1:35 Tamiya PzKpfw II F rebuild {ST}

[JR]

Simon.
Those links, are they where you join aload together and then press the tabs down ? I loved them !!!!!! Used a small screwdriver and pulled it along the track , closing the links as I went . The odd one needed a little more, but quite enjoyable to build.
If I could manage it , you would be able to do it whilst having your evening nap :hugging-face:
John .

[minitnkr]

Top work as always. Tracks look a b---h. PaulE

[Jim R]

Morning Simon
Still up to your old tricks - great scratching to improve the detail. Making the padlocks is brilliant. Gonna make the keys tonight? :rolling:
Jim

[Andy Belsey]

Good to see you up to your old trick again. Great work!
Andy B

[Guest]

Hello Simon,
Good to see this build on the go again and to the tips that can be picked up along the way.
Cheers,
MikeC.

[SimonT]

Thanks Richard :thumb2:

Steve - if the PE ones have detail etched in them could you stick them to some plastic card to give thickness?

Si - when I bought them there were no alternatives other than Tamiyas appalling two handled version. They were pulled from the stash - £2.50 it says on the box. Apart from the lack of seam I don't think they are too bad but there are various others now available of course and with etch inserts for the seam - more expensive though for less cans. I am happy to mod the Italeri ones for now

John - that sounds like the type. How robust were they once assembled? My links are very bendy and thin - they don't look like they will last very long

Cheers Paul - they are very time consuming

Jim - not done the keys yet, having problems getting the mechanism to work :smiling5:

Andy - yup, still trying

Mike - best tip would be ignore me and just build it out of the box!


No progress to report, sorry

[JR]

Thanks Richard :thumb2:

Steve - if the PE ones have detail etched in them could you stick them to some plastic card to give thickness?

Si - when I bought them there were no alternatives other than Tamiyas appalling two handled version. They were pulled from the stash - £2.50 it says on the box. Apart from the lack of seam I don't think they are too bad but there are various others now available of course and with etch inserts for the seam - more expensive though for less cans. I am happy to mod the Italeri ones for now

John - that sounds like the type. How robust were they once assembled? My links are very bendy and thin - they don't look like they will last very long

Cheers Paul - they are very time consuming

Jim - not done the keys yet, having problems getting the mechanism to work :smiling5:

Andy - yup, still trying

Mike - best tip would be ignore me and just build it out of the box!


No progress to report, sorry

Simon .
Yes a little flimsy, but ok, had one other two brake on the thinner section , put that down to being heavy-handed.
Fitted easily around the sprockets, and looked right,. did the final join as normal on the bottom run.
Would use them again, as preferred that to drilling out and fitting wire. Tried the other sort with the resin pin as well, still prefer the tab method .
John