Steve Jones' M1A2 SEP Main Battle Tank, Flyhawk 1/72

[Mini Me]

Really nice detail work Steve. Cheers, Rick H.

[Steve Jones]

Hi Everyone

Its never ending Si :smiling5:
Many thanks Rick. Glad you like it

[scottie3158]

Steve,
Looking very good mate. cant wait to see your jump leads.

[JR]

Steve.
Missed a bit, so just had a re-read. Those tracks look to be PITA, and I thought I was the only one.
Weathering , love it and thanks for the photos, helps me no end.
We used to go and play for weeks on end on the heath, our go to place for exercises.
We were stationed in Lippstadt, it took about 4 hrs to get there, unless you were driving the Scammell,
In which case it could be 5/6 !
JR

[Guest]

Hi Steve, great weathering and all the extra work will pay off in the end!

[minitnkr]

I know what you mean about adding just one more tone whenever you look at it. When I used to restore cars my boss would accuse me of suffering from separation anxiety as I was always finding another thing to do. PaulE

[papa 695]

There’s some great work going into this Steve

[Jim R]

Hi Steve
Great stuff going on. Your weathering looks very nice. Impressive as always.
Jim

[Steve Jones]

Hi Everyone

A special interlude just for you tonite Scottie. Hope you like it :thumb2:
Terrific story JR. Glad the blog is of some help
Thanks Dirk. As they say the devil is in the detail
That did make me chuckle Paul. Glad I'm not the only one then:smiling2:
Thanks Ian.Glad you like it
It looks even better now that it has dried out Jim. Really pleased with the way its going

[Jim R]

Hi Steve
Jump leads look good.
Jim

[scottie3158]

Steve,
Those jumps leads are seriously good.

[Guest]

Not bad for an apprentice bodger Steve:smiling2:. Actually very good:thumb2:!

[Guest]

Excellent detailing and painting :smiling2:.

[Neil Merryweather]

I've just caught up with this ,Steve, and I am Gobsmacked!
I can't believe it's 1-72 scale, I'd be pleased with myself if I got that much into 1-35 build!
Top work indeed!

[Lee Drennen]

Hi Everyone

A special interlude just for you tonite Scottie. Hope you like it :thumb2:
Terrific story JR. Glad the blog is of some help
Thanks Dirk. As they say the devil is in the detail
That did make me chuckle Paul. Glad I'm not the only one then:smiling2:
Thanks Ian.Glad you like it
It looks even better now that it has dried out Jim. Really pleased with the way its going

A short interlude tonite. With the help of Scotties research and Tammys plastic 0.5mm wire I was able to make the jump leads (Apologies again for the poor photos)

Firstly I cut a length to see how it fitted



As the cable was doubled up I decided to use this length and cut it in half. Otherwise another length of equal length would not have fitted



Using 0.1mm wire they were tied together as per the original photo



Then using Scotties photo I added the ends. Not the best but they will be hidden and I am only an apprentice bodger:smiling5::thumb2:



Once painted and dusted up they should look the part



And that is that for detailing. I promise. Honest. :tongue-out2::smiling2::thumb2:

Thanks for watching

Steve

Yeah right