Nick's 1/35 ICM T34/85

[Guest]

Looking good Nick, have fun with the tracks .Even though I find them hard they do look better than the band's.

[Nicko]

Well, there has been some progress this week, despite some disruption on the home front. I started off, like some of the other guys, dealing with the fuel tanks...



Then all the wheels were prepped..



The hull construction was completed without too much drama. I used some 0.5mm rod to fill up a few gaps in the hope it would emulate welds..



And I did some more with the track links. These four sections comprise one full track of 72 links so I'm half way there on those...


The turret and tow cables are down the garden in my workshop where I had the Araldite out to glue in a metal barrel and some stripped auto wire.

Had quite a nice display fromthe bench earlier in the week...


That's it until I finish work on Saturday night. Perhaps next week I'll be splashing some paint about.

Thanks for looking in.


Nick

[Lee Drennen]

Nick thanks for sharing your updates looking good. I really like the rainbow I needed that today.

[Tim Marlow]

Nice progress Nick, looking good….

[Guest]

Looks good Nick .

[Nicko]

Managed to get a bit of primer on today in between the chores. First a nice layer of black:






Once that had dried, I attempted a bit of grey pre-shade:






Left it all down the workshop overnight. Might get the chance to break out the 4BO before the end of the week.

Nick

[Nicko]

Well, I managed to splash on the 4BO and then paint the tyres.





There's no excuse now but to press on with the tracks. That will be a job for next week. Wish me luck!

Nick

[Mark1]

Some good progress being made.

[adt70hk]

Coming on nicely Nick!!!

[Lee Drennen]

Managed to get a bit of primer on today in between the chores. First a nice layer of black:

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Once that had dried, I attempted a bit of grey pre-shade:

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Left it all down the workshop overnight. Might get the chance to break out the 4BO before the end of the week.

Nick

Nice pre-shade

[Guest]

Well, I managed to splash on the 4BO and then paint the tyres.

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There's no excuse now but to press on with the tracks. That will be a job for next week. Wish me luck!

Nick

Oh that brings joy to the heart, the arrival of 4BO .:nerd::smiling3::smiling3:

[GerryW]

Coming along wonderfully :thumb2:

[Nicko]

Well, not a lot of progress this week. I had planned to get a bit done tomorrow, but I've been called in for an extra day at work so that's put paid to my intentions.

However, I did put the roadwheels together and got them fitted. Also put a little gloss on the turret and slid the minimal decals into place. And I eased the one side of tracks from four pieces into two.

More next week I hope. Here are the pics;









Nick

[Nicko]

Well, apologies for the lack of progress the past couple of weeks..... I've been working extra days and along with other stuff, the build has languished a bit. However, after lunch today, the ladies decided they were going to watch the new West Side Story. That was it, I was out of there!

So I now have all the track runs made so there'll be no putting off the inevitable there. Sooner rather than later I will have to get them fitted...



I also made some new exhausts from plastic tube that I warmed and bent to shape and then thinned the walls at the end..



Decals have settled nicely and been given a matt coat ....



Next job, those tracks!

Nick

[Nicko]

Well, so far so good. This is my first attempt at individual track links and I've only had one not particularly successful go at link and length.





Each side has been left in two pieces for painting and re-fitting. Fingers crossed......

Nick