Trumpeter's AS-90 and some extra's.

[scottie3158]

Ross,