Terry,,    thanks, I hope to finish the interior today.       Will be getting back to the meat-and-potato's of the build again.

Well it's check in time again and I see that things are moving along great. Babill the radio looks great I never realised how small the unit is until I seen it attached to the kit hull.

Rob that universal carrier is coming along great I truly admire the amount of work your putting in.

Marc well I'm speechless looking at your Char finished its amazing.

Terry.

tigerman

Nice upgrading so far Rob. Love those huge pinmarks. You wouldn't find them there on kits nowadays thanks to slide-molding.

Dont be so quick on that observation Tigerman. That UE carrier that I built here had plenty of ejector pin marks. Most of them were in areas that I could get away with not filling but... and it was 'new tooled' Tamiya. Everthing else about that kit I loved...

PW, nice work on your Universal Carrier. It is such a cool little AFV. I still have a couple of those in my stash and you are giving me some good ideas to upgrade them. And nice job on turning the thread away from discussions of aliens and certain penetrating experimentations

Nice upgrading so far Rob. Love those huge pinmarks. You wouldn't find them there on kits nowadays thanks to slide-molding.

Rob,,,      Thanks muchly                      Agree with you about the details - - with that said your carrier details are awesome. I look back on one I built ages ago and think I would like to do another,,   using your detail methods,,,,  great job!

Rob , looks like some heavy duty modifications you have been doing . Looking good

Tread, thanks buddy.  No, there was no PE with the kit and I had no upgrade set.  When this happens I rely on a brass sheet, a brass micro mesh sheet, and the left over PE sheets from other kits.  Basically my brass spare part box.

I do have the Vulcan kit and had it on the bench to build before the Carrier.  After looking through it (it does look VERY nice) had decided to build the Carrier first in order to take a break from any intricate builds.  Now I think it would have been easier to build the Vulcan kit LOL.  After the Carrier the Vulcan Vickers Light Tank MK VI B will be built!

Don't rush your small parts, I will gladly wait to see the progress.  I agree with what you had said: The small parts is what makes a kit come to life.  Your work and attention to detail is amazing so I look forward to seeing them when ready.

tread@ Rob  

looking great dude... man , you can really crank em' out... and nicely detailed. is the PE part of the kit?.... you are gonna need a special badge.  Did you ever receive the Vulcan kit ?

I am still building fiddly parts for the char B1 bis... this is one rare time when I seriously shoulda invested in the Aber PE...hope to have pics up this weekend and am looking forward to your updates which will come, I am sure, sooner than mine. keep up the great work

tread

Was able to get all the pieces to line up with each other.  may not look like it but there was much cutting involved.  The overall shape of the hull.

Few details were added to drivers / gunners compartment

The location of the lights will be moved to the fenders so the location recesses and molded on details had to be removed and filled on the front armored plate.  the molded on details above the gun position were also removed.  The armored plate is dry fit into position.

This is the rear plate above the Axel.  PE screen was added for part of the exhaust system.

shot of the simple Axel and exhaust

I,m gone a few days....now y'all are talking about simple green and anal probeing........

BILL212 - Thats some awesome painting of the dials / gages and the headphones and wiring are perfect

MARC - Awesome B1!!  The camo blended together beautifully.  The weathering is just right.  Really like your turret markings.  Excellent all the way around

Vit13

Shellback:

 

stikpusher:

 

They never told you where Simple Green came from did they Shell??? I do see some green here...

For paint removal I am a big fan of Testors/Polly Scale Easy Lift Off, aka ELO (yes I like the band too but it does not remove paint). ELO works great and does not kill the plastic beneath...

 

 

HA HA ! Stik , good one man . One of my favorite movies . Saw it when it first came out . I was enthralled with the beam and the sounds it made .

 

Yeah my favorite movies too , with The day the earth stood still , Forbidden planet and this island earth

Great models here , congrats to all of you .

I hope you're not going to tell me Simple Green is responsible for crop circles and cattle mutilations? And don't even start on the anal probe...

Vit13: Those are some great films, they don't make them like that anymore. (I've heard the remakes for two of them were really bad).

Shellback

 

stikpusher:

 

They never told you where Simple Green came from did they Shell??? I do see some green here...

For paint removal I am a big fan of Testors/Polly Scale Easy Lift Off, aka ELO (yes I like the band too but it does not remove paint). ELO works great and does not kill the plastic beneath...

