Making good progress here Rob, suspension and undercarriage looks the part so far, keep at it!  

Tojo72

Nice patience on those tracks,it paid off.The extra details look really good.

 

Thanks a lot.

Nice patience on those tracks,it paid off.The extra details look really good.

Some nice detail in there Robert, comng on well.

Those tracks turned out great! I've gotten so I can build the link to link ones I just don't like it! 

And nice work there on the interior parts. Always good to have them in there for the pesty judge that goes around sticking his #$@% flashlight into everything (wonder how many are proctologists?) 

Thanks for Eric, Bish and Bill always appreciate your comments.

Robert

Nice work on the tracks, always fun getting indys to behave predictably!  

Real nice job on those trcaks, she is taking shape nicely.

The tracks look great.

plasticjunkie

Modelrob

Things are looking great in your build.

If I can make a suggestion, how about a quick WIP on making the trees just to give us some direction in making them.

 

Thanks For taking the time to look.  It looks like I will need one more tree for the base so I will do a quick WIP when I do it.

Robert

Modelrob

Things are looking great in your build.

If I can make a suggestion, how about a quick WIP on making the trees just to give us some direction in making them.

Gamera

Those track links do look good, but they still give me a migrane looking at them. 

Nice job scraping out the detail, looking forward to seeing the resin replacements in there. 

 

Robert

Those track links do look good, but they still give me a migrane looking at them. 

Nice job scraping out the detail, looking forward to seeing the resin replacements in there. 

Rob - 

Buddy it's looking great. I went through and looked at all your photos and your doing a great job. You are going to have to teach me how you built those trees. They looked awesome. Keep us up to date...enjoying your build.

wbill76

Some nice work on those trees, looks like a good start for the dio plans. 

 

Thanks for the heads up Gamera. I will keep my fingers crossed that my tires are some of the good ones but with my luck probable not.

Robert

Some nice work on those trees, looks like a good start for the dio plans. 

You're moving right along, nice work! I love those trees too. 

PS: One of the 'rubber' tires on my kit cracked in half a couple of years after I assembled the kit. The other tire still looks fine and I've had several people comment that they've never had an issue with them, so maybe it's my bad luck but just a word of warning there. 

Thanks Pawel that should help nicely and thanks for stopping by to take a look.

Robert

Hello Rob!

That half track is lookin' good! Nice work with the engine. As for the colour of it, the block is usually left unpainted in Europe, so it has the colour of a raw steel casting, liberally covered with oil and soot. The sheet metal parts like the valve cover are usually painted black. The exhaust manifold is light rust colour. Something along these lines:

Hope it helps - good luck with your build and have a nice day

Paweł

Bish

Nice start on the trees. I did my first ones last year, i kow how much work goes into them. Look forward to seeing more of yours.

 

Thanks Bish they do take a lot of work but are so worth it.

Robert

Nice start on the trees. I did my first ones last year, i kow how much work goes into them. Look forward to seeing more of yours.

Hunter

Robert - 

That's a great looking kit and so far an excellent job. I look forward to watching you advance on to the dio scenery. Enjoy the build!