T26E4 wrote: |
Here's a quick list of tweaks: - fill the vertical seam on the driver's armor, parts B29 and the upper hull
- fill the seam of the 75mm mantlet D4 and where it meets D10 (it's supposed to be a single casting)
- add the "pigtail" hook atop D10
- add a seam to the upper turret parts C23 and C22
- add 3 lifting horns to the commander's cupola
- consider adding a row of rivets atop the sponsons at the outer edge
- open the mud chute
I think I listed all my tweaks on my build log. Contact me offsite if you want my full nitpick list! LOL |
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Thanks for the list of tweaks Roy, I appreciate it. I already dealt with the mud shoot issue, I'm still puzzled why Tamiya makes no mention of cutting that out, yet it's framed on the underside just like the spots where you have to drill holes. I plan on spending a lot of time on the Char B1 bis this weekend and have been scouring all my references.
I picked up an excellent book "Chars B au Combat" which is a wealther of information, but it's all in French. I would pay big bucks for an English translation of the book. I experimented last night with scanning a page of the book, converting it to text using Microsoft's document imagining software, sent it to MS Word, then copy and pasted the text into Babel Fish online to translate. It worked out ok, but sometimes it takes a while to completely understand a sentence because the text is translated literally word for word.
I really want to research this tank, the units, the men etc. just as deeply as I research all my German armor projects but am having a hard time finding good resources in English.