Ian M's Sd.Kfz.8 12t half track. Trumpeter. 1/35.

[Ian M]

Blimey!!...
This is VERY INTERESTING STUFF :smiling3:
.... not to mention a nice looking kit,well, despite the problems,and after your determined modifications that is !....
It's making my GB entry,(that I'm basically shoving together ootb ),seem positively bland!!
Good stuff here though Ian :smiling3:

Trust me this is OTB as well... . . .So far. lol

[Jim R]

And on the 5th day he said "Bugger this for a game of soldiers" and took up knitting. :rolling: :smiling:

[minitnkr]

See a lot of 17cm Canones behind 12tonners. Even after SWs halftracks were introduced, most arty. ammo was still delivered by horse'n'buggy.

[Ian M]

Apart from some of these parts are so easy to switch around, put in the wrong way up/around the fit is rather good and the thing is a good´/enjoyable build. Maybe going a bit to quick...
I gotta start painting bits soon!

Contemplating if I can assemble (most of) the body off the rolling chassis or if it has to be built in situ. Anyone tried it?




And all clean and ready for primer.
If only I had some dark oxide primer.

[Jim R]

Hi Ian
That's looking really good. Lovely neat work.

Contemplating if I can assemble (most of) the body off the rolling chassis or if it has to be built in situ. Anyone tried it?

I'm waiting to see how you and Los tackle that issue :thinking: I have no doubt you'll come up with a plan.

[Tim Marlow]

Build looks to be progressing well Ian. Really nicely detailed as well. Shame about the drive sprockets, but you seem to have nailed that one. Must be a market there to make and sell for replacements I would think.

[Ian M]

Cheers chaps-
I recon that as long as I dont put the Motor in I will be able to do it all in one.... Or I can put the motor in and put the front on after...

[Allen Dewire]

Ian,

You can build the body on the fenders and not have to have it on the chassis. Makes it easier to paint too. Just make sure the body attachment points line up on the chassis correctly (looks like you have already done that)......

After you add the firewall to the body, put the steering column through it and place the body on the chassis . Make sure the steering column sits in the attachment point on the chassis. Don't glue it to the chassis, glue it to the firewall instead. Then you have no troubles trying to slide the body onto the column (a PITA) as the destruction shows. Hope this makes sense.................

Prost
Allen

[Guest]

Contemplating if I can assemble (most of) the body off the rolling chassis or if it has to be built in situ. Anyone tried it?

The way I would do it, would be to build the major parts off the chassis but put them in position on it without glue, and wait until the glue on the parts has set before removing them — and then, regularly dry-fit it again to see if new parts don’t interfere. This way you will get everything to line up but have the convenience the body being loose so you can fit parts to both it and the chassis much more easily.

[Allen Dewire]

The way I would do it, would be to build the major parts off the chassis but put them in position on it without glue, and wait until the glue on the parts has set before removing them — and then, regularly dry-fit it again to see if new parts don’t interfere. This way you will get everything to line up but have the convenience the body being loose so you can fit parts to both it and the chassis much more easily.

Exactly the way I did mine, But I glued the front fender piece to the rear fender piece on the chassis. I also started building the storage lockers and glued the pieces together. It looked like this,


Once it had dried, I removed it as a total unit and continued to add other parts, including the side panels, only gluing them to the rear panel to get a good fit. Then added the firewall and other tidbits to it off the chassis,


You can see the side panels are not glued to the fender. The storage rack w/rails, hood (bonnet), radiator and rear seats are also not glued yet to insure a good fit all around. It's one complete unit and should fit on the chassis with no prob, even with the motor in place. Just double check how far the air-cleaners stick out on the right side. It should fit.....

Sorry again for the pics Ian, but it's better to see it, than me, trying to explain it in words.......

Prost
Allen

[Ian M]

Exactly the way I did mine, But I glued the front fender piece to the rear fender piece on the chassis. I also started building the storage lockers and glued the pieces together. It looked like this,

This is pretty much what I have gone for, so good to know I am on the right track.

[Jim R]

Taking notes :thumb2:

[Panzerwrecker]

Hi Ian
That's looking really good. Lovely neat work.

I'm waiting to see how you and Los tackle that issue :thinking: I have no doubt you'll come up with a plan.

The suspension set up on the later 7 I am building is slightly different to that of this early variant. I haven't built this kit but I would have thought you can build up the body as a seperate sub assembly though. The only dilemma could maybe be the steering wheel shaft through the bulkhead and whether the fully built up main bodywork integrates off the chassis with the metalwork over the engine.

I do know the engine will not fit in the bay once both the bulkhead and radiator housing are fitted.

[Panzerwrecker]

Exactly the way I did mine, But I glued the front fender piece to the rear fender piece on the chassis. I also started building the storage lockers and glued the pieces together. It looked like this,

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Once it had dried, I removed it as a total unit and continued to add other parts, including the side panels, only gluing them to the rear panel to get a good fit. Then added the firewall and other tidbits to it off the chassis,

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You can see the side panels are not glued to the fender. The storage rack w/rails, hood (bonnet), radiator and rear seats are also not glued yet to insure a good fit all around. It's one complete unit and should fit on the chassis with no prob, even with the motor in place. Just double check how far the air-cleaners stick out on the right side. It should fit.....

Sorry again for the pics Ian, but it's better to see it, than me, trying to explain it in words.......

Prost
Allen

I guess cleaning up that rear to side panel joint will be easier to hide off the chassis. That's assuming it's not actually there on the real thing??

[Ian M]

I guess cleaning up that rear to side panel joint will be easier to hide off the chassis. That's assuming it's not actually there on the real thing??

Not a picture from my build just a helpful picture from Allens earlier build of this model.