were accomplished and lots of bad pics taken but here they are.

Boogies are all permanently on, front idler wheels are dry fit to help when tracks go on.

Rear plate on stowage bin made, tail light added, jack block holder (on left), tool box (right) box had hasp and lock added on also (not seen in this pic.

Ammo boxes with scratch rack (not sure if happy with boxes), Bren gun (drilled out barrel) with scratch gun bracket.

Rifle and tripod added with brackets and straps added. 

Radio with wiring and another Enfield.

Next up is to try to paint and fix up the kit supplied tracks.  Not to excited about these but will have to make them work. 

Want to get the tracks on before going any further because have made new fender shrouds.  Once these are on then will paint the exterior of the Carrier and then continue to weather the interior.  New fenders made from brass.  They have a slight angle bent in them but hard to see from this pic.

wbill76

 

Carl, thanks! The Aztek is a beauty...I can definitely see some advantages with the metal body versus the plastic one I had before. Namely the balance is better and I have more control when doing detail work.

 

Bill , i use a Testors air brush , a reboxed Aztec , and have good luck with it . The plastic body is a little light feeling , especially after using my Badger 150 . I  have 2 A.B.'s hooked up at the same time is why i go from the Aztec to the Badger .

I'm not much for WIP photos but I did want to show a couple.  I built a jig for making Magic Tracks and used The Doog's tutorial on Armorama to install them on the Pz IV. 

Anybody besides me have trouble distinguising the light gray from the dark gray on Magic Tracks?  And I'm a pilot!

Tread, you're right...Manny is an unreconstructed serial polygamist in every sense of the word!

Carl, thanks! The Aztek is a beauty...I can definitely see some advantages with the metal body versus the plastic one I had before. Namely the balance is better and I have more control when doing detail work.

Gamera, thanks as well! Have to agree that when working with a monotone scheme some tricks are necessary to get some variations...more to come in terms of the weathering/filtering to build on this foundation of course!

Rob, appreciate the comments. The masking did its job well and once the bandages were removed the patient recovered nicely. I agree on the contrast and am glad I opened both hatches instead of just one as I originally planned.

My next MBA class has begun (each one runs 6 weeks) yesterday so I am squeezing in time when I can get it. Tomorrow I have to spend time with the leaf blower and clean up the front yard so may be a few days before I make progress. Benchtime is precious these days but I do get a week off for Christmas so should be able to make great strides...ultimate goal is to get this build done before the calendar year is out.

Are you getting more time to build now Eric ?

Trying to ramp it up Carl. I have so many models that I want to rip out of their boxes. Which one, which one?

Rob , Gotcha . good ole spares box .

Eric , sounds like your close .

Decals are finished, and weathered the muffler, so it's pretty much just the weathering to go. Perhaps, by early next week if I'm lucky.

CARL - The lights are from the spare parts box and pretty sure they were from an old Matilda.  The bottom bars were broke so had to fill with putty and super glue.  Then sanded smooth and sanded the bottom flat.  The light covers were cut from some spare styrene.

ERIC - The camo looks great    Like the colors you used.  From all the pictures that I've seen the camo did not carry down too the running gear area so your right on the money.  Agree with the others, once weathered everything will blend right together. 

CLIFF - Thanks.  Your commander sounds good even if he is in his underwear.  Look forward to your pic's.

WBILL - The variation on the Pz Gray and brown pattern is very nice!  The contrast with the hatches open really looks good on this one

BILL212 - Thanks.  That disruptive pattern would be nice to see on the Kleiner and more true for the time.  Look forward to seeing what you do and how the paint flies.

TREAD - Not old enough but have seen the Austin-Healy's before when searching for parts for a few other cars.  If I understand correctly they were very popular with the women.  Thanks for the exception.

Has been another long day so will just finish some small details up and then hope to get to the paint booth this weekend.

wBill,,,  thanks, that does help yes,       Exactly what I meant too.            Your info will give me a good base point if I do use the two toned camo.

Thanks my friend !

Bill: Love the shading you've got going on there. I need to learn to do that to spruce up my plain jane boring green US tanks.

Eric: Um, what's wrong? Looks great to me. Just toss on a wash to two, a few filters if you use them, and drybrush a little and she'll look great.

Tread: Sorry, they're a set of two French tankers from the Warriors line I picked up on sale for half price about the same time this GB started. I'll be sure to post a photo or three of them when I'm done.

Warriors French Tankers

oops   double post

tread@Cliff

Hey man :  )   are you using the figure from Tamiya or a special figure ?.... if you can, put up some pics of him....I have never painted a 1/35 figure and I was wondering about the Quality of the Tamiya figure... it looks pretty O.K. to me but not quite as good as those resin figures we see.... in any case, I'm gonna give it a try

tread

You're too kind. I looked at pattern after pattern. There were many differations. I'm okay with it. I want to get done so I can start my .........? Actually, I may join a GB, rather then start one. LOL

Don't get me wrong, this has been an extremely enjoyable build. I've learned a few new things and the builds are outstanding.

WBill the paint looks good .Aztec must be working fine .

tread@Rob

lookin' great man... are you old enough or worldly enough to remember the Austin -Healy  Bug Eye Sprite?...

a really cool little car.... your big headlights remind me of it.... I usually only compliment women on big headlights....but I am making an exception ....

tread

Eric that camo looks just fine here .

tread@wbill

looking great my friend....subtle to perfection.... don't show it to Manstein... he will want to marry it !

tread