 

 

HA HA ! Stik , good one man . One of my favorite movies . Saw it when it first came out . I was enthralled with the beam and the sounds it made .

Yeah my favorite movies too , with The day the earth stood still , Forbidden planet and this island earth

Great models here , congrats to all of you .

treadwell

Shellback:

 

treadwell:

 

Thanks Marc... yeah the first thing I did was cut that block off... that saw woulda been nice...

speaking of chemicals.... if ya have to take acrylic, enamel and /or solvent or lacquer based paints off styrene like in our models or evergreen (which is the same , just harder) or brass or copper,apoxie sculpt or anything without worry of dissolving it or distorting it or affecting styrene cement,tenax and the like, the stuff to use is brake fluid. You can soak the part for a short while or what I do is put brake fluid in my wife's coffee cup (lol) and gently scrub or wipe it with a soft auto detailing brush... like a big toothbrush but softer..it will take off lacquer base primer , mr. surfacer and Tamiya primer surfacer.....rinse in cold water and you are done.

tread

 

 

I bet that makes here stop better .............................

 

Well it is a large wide mouth cup and easy to but the part and brush in and I don't like the taste of brake fluid

Well heck yeah Treadplate , makes good sense to me man .......................................

Shellback

 

treadwell:

 

Thanks Marc... yeah the first thing I did was cut that block off... that saw woulda been nice...

speaking of chemicals.... if ya have to take acrylic, enamel and /or solvent or lacquer based paints off styrene like in our models or evergreen (which is the same , just harder) or brass or copper,apoxie sculpt or anything without worry of dissolving it or distorting it or affecting styrene cement,tenax and the like, the stuff to use is brake fluid. You can soak the part for a short while or what I do is put brake fluid in my wife's coffee cup (lol) and gently scrub or wipe it with a soft auto detailing brush... like a big toothbrush but softer..it will take off lacquer base primer , mr. surfacer and Tamiya primer surfacer.....rinse in cold water and you are done.

tread

 

 

I bet that makes here stop better .............................

Well it is a large wide mouth cup and easy to but the part and brush in and I don't like the taste of brake fluid

stikpusher

They never told you where Simple Green came from did they Shell??? I do see some green here...

For paint removal I am a big fan of Testors/Polly Scale Easy Lift Off, aka ELO (yes I like the band too but it does not remove paint). ELO works great and does not kill the plastic beneath...

HA HA ! Stik , good one man . One of my favorite movies . Saw it when it first came out . I was enthralled with the beam and the sounds it made .

treadwell

Thanks Marc... yeah the first thing I did was cut that block off... that saw woulda been nice...

speaking of chemicals.... if ya have to take acrylic, enamel and /or solvent or lacquer based paints off styrene like in our models or evergreen (which is the same , just harder) or brass or copper,apoxie sculpt or anything without worry of dissolving it or distorting it or affecting styrene cement,tenax and the like, the stuff to use is brake fluid. You can soak the part for a short while or what I do is put brake fluid in my wife's coffee cup (lol) and gently scrub or wipe it with a soft auto detailing brush... like a big toothbrush but softer..it will take off lacquer base primer , mr. surfacer and Tamiya primer surfacer.....rinse in cold water and you are done.

tread

I bet that makes here stop better .............................

They never told you where Simple Green came from did they Shell??? I do see some green here...

For paint removal I am a big fan of Testors/Polly Scale Easy Lift Off, aka ELO (yes I like the band too but it does not remove paint). ELO works great and does not kill the plastic beneath...

Thanks Marc... yeah the first thing I did was cut that block off... that saw woulda been nice...

speaking of chemicals.... if ya have to take acrylic, enamel and /or solvent or lacquer based paints off styrene like in our models or evergreen (which is the same , just harder) or brass or copper,apoxie sculpt or anything without worry of dissolving it or distorting it or affecting styrene cement,tenax and the like, the stuff to use is brake fluid. You can soak the part for a short while or what I do is put brake fluid in my wife's coffee cup (lol) and gently scrub or wipe it with a soft auto detailing brush... like a big toothbrush but softer..it will take off lacquer base primer , mr. surfacer and Tamiya primer surfacer.....rinse in cold water and you are done.

tread

Carl,,,        it is to laugh,, no tears         but still,,, grab a bloody mary 

I'm not so sure it was Dorothy that melted that witch,,,,  

Sorry tread... back to you again.  Here is a review of the JLC saw.  It's one of those tools that you look and and say, "What do I need that for?"   Then you buy it anyway, since that's what we do, and then you say, "How did I manage all those years without this thing?"

The blade is super thin.  i just ran down to the bench... i checked it with my caliper.  It is .0045"  For a comparison, a sheet of white mutli-purpose copier paper from Staples is .0035"   I have used it to seperate ailerons on 1 1/72 sclae P-51 and was happy wit the reulkts.  The blads will brake though.  I alwyas save the pieces to make a little specialty saw when I need one.

Hey, you're building the same tank.  You know that raised square that needs to be removed under the end of the antenna cable just behind the turret? I noticed in one of your updates that you did in fact remove that. I cut that off with that same little saw using it like one of the flexible Japanese woodworking saws. Easy peasy 

Gamera

Shellback:

Speaking of corrosive solvents here's one i should tell you guys about so you dont learn the hard way like i did . I had painted some P.E. made by Eduard for an A7D, with acrylic and enamel paints . The part was about 1/4 " x 1/8" . I didnt like the results of the paint job so i put it in a small jar filled with un-diluted Simple Gree cleaner . The next day the P.E. part was gone ! All that was left was the paint outline of the part ............................just the opposite result of what i was looking for . I know the P.E. is thin , but its a metal , right ? Who'd a thunk Simple Green would desolve metal , not me .

 

OUCH! I've soaked my airbrush in Simple Green overnight to clean it! I think it dissolved the rubber seals but other than that it still works fine

Desolved the seals ?! Man , i have to be more careful with this stuff .

wing_nut

Thansk again to all for the noice tings you've said.

Simple Green disolves metal? Like Wayne said to Alice Cooper... I was unaware of that

Tread, I was wondering about the chain too and now that I hear you got 2 pieces it kind of confirm what i was thinking logically.  If the end are on those rear shackles and it was 1 piece, it would be 1 big loop.  Seems that would be a weird setup

The thin metal in P.E. anyway Marc ......................

Shellback

Speaking of corrosive solvents here's one i should tell you guys about so you dont learn the hard way like i did . I had painted some P.E. made by Eduard for an A7D, with acrylic and enamel paints . The part was about 1/4 " x 1/8" . I didnt like the results of the paint job so i put it in a small jar filled with un-diluted Simple Gree cleaner . The next day the P.E. part was gone ! All that was left was the paint outline of the part ............................just the opposite result of what i was looking for . I know the P.E. is thin , but its a metal , right ? Who'd a thunk Simple Green would desolve metal , not me .

OUCH! I've soaked my airbrush in Simple Green overnight to clean it! I think it dissolved the rubber seals but other than that it still works fine

Thansk again to all for the noice tings you've said.

Simple Green disolves metal? Like Wayne said to Alice Cooper... I was unaware of that

Tread, I was wondering about the chain too and now that I hear you got 2 pieces it kind of confirm what i was thinking logically.  If the end are on those rear shackles and it was 1 piece, it would be 1 big loop.  Seems that would be a weird setup

BaBill212

Carl,,,      you have a thing for melting things eh?                 Guess the Simple Green wasn't all that simple. I would have never imagined that either.

I dont know if i should laugh or cry about that Bill .........................I need a bloody marry .

tread @ Marc

  Real nice man !   She is a beauty .....I really like what you did with the chain shackle ( where do you buy those saws?  I have never used or seen one)

any how all weathered up she really is a sight to be seen

excellent job buddy !

tread

p.s.   I just opened up the little pack the chain comes in.... is it supposed to be in 2 separate pieces  ?  : ( 

Carl,,,      you have a thing for melting things eh?                 Guess the Simple Green wasn't all that simple. I would have never imagined that either.

Marc, your Char is beautiful! Just the right amount of aging and weathering for a  true "realistic" look. Not overdone or underdone.

Speaking of corrosive solvents here's one i should tell you guys about so you dont learn the hard way like i did . I had painted some P.E. made by Eduard for an A7D, with acrylic and enamel paints . The part was about 1/4 " x 1/8" . I didnt like the results of the paint job so i put it in a small jar filled with un-diluted Simple Gree cleaner . The next day the P.E. part was gone ! All that was left was the paint outline of the part ............................just the opposite result of what i was looking for . I know the P.E. is thin , but its a metal , right ? Who'd a thunk Simple Green would desolve metal , not me .