Jim's 1/35 Trumpeter Sd.Kfz 7/1

[Lee Drennen]

Updates are looking good Jim

[Tim Marlow]

Excellent progress Jim, getting jiggy with it as well…..

[Si Benson]

Top stuff Jim and some super neat building work

[Jim R]

Most kind of you to post gentlemen :thumb2:

Awkward bits done. The only changes I made to the instructions were I glued the bulkhead to the bonnet first and didn't glue the seat support to the floor until everything was in place. OK it's not perfect but all the other odds and sods still to be fitted will cover a multitude of sins. The gap between the floor and the bulkhead looks worse than it is in the photos and the doors and dash will make it harder to see. That's my excuse anyway and I'm sticking to it :tongue-out3:








Jim

[Panzerwrecker]

Looking good Jim attaching the bonnet to the bulkhead is a good call, as the gap between it and the cab floor is nowhere as visible

[Jim R]

Made a fair bit of progress although there doesn't seem to be a lot to show for the time at the bench.

PE chequerplate for the side steps. The PE just didn't fit well and so it needed a fair bit of adjustment. Looks OK now I hope. I also put some scrapes in the mudguards to help with the weathering later.




A few bits added to the cab including the gear levers which I had to remove to get the floor fitted. Also the sides fitted.


Scuttle (I think that is what it's called) across the top of the dash. Needed a little filler at each end. Also started adding bonnet fasteners etc to the front.




Exhaust is provided as two pieces. No way would it fit like that so I cut the rear section into two and added a joining bit. Most will not be seen but a bit will.


This is where lack of forward planning shows up :rolling: To fit the exhaust I need the vehicle upside down but I'd already fitted some fragile bits so I had to spend time building a jig to hold it securely and without damage so that I can fit the rather fiddly exhaust.


I have built the side and rear panels with their PE mesh and also cleaned up and primed the tools.


This kit is a real mixed bag. I can go from praising it to swearing at it from one minute to another!

[JR]

Thanks once again for your continued support, it means a lot :thumb2:

All the main body parts were cleaned up, built up and given a quick blast of Stynylrez primer and then grey (Tamiya XF-22)
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To fit the body I wanted the wheels on to create a stable chassis to work on. However I didn't want to fit the wheels at this stage so I used scraps of wood to make a sort of cradle/jig to hold everything secure with the wheels just dry fitted.
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Then a fair bit of fettling and a dry fit - seemed to be pretty good. I had to remove the steering wheel and the gear levers. The pale blobs on the seat area and the floor are where the parts were Blu-taced to coffee stirrers and I sprayed the wrong side :rolling:
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Rear bed and front mud guards glued in place.
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Next up the awkward bits :thinking:

Onwards and upwards.

Most impressed with that jig, perhaps you should market both Jim. aka Jig man Jim :thumb2:

[Panzerwrecker]

Made a fair bit of progress although there doesn't seem to be a lot to show for the time at the bench.

PE chequerplate for the side steps. The PE just didn't fit well and so it needed a fair bit of adjustment. Looks OK now I hope. I also put some scrapes in the mudguards to help with the weathering later.
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A few bits added to the cab including the gear levers which I had to remove to get the floor fitted. Also the sides fitted.
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Scuttle (I think that is what it's called) across the top of the dash. Needed a little filler at each end. Also started adding bonnet fasteners etc to the front.
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Exhaust is provided as two pieces. No way would it fit like that so I cut the rear section into two and added a joining bit. Most will not be seen but a bit will.
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This is where lack of forward planning shows up :rolling: To fit the exhaust I need the vehicle upside down but I'd already fitted some fragile bits so I had to spend time building a jig to hold it securely and without damage so that I can fit the rather fiddly exhaust.
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I have built the side and rear panels with their PE mesh and also cleaned up and primed the tools.
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This kit is a real mixed bag. I can go from praising it to swearing at it from one minute to another!

Jim, before you lay some paint down the inertia starter cover (photo-etch part) sits on the outside of the small tubular bulge in the fender




You can just make it out on my kit's instruction image below

[Guest]

Exhaust is provided as two pieces. No way would it fit like that

I’m not sure about that. For my Dragon Sd.Kfz. 7, I built the full exhaust and then cut it like Trumpeter provides the parts in the first place, after which I could manoeuvre it into and out of the model with little difficulty. (I did this because I wanted to paint it separately, and that worked well enough.)

But, of course, if it’s easier to fit now you’ve cut it into more pieces, then all is good anyway

[scottie3158]

Jim,
This is really looking good mate. Nice work with all the jigs.

[Jim R]

Jim, before you lay some paint down the inertia starter cover (photo-etch part) sits on the outside of the small tubular bulge in the fender

:thumb2: thanks

[Steve Jones]

Well done Jim. Very impressed with your continual tidy and clean approach to model making. Great to see

[BattleshipBob]

Mighty fine work Jim, lovely to catch up on this one

[Jim R]

Hawkeye Los :thumb2::hugging-face:
All put right now. A drop of debonder, clean up and put it in the right place. I didn't know what it was.
The instruction where it was fitted wasn't clear although later diagrams clearly show it on the fender.
Thanks Los. This is a perfect example of the benefits of sharing a build on the forum.

[Jim R]

The inertia starter cover is moved to its correct place.


The exhaust is all fitted. While the model was upside down I gave it a black/brown oil wash just to start a bit of weathering.