L.W.S . Update May 14. Pg. 3

This is going to be extremely interesting when it all comes together..... 

    another sure fire home-run is coming up here Terry.

Hi, Bill thanks for the kind words, got your FBook msg. fell apart laughing.

Steve thanks, always great t ohave you along.

Bill , thanks for pointing out theh problem with theh wheels. I must admit that I was planning this build since last august and have a bundle of photos from internet, nothing conclusive to point either way.

The box art seems to suggest steel..... now I have been influenced by two builds, one theh classic by Tony Greenland and his seemss to be steeel wheel, the other by Rhodes Williams, steel again.

The only half decent reference in print was in the old encyclopedia of German tanks and armourd vehicles by Dolye ,Jentz and Chamberlin. The actual vehicle I'm building is in there. 234 I think that numbr was applied by the British after it was capturd in North Africa but I could be wrong.

As for the suspension there is at least two types during theh vehicles short production and development.

Still no concrete evidence of rubber or steel.

If anybody could confirm then I would surely be grateful and fix the problem immediately.

Terry.

WOW, terry---talk about really upping your game! You've really shown some real growth and derring-do in your approach to this build and this stunning example of weathering!

Bow down; I raise thy sword, and bestow upon thee thy well-deserved-title of "Weatherhead"!

I'm taking lots of notes on the weathering tech on this model  

Thanks for the kind words guys , well appreciated. Busy week at work so got basically nothing done.

Regards,

Terry.

Terry,

B/W pics are tough to tell...I know on the Bronco box art, they showed all-rubber wheels. When you look at actual pics though, it's tough to tell.

This one clearly shows rubber rims though.

As does this one:

This is all the help I can dig up unfortunately, I don't have any references that point concretely one way or the other.

Bill I seen this reply the other day but didn't get to a pooter to reply. Thanks a bundle for posting, i reexamined all my reference and I must admit that you are 100% right, I don't know how I came to my conclusions when the answer was staring me straight in the face all along.

Thanks a million Bill the corrections are about to be carried out.

Terry.

My pleasure Terry, happy to be of service!

THe only update I have for now is that the tyres have been painted in.....

Thanks again Bill.

Terry.

Wow I can't believe that its so long since I updated this one. I was in th panzerjager GB so that took up bench time, but I have been working  away on this. I have scratched the rope bumpers as I was not willing to spend more money on an accessory than I spent on the kit. I used the kit tracks which are awful but I got the sag in place by forward planning and placing pins in the hull early on during the build.

I placed tamiya masking tape all round the hull, reason?  well I wanted to give the impression of a waterline with two different weathering types above and below the line. It will be a while before this is fully realised.

The rope bumper in place, its made from model ship rigging.

The front bumper is made from bandage wrapped around a piece of sponge.

This is just an update, I have a lot of work to do and two weeks to placing it on the competition table.

Terry.

Just excellent Terry !

All around good stuff here.

 Those bumpers are what I mean when you can use your

own  ingenuity to get results equal to or better than

the store bought "Mr. So & So" variety.

 This way you get to improve your abilities and get the self satisfaction of using your "own" stuff plus the bonus of showing "how to do it".

Clever idea of using masking tape where waterline would be!  Never would have thought about that... looking real great! 

 you're killing me Terry, you're killing me!!  How is ANYONE going to top this??  TOP this? How about even matching it??

Just some awesome work......you are a weathering master!    Up there with disastermaster and a couple of others.

That's some very nice work as usual Terry! The idea of separating a "water line" is a great one IMHO and will only add to the level of detail when you're all done.

Nice looking weathering there Terry.

Though it does look just a tad bit much for "in Service"...

But that's just MHO.

Great art!

PANZERJAGER

Love the bumpers, way better then any one could purchase!  Weathering is looking great and adding the waterline is going to be awesome.

Terry my pal, in 2 weeks when this is on the competition table, the other competitors will be running to change their underpants.... off the charts old friend!

yer pal 

bill  :  )