The Cruel Lady (Meng late Achzirat)

[Steve Brodie]

Whilst waiting for the paint to dry on My Panzer ( http://www.scale-models.co.uk/thread...-panzer.30700/ ) started putting together this beauty;


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Quality of parts is brilliant with no fit issues at all (yet), excellent detail (each road wheel is made up of 5 pieces). So far wheels, belly and some of the interior built, will try and add progress photos later.

[Guest]

Nice looking kit Steve, are you going to do a blog on this?

[Steve Brodie]

If time allows yes, though i a am not the fastest builder and with the Ice hockey season coming up soon (team photographer), updates may not be that frequent and fast

[papa 695]

If time allows yes, though i a am not the fastest builder and with the Ice hockey season coming up soon (team photographer), updates may not be that frequent and fast

I hope you put on a build thread Steve

[grumpa]

Unique and complicated choice, plenty to fiddle with and good opportunity to gear it up.........................Jim

[Guest]

Oh!!

[Steve Brodie]

As there is a bit of interest I will try my first ever build log;


The kit comprises of beige / brown and white plastic parts including clear plastic for the vision ports and lens. 188 track links in black plastic, a fully detailed crew compartment and hatches that can be left open / closed, though why you build the interior and shut the hatches is beyond me. Its quite a beast in 1/35 coming out at 22.6 cm long and 11 cm tall.


Stock photo of parts;


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Spent an evening removing the tracks from the sprues and cleaning up, unlike the Meng Bradley / Renault FT17 i have, these do not click together as workable tracks, so will need to be glued together around the wheels a bit later on.


Next was the construction of the wheels (from 5 separate pieces and these look excellent) then i moved onto the belly of the beast, adding the axles, which needed reducing as per the instructions, I just cut bits off till the wheels sat flush on the axle.


The rear access door was added next ( in hindsight might have been best to leave till nearer the end, maybe I will be able to pop it off its hinges).


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Nice weld detail on the drive covering, any glue marks to be cleaned up before any painting.


Next up is the interior built in various stages, will build the whole interior and then spray in off white and highlight pass in white, with dirt streaks, dust and scuffing added.


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[Steve Brodie]

Spent an enjoyable 40 minutes building the seats, lots of fiddly but beautiful cast parts;


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[Steve Brodie]

Wheels, made from 5 parts;


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[Guest]

Lots of lovely little parts & great details there Steve! It looks a good kit

[Steve Brodie]

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Chairs under coated in black primer

[Steve Brodie]

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Next overspray in Vallejo white

[Steve Brodie]

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white added to chairs

[Steve Brodie]

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After undercoat of black, white added to start of interior. Adds nice depth.

[Steve Brodie]

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Last of tonight's update Israeli grey undercoat added to sides and lower hull