She's looking terrific Bish! Love the replacement gun barrels and seatbelts.

I think you'll like the Mike Grant decals, I have one or two sets. I haven't used them yet but the printing is very sharp and detailed.

Thanks for the comments guys.

Steve, they are PE belts from a couple of spare He 111 sets i had. And i have gotten into the habit of useing wire for the brake lines as even when i have PE ones, they are flat and don't look right.

Colin, i am sure you will do just fine and i am looking forward to your Arado when you have some time.

Thanks Bruce, i rather like it. Just a shame a lot of it won't be visible. But its all good practice. 

Bish, are the seat belts PE or did you scrtach them? They look great, and I love the addition of the brake lines.

I'm seing some fantastic work so far! I hope I can be at par with what you guys are doing when I can get some time to start my entry.

Wow! Bish, the 555 is looking great! The detail in the cockpit is fantastic!

Doesn't it ever.

Just glad to hear that it is helpful to you. It certainly eases some misery.

Thanks Joe. And i am afraid i forgot to mention the magic marker you sent me. That has really proved its worth on the control surfaces and the leaing edge. A real modelling life saver.

That is some outstanding detailing you have done Bish. It looks excellent. Now, bring on the paint job.

While waiting for those decals, i have still been able to get some done. The undercarrage was put together and the brake lines put into place. I still need to give the straps for the lines a coat of RLM 02.

I also replaced the gun barrels with some brass tube.

And i used some PE belts from the spares bopx for the seats. This is the gunners seat fitted in its ground position.

The Mike Grant dcals arrived yesterday and they were worth waiting for. A very nice selection of dials and info panels. Al the decals share one carrier film and i cut them out as close as i could. But some of the excess does show up on the camera but is not as bad to the naked eye. The instructions recomend a punch and die set and i think its time i got one of those.

With that done i could fit the cockpit. I added the steering column and bomb site and some wire to the back of the IP.

Then it was time to get teh top on. This was a bit tricky, so i started at the back and then worked round doing one edge at a time easing it into place. In the end the fit was rather nice with just a bit of sanding along the leading edge.

The kit includes 2 fixed forward firing weapons, MK 103's i believe, one eitehr side of the cockpit. everal build reviews i have seen question the logic of these on a medium/hig level bomber. I can't imagine these aircrfat doing a low level strafing run. So like those other builds, i decided to not fit those weapons and had already filled in the spent case shute. One build i saw aded blisters over the holes for those guns for some advanced radar or guidance system. I rather liked this and found a couple of parts in the spares box that i liked the look of.

I just have a bit more rubbing down to do, then i can add the vertical tails and canopy befire i go to the paint shop.

Nice looking tracks G. They sound like a dream to work with.

I am still awaiting my decals from Mike Grant, but i had a reply to an e-mail saying they were posted last week, so hopefully should be here son. But i still have some progress to post up this weekend. Will post that on Sunday.

Cliff,

Very nice! I'm jealous, the Type 4 only has rubber bands!

Well, not a lot of updates here, I've been looking for a box I have of interior stuff like seats etc I wanted to use for a quick, simple, and dirty interior but can't seem to find it. 

I did get the road wheels cleaned up and ready for paint, I only have three return rollers now left to do. 

Finished up the tracks for one side and started on the other. I was a little duboius about these at first but love them now. I wish every kit could do the tracks this way. Each link is two parts, once sandwiched together they capture the pins of another link. So if you're careful and keep cement off the pins you're rewarded with workable, flexible tracks! 

Not sure if you can tell from the photo, but the piece to the left is cemented to the lower part already in place. 

Gamera

Tates: Very cool, and I was complaining about lots of road wheels, mercy! 

Moff: When I did the web search for the photo I came up with a 1/72nd kit from Anigrand. I think it's the only thing out there and probably a bear (pun not intended) to build. 

Seems the thing did fly in the test run but I figure a dio with the tank resting in a giant self made crater would probably fit better... 

 

Nice find. I figured if it did exist it would be a resin kit. But ye, that would not be an easy build.

@tates: 

I can't wait to see more! The backbone of Panzerwaffe '46. 

Gamera

Seems the thing did fly in the test run but I figure a dio with the tank resting in a giant self made crater would probably fit better... 

 

Lol. 

Gamera

Moff: When I did the web search for the photo I came up with a 1/72nd kit from Anigrand. I think it's the only thing out there and probably a bear (pun not intended) to build. 

It may be a difficult build, but I don't know if I'm ready for that much scratchbuilding just yet.

@tates,

Nice start on the Maus, and good call on the Fruils!

@Moff,

The A-40 might be a cool kit to scratch build. There looks to be a few T-60 tanks in different scales, just need to build the glider.

Tates: Very cool, and I was complaining about lots of road wheels, mercy! 

Moff: When I did the web search for the photo I came up with a 1/72nd kit from Anigrand. I think it's the only thing out there and probably a bear (pun not intended) to build. 

Seems the thing did fly in the test run but I figure a dio with the tank resting in a giant self made crater would probably fit better... 

Ye, it does Moff, is there any detail on it.

tates, good to see the maus started. Will be watching this. What barrels did you use.

Some build pics

the turret is pretty much done

New year, new build. Started on my maus, got some metal barrels and and a pe set.

Oh and these too....

This looks like a model AN-40: 

I have a few resin aircraft kits in the stash, but have yet to build one. But i did build a couple of otehr esin kits last year. The aircrfat kits seem to mainly be the more britle yellowish resin rather than the stuff a loit of AM sets have been made with the last few years.

No idea about the AN-40. I can't say i have ever seen one and i can't imagine its one any of the main stream companies would do.

Bish

Quite a few Luft 46 options out there. Thoug most of them are resin, Revell have a nice little selection.

BTW, are there really any kits out there of the Antonov A-40 glider?

Moff

 

Bish

 

 

Gamera

Wingy thing? So you're building an Antonov A-40 Moff??? 

 

 

 

 

Nice one. There you go Moff, perfect for you. And it would fit into this GB

 

 

 

 

Lol. I was thinking more along the lines of a Luft '46 build. Who knows though? I may build that. Only problem for me is that there doesn't seem to be a lot of weathering possibilities.

 

 

Quite a few Luft 46 options out there. Thoug most of them are resin, Revell have a nice little selection.

Gamera, sounds like you've been reading My Tank is Fight?
http://www.amazon.ca/My-Tank-Fight-Zack-Parsons/dp/0806527587

That flying tank is on the back of the book and there is a good section on it. Pretty good read if you want some WW2 oddities, I got it years ago as birthday gift.

Gamera

Wingy thing? So you're building an Antonov A-40 Moff??? 

 

Bish

 

 

Gamera

Wingy thing? So you're building an Antonov A-40 Moff??? 

 

 

 

 

Nice one. There you go Moff, perfect for you. And it would fit into this GB

 

I'm an idiot...out of the fire into the pan.

Terry

Hey Terry, wow, I'd have thought you've want a break after the giant railgun! Very cool! 

@jibber: 

VERY nice! I was on the verge of buying that kit a while back, but I never got it. I do, however, have CyberHobby's 1/35 s.Sp. Artilleriewagen.