Gerry's Trumpeter 1/35 Armoured Aerosan

[GerryW]

Rather remiss on this - my excuse is 2-fold,
1/ was working the Siberian State Ballet shows at the local theatre (Snow Maiden and Romeo and Juliet)
and
2/ eldest son decided to tear down my PC, which is at my 'bench', meaning that the workspace was full of computer bits.
Should be able to get back to work on it Thursday (hopefully!)

[GerryW]

Well, section 2 of the destructions completed, mind you, if I'd realised the amount that would be hidden, I don't think that I'd have included/painted it
Anyway, interior shots


Looking like it's going to need a little filler here (did use some on the fuel tank(?) inside, as the seam really was awful)

Now buttoned up, and a lot of the stuff is hidden!




Start on the PE in earnest in the next section, 4 bits to be curved to match the rear of the vehicle, and the 4 parts that will be fitted to the ski suspension

[Tim Marlow]

Seems to be building up well with no real dramas Gerry. Pity about the interior :worried:

[Jim R]

Hi Gerry
As Tim says it all looks to be going well. Even if a lot of the interior won't be seen you know it's there. :thumb2:
Jim

[GerryW]

Seems to be building up well with no real dramas Gerry. Pity about the interior :worried:

Thanks Tim
Yes, first time with a Trumpeter kit, while the destructions are a bit 'hit and miss', the kit seems to be nice to work with.
Think that the last tank I did was a king tiger with full interior years ago.

Hi Gerry
As Tim says it all looks to be going well. Even if a lot of the interior won't be seen you know it's there. :thumb2:
Jim

Yes Jim, hopefully I'll learn quickly for the next steps with the PE.

[JR]

Thanks John, not sure about the rudders on this one (no sign of them) however, working on it, there seems to be some sort of 'torsion bar' which comes out of the body/fusalage in the middle (can see it on the box art) which goes to each ski, then there's what looks like a sprung lever mid way along the centre re-inforcing bar(?) and under the ski what looks like a bar.
The spring looking bit
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The part moulded under the ski
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That must been a mod at some point Gerry .
It's looking good, though a shame about the interior not going to be seem that much.
Like Jim says at least you know it's there .

[GerryW]

That must been a mod at some point Gerry .
It's looking good, though a shame about the interior not going to be seem that much.
Like Jim says at least you know it's there .

I've a feeling that it may well be a mod either before or after this model - or of course, it could just be a different factory - think from reading what kind folks have found, there was two or three different factories building them.

[The Smythe Meister]

Hmmmm,....
.... I'm never sure about the "At least you know it's there" thing....
.... It always reminds me of when youve been let down in your love life and someone stumps up with,"Don't worry mate, there's plenty more fish in the sea".....
Yeah,I know,BUT I DON'T WANT A BLOODY FISH DO I ?!!!!
Anyway,this is coming along a pace and you're making a good job of it,
Nice one,
Andy

[GerryW]

Hmmmm,....
.... I'm never sure about the "At least you know it's there" thing....
.... It always reminds me of when youve been let down in your love life and someone stumps up with,"Don't worry mate, there's plenty more fish in the sea".....
Yeah,I know,BUT I DON'T WANT A BLOODY FISH DO I ?!!!!
Anyway,this is coming along a pace and you're making a good job of it,
Nice one,:smiling3:
Andy

Thanks Andy,
Must admit that with the "at least you know it's there" does save the "from this angle I can see what I've missed" thing
Always thought that fish were a poor substitute - might smell the same, but!
Thanks, not a high number of parts, and as I've said, got the main PE parts to come, with their shaping in probably all ways that they can be (curves, circles, channel, angle and bracket) and so the learning curve starts to steepen to vertical!:smiling5::thinking:

[Allen Dewire]

Hi Gerry,

You're doing fine Sir. The first time I tried etch, I was scared to death, but it actually worked out and even stuck to the kit correctly. Then it was all downhill from there. I think the biggest hurdle was getting it correctly placed within the wiggle time before the CA went off.....

From what I've read, the front skis were steerable and braking was achieved by a hook that dug into the snow from under the skis. It had a brake pedal, but I don't think it had ABS though.....................

Na Zdorovie (Prost)
Allen(ski) Pres.
RBB Factory #69

[GerryW]

Hi Gerry,

You're doing fine Sir. The first time I tried etch, I was scared to death, but it actually worked out and even stuck to the kit correctly. Then it was all downhill from there. I think the biggest hurdle was getting it correctly placed within the wiggle time before the CA went off.....

From what I've read, the front skis were steerable and braking was achieved by a hook that dug into the snow from under the skis. It had a brake pedal, but I don't think it had ABS though.....................

Na Zdorovie (Prost)
Allen(ski) Pres.
RBB Factory #69

Think that I'm 'cheating', in that I'm using 'Gorilla' gel CA, which seems to have a load of 'wriggle time' thinking almost as much as my usual 'Humbrol' plastic cement.
I've put a little 'splodge' onto a tin lid and used a straightened paperclip to apply it.

[scottie3158]

Gerry,
Cracking work so far mate and the etch gets easier as well mate.

[Mark1]

Hi Gerry,

You're doing fine Sir. The first time I tried etch, I was scared to death, but it actually worked out and even stuck to the kit correctly. Then it was all downhill from there. I think the biggest hurdle was getting it correctly placed within the wiggle time before the CA went off.....

From what I've read, the front skis were steerable and braking was achieved by a hook that dug into the snow from under the skis. It had a brake pedal, but I don't think it had ABS though.....................

Na Zdorovie (Prost)
Allen(ski) Pres.
RBB Factory #69

Sounds like stopping it was an afterthought! Doesn't sound much better than sticking your feet through a hole in the floor,Flintstone style!! :smiling5:

[GerryW]

Gerry,
Cracking work so far mate and the etch gets easier as well mate.

Thanks Paul,
I'm hoping that my 'fear of etch' is groundless - probably done a lot more difficult stuff in the past and it'll go well, time will tell :smiling5:

Sounds like stopping it was an afterthought! Doesn't sound much better than sticking your feet through a hole in the floor,Flintstone style!! :smiling5:

Thinking that the whole concept is a bit 'Heath-Robinsonski' - after all, how much vodka is needed for somebody to say "Hey I've a brilliant idea, let's put an old aeroplane engine on skis and have a couple of guys to man it!" and for someone else to say "That's a brilliant idea comrade, let's do it!":tongue-out3::smiling5::smiling5:

[Mark1]

Don't worry maybe you'll get to drive the su100 next week :smiling5: