Tonys Zvezda 1/35 OT 26 Russian flamethrower tank

[yak face]

Main body all together and a quick coat of black primer. I can get some colour on the sides now before the wheels start to go on . Still not sure how to tackle the link and length tracks though , regarding the sequence of painting / assembling .

[Jim R]

Hi Tony
Nice to see the paint start to go on. It's looking rather good.
Jim

[Allen Dewire]

OMG!!!!........Tony goes Tank!!!! Will there be a report on the 11 PM news??? Which channel???...........Seriously, that is a very interesting kit you are building Sir. Looks a great start so far. Oh, and don't forget to put the loo seat down on the "septic tank". Keeps SWMBO happy and you out of the doghouse!!!.........

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

[Mini Me]

Put the "lid" down as well.......that way she has to do as much work as you when it's her turn on the "crapper". :tongue-out3: :tongue-out2::tongue-out::thumb2:

[Gern]

Put the "lid" down as well.......that way she has to do as much work as you when it's her turn on the "crapper". :tongue-out3: :tongue-out2::tongue-out::thumb2:

Oh just tell her if she don't like where the lid is she can move it - we have to!

[Gern]

Main body all together and a quick coat of black primer. I can get some colour on the sides now before the wheels start to go on . Still not sure how to tackle the link and length tracks though , regarding the sequence of painting / assembling .[ATTACH=CONFIG]n1169614[/ATTACH]

I can't believe a man of your talents is worrying about link and length tracks. After the modifications and scratching you've done to various kits over the years, you'll find them a piece of cake!

[yak face]

Little bit more done today . I feel like ive been working on a production line with all these bloody wheels to clean up . You armour builders have some patience! I didnt realise there were so many . Anyways theyre all cleaned up and ive started priming them and some other bits of the running gear. Ive been looking at the track fitment and I think by leaving the mudguards off I can fit the tracks at the end of the build , so i can paint them up before fitting and just add the mudguards after.

[scottie3158]

Sorry Tony,
Late to the party but your off to a great start.

[JR]

Very impressive start, like Dave says the way you sort out problems with planes the tracks won't be a problem.

[yak face]

Here we are , two months after the finish date and im still nowhere near . I’m going to carry on and finish it though out of courtesy to Lee . Today I got some paint on the little roadwheels , all 48 of them!! I picked this kit as i thought it would be a simple build - wrong!
To make things a bit quicker I used a cheapo geometry template , one of the circles was about the perfect size to spray the wheel inners and leave the outer rubber rim black . Once assembled into 24 pairs these wheels are fastened into small bogeys , 2 of which are then fastened into a bigger bogey with the leaf springs on . If the wheels didnt all have a rubber rim it would have made everything a lot quicker !

[JR]

Nice to see some wear on the rubber wheels Tony and the completed bogie looks good .

[Mark1]

I hate wheels! Unless you got individual track links then that's the worst bit out the way :thumb2:

[adt70hk]

Coming on nicely Tony. I've got a cheap geometric circle template for just this reason.

Keep up the good work.

Andrew

[GerryW]

That's looking good - I've so far steered clear of tracked armour

[yak face]

Little bit of progress with the little tank . The bogies are now fitted and ive just been introduced to the horrors of individual track links ! The four curved sections were made up of 32 separate links which had to be glued together and curved round the sprocket ( ooh , get me with the lingo!) and the other smooth wheel thingy . This experience has led me to the conclusion that all you armour builders are either- A. Very patient and meticulous or B. Bat s*#t crazy ( i’m leaning towards B :smiling5 . These along with the fixed lengths of track have been painted vallejo metal color steel and will get some s*#t lathered on them at some stage too. The hull has had some handles and other little bits added and the turret has been put together complete with the machine gun and flame thrower lance, which has had the end drilled out with a fine 0.6 mm bit .
I'm at a bit of a loss as to how you manage to paint all these bits of track and other stuff like washes filter etc when its all together , oh well , every days a school day i suppose .