Mirror Models Bulldozer.

[Gern]

Looking good Andy. Looks like the tracks fit pretty well despite the tricky build.

[scottie3158]

Andy,
Looking good mate. waiting to see how you handle the chipping.

[outrunner]

Looking good Andy. Looks like the tracks fit pretty well despite the tricky build.

Yes, the tracks will take a bit of time to do and joining that last one may be interesting, but I may have that in hand.

Andy.

[Guest]

Cut off the locating pins on the last one, so it just slips between the one at the other end, then glue the two together?

[outrunner]

Cut off the locating pins on the last one, so it just slips between the one at the other end, then glue the two together?

That would work although I did think of drilling through the link ends and joining them with a bit of wire, we shall see as fitting the tracks is a long way off.

Andy.

[outrunner]

Not sure if I should have posted this in the weathering section but here is my first serious attempt at doing a bit of hairspray chipping.
Front belly plate under the engine.
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Track suspension spring, ignore the brown bit as this gets stuck to the bottom of the engine and is not seen.
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Still not too sure about the colour, I am thinking it is perhaps a shade dark but I will have a think about it.
All opinions and criticisms wellcome.

Andy.

[scottie3158]

Andy,
That looks good and the washes later will help blend it all together and tone down the starkness.

[Lee Drennen]

Andy. Looking smart like the chip

[Mini Me]

Looks good from over here. Rick H. :thumb2:

[Neil Merryweather]

looks good to me, too

[outrunner]

A bit more done tonight with the chipping, looks OK to me as I did not want to overdo it. When the tracks are on and I introduce some earth pigments or some equivalent muck they should be fine. A lot of work to do on the engine with paint and washes but it will get there, says he hopefully.

Thanks for looking.

Andy.

[yak face]

Looking great andy , Loving the weathering . this is really making me want to have a crack at my jcb telehandler ! Cheers tony

[outrunner]

I did a little bit of painting tonight and I thought while waiting for it to dry I will just build the dozer blade.
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Well, that took longer than I thought, who would think there was 26 parts in that? If anyone wants a quick build kit then this is not it, loads of small parts, time spent making small adjustements here and there and time wasted looking through sprues for parts, but I love it as it is a great subject in my opinion.

Andy.

[papa 695]

Great chipping work Andy, like you say with some dirt will look the bees knees.

[Steve Jones]

Just had a nice catch up Andy. You must be pleased with your first big attempt at HS chipping. Great work all round