Looking good Griffin, I'm in the weekend GB. One year it took me three attemts before I finally got one done. Its one of my favourites.

Cheers

Tony

Hope you're feeling better Bud

Actually you're an inspiration Griffin! Great to see you making such progress. 

I got back home Sunday but somewhere picked up a virus and have been under the weather since then. I did sand a few road wheels but that's it. I'm hoping I'll feel well enough to paint the interior and engine this weekend. 

I'm in the weekend madness build, will be building Tamiya's 1/35 AMX 13.

Thanks guys.I got a few more things done the last couple days. I don't want to be a thread hog but I have the week off  Primered and base coated the main hull and turret and fabricated the tow cables. The nylon string that Tamiya supplies for the steel cable worked great. Very little fuzz. I am feeling very tempted to join the weekend madness build. Sounds really fun and I have many smaller kits that I could build in 2 days. I'm hemming and hawing. I have a commitment problem. That is probably why I live alone with a cat. LOL. Who else is doing the weekend Madness group build here?

 

Griffin25

 More stowage work. And my cat, Getty.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Great job on the stowage....and getty looks like his been hard at it.

How did you paint her so life like? LOL My first thought was the kitty was from the Tamiya kit...oops LOL. nice work on the rucks Griffin

ManCityFan

Nice stowage and cute kitty.

 

Nice stowage and cute kitty.

 More stowage work. And my cat, Getty.

 

ManCityFan

Found this on the bottom of my tank model:

IMG_0700 by Dwayne Munk, on Flickr

In case the year is fuzzy, it is 1972.  LOL

 

A classic!

Tony: Great idea there too!

ManCityFan

Found this on the bottom of my tank model:

IMG_0700 by Dwayne Munk, on Flickr

In case the year is fuzzy, it is 1972.  LOL

 

You know that is awesome. You are releasing it from 30 years of purgatory!! Look forward to seeing it

Found this on the bottom of my tank model:

IMG_0700 by Dwayne Munk, on Flickr

In case the year is fuzzy, it is 1972.  LOL

taxtp

I have an assortment of those circular little stickers you can buy in $1 stores too, sometimes you get lucky and the size is right, and they're cheap ! Cheers Tony

 

That's a good idea Tony. Like the one's you use to mark documents and the like. Didn't think of that. Very useful

Oh, I've been doing mine the same as Dwayne but now I'm going to look at pocket change and see if I can find something to match. Great idea Griffin!!!

Those road wheels do look nice and clean!

I do the black first, then paint the middle using a cheap circle template.  Usually have to do a little clean up, but it works for me.

Put a ball of poster putty on the center/ hub and press the nickel down onto it and center it so the edges of the road wheels are exposed. I suppose you can use all kinds of change for different size wheels. Ya? Foreign monies too The laziest guy will find the easiest way to do it! LOL

GREAT IDEA Griffin, I would like to borrow it for my Terminator, dat is slick trick comrad. Roobles are in da mail.

Griffin25

I figured out a great way to mask and paint the road wheels. I used nickels with a piece of poster tact putty to stick them to the wheels and airbrushed them. They were just the right size and their weight helped keep the wheels from moving around. It worked great.

 

 

 

 

 

 

They look great, and thank you for the tip.

I figured out a great way to mask and paint the road wheels. I used nickels with a piece of poster tact putty to stick them to the wheels and airbrushed them. They were just the right size and their weight helped keep the wheels from moving around. It worked great.

 

 

Hey thanks guys! I'm going to leave all the hatches open though I'm not sure how much you can still see there. And I'm going to pop the engine hatches, I should be able to rustle up a Russian tanker that looks sorta like a mechanic.

Btw, maybe it just looks bigger in the photos? It's about the same length as a T-34 and and just a little wider.

You are making great progress there, Gamera.  That is a nicely detailed kit.  Can't get a sense for how big this kit is, but I am thinking it is fairly huge.

Sailing_Dutchman

I'm in with the MiniArt 1/35 SU-85.

 

I'm in with the MiniArt 1/35 SU-85.

Gamera

Yeah, those look great Griffin. I might have to try that myself. And the MG does look good, great to see Tamiya quality.

 

Anyway here's some of what I've gotten done on the hull. I really like the plastic and PE racks for the drum magazines for the MG:

And the kit engine and gun breech. Sorry they're a little blurry, I don't have my camera mini-tripod with me:

The instructions are intricate but clear, I've only had a few parts where I was unclear on what to do next. Really important since I'm having to go out of order on some stuff since I don't have any paint here to prime or paint the interior:

 

You're making good progress. That kit is something else. Super detailed. Very cool. With the hatches and engine cover open you will be able to see all that nice detail. Is that your plan? 

Off to a great start Cliff....boy you weren't kidding about the instructions.

Yeah, those look great Griffin. I might have to try that myself. And the MG does look good, great to see Tamiya quality.

Anyway here's some of what I've gotten done on the hull. I really like the plastic and PE racks for the drum magazines for the MG:

And the kit engine and gun breech. Sorry they're a little blurry, I don't have my camera mini-tripod with me:

The instructions are intricate but clear, I've only had a few parts where I was unclear on what to do next. Really important since I'm having to go out of order on some stuff since I don't have any paint here to prime or paint the interior:

Griffin25

Thanks guys. The rough texture on the pots I would like to take credit for it but it's really just dumb luck I used an industrial type file drew the helmets back and forth on it until they had to shape I thought was right. I used those Tamiya makeup case weathering kits also that probably helped contrast the high and low areas. Hard to see it in the picture. 

 

Those Tamiya weathering kits are worth every penny!