Hi Cliff, thanks - and will have to keep in mind the use of acrylic to hold up PE parts.  I've used it before when it was a flat on flat adhesion, but not on parts that stick out.

regards,

Jack

Jack: That looks good! Nice correction to the kit. 

PJ: Great work there too. One thing I love about the cast texture to the turret, makes it easy to hide any putty and seams. 

Thanks Jack for the advice too. Actually it wasn't glue spots, it was where I attached the hand holds and they kept popping off. So I loaded a paint brush with Future and brushed it onto the attachment points. I should have brushed all over the engine deck but I didn't. And it puddled up around the hand holds. After you mentioned taking it off I could have just used a little ammonia to dissolve the extra Future. But I didn't think about it at the time. The primer seems to have covered up the worst of it though. 

Thank you PJ and Bish.

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Great job with the Sherman hull details, filling in that seam on the turret, and reintroducing the cast texture.  At this scale it would mostly look smooth,  but on the actual size you could still see some of the weld bead where the sections were mated together in the back:

regards,

Jack

I am really likeing the look of that Jack. Genwerally, WW2 British armour doesn't interest me, i am more into the post war subjects. But i do fancy getting one of these.

The weirdest thing just hapenned........ as I loaded the last picture above the post posted itself without me clicking on submit! This site has too many weird issues.

That looks really good jack. One heck of a cool looking armored car.

Here is my entry

Grey snake did a wip on this Dragon model and i'm using his info for my build. I went straight to the troubled areas of the turret where large ugly seams are present.

this one is under the turret and not visible but will get filled in anyway.

I used stretched sprue as a filler and Touch N Flow applicator with Plast-i-Weld to melt the plastic.

The seams were then sanded smooth and Mr. Surfacer 500 was stippled on to add the texture that was removed during the sanding. I stippled the entire turret to lightly enhance the cast metal texture.

Next the side bolts and seam were worked on. The Firefly as I read had just the bolt holes.

So I removed them, used a pin vise and marked each hole.

Then used a #79 drill bit to open each hole and sanded smooth the seam running lengthwise.

Cliff, those are nice photos at the primer stage, looking quite good.  Maybe a cotton swap dipped in nail polish remover to clean up the excess super glue?

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I should of been posting updates more regualry, just too many of little fixes to mention diagram wise, but here are latest photos on the Humber Scout:

The final fix to get the crew top section to sit on the hull, was to add a strip of sheet plastic 0.4mm thick along the edges.  It scales up nicely to what was the actual armour thickness of only 14mm.

regards,

Jack

Thanks guys!

And glad it's not a problem PJ, after all as much as I've been dragging my feet. 

No worries PJ, still plenty of time left. Its been over 3 months since i finished my SNATCH thanks to the S-Boat. But i'll be starting the Warrior this weekend.

Looking good gamera.

My apologies Bish for not starting sooner but was bogged down with a couple of comissions. All done with them and will take a break from planes for a tad so I will be starting on the Firefly soon.

Thats looking good G, can't make out those glue spots.

The French tank is nearing completion so I pulled the Comet back out. And one of the PE instruction sheets has vanished. Frankly that's probably a good thing, I decided I'd added enough PE and anymore was more trouble than it's worth. 

So I sprayed her down with a couple of coats of Tamiya primer. Found a bunch of flaws and sanded them out. This is the second primering (is that a word?) Going to give her another once over this week to see if there's anything else I can correct and then primer her again. 

I got a lot of glue spots all over the engine deck from the glue I used on the PE handholds. And I can't really sand them out.  I think the tank is going to get a load of storage or a big camo net over the rear deck to cover them up... 

Love that AA, thats a great loking truck. Thank you, front page is updated.

Thanks again AA. Can't see your pics at the moment, will check them out tonight when i get home and up date the front page.

Well done, AA. 

Wow AA, that looks REALLY good! 

Hello AA, another good looking LRDG vehicle. 

Particularly like the front tire/chain combination.

regards,

Jack

AA: Great job!!! Love the storage and the dusty look!

Alright, the second LRDG truck is finally FINSHED.  Here's the final reveal pics; Bish, you can use the last one in this series as the front page gallery pic:

Bish

 

 

Gamera

A_A: Ohhhh that storage looks good. She's starting to really look like a long range desert patrol vehicle! 

 

BTW: I did a little more work on the Comet this weekend. The poor fit and all the PE is really pushing me away from doing anything with this kit. Don't tell Bish but I've been spending way too much time working on a French tank... 

 

 

 

 

I am shocked gamera, truely shocked.

 

You actually mean to tell me that the French have tanks. Do they work?

 

I'm not sure about either question. 

It's very odd...

Gamera

A_A: Ohhhh that storage looks good. She's starting to really look like a long range desert patrol vehicle! 

 

BTW: I did a little more work on the Comet this weekend. The poor fit and all the PE is really pushing me away from doing anything with this kit. Don't tell Bish but I've been spending way too much time working on a French tank... 

 

I am shocked gamera, truely shocked.

You actually mean to tell me that the French have tanks. Do they work?

Thats deffinetly looks reday for action AA, nice work.

A_A: Ohhhh that storage looks good. She's starting to really look like a long range desert patrol vehicle! 

BTW: I did a little more work on the Comet this weekend. The poor fit and all the PE is really pushing me away from doing anything with this kit. Don't tell Bish but I've been spending way too much time working on a French tank... 

Not quite there yet, but getting close!  Guns are up, decals applied, just adding stores now and then some weathering:

Greysnake & Zvezda: Nice work, those look great guys!

This week some progress was made on the little truck & gun.

Cabin assembly was completed and all openings & windshields were masked.

I did not like the gun as supplied by ITA. I thought this iconic British weapon deserves something better, so I tried some scratch building on the barrel and retaining mechanism.

After that, the ammo carrier was assembled and now everything is (after a final inspection)  ready for painting.

Most of the building time was consumed in cleaning flash, seam lines, etc from the tiny kit parts. 

For the desert (El Alamein) camo, these will be used

Coming on really well AA, soon be ading that to the finished list.

Good luck with those tracks greysnake, i like the jig you have made up.

More WIP: most of the truck is done, except for adding armament and accessories, and a few  minor pieces like the windscreens and the sterring wheel, etc., and decals and weathering.  I have one single Vickers mount applied, but will be adding a twin Vickers and a single Browning .50 cal:

Real G

The PIAT soldiers on.

I worked on cleaning up the mold lines on the rounds yesterday.  Things look good on the PIAT and Enfield rifle after a coat of primer, so proper painting can commence.

 

Thats are looking impressive. I can't wait to see the paint on those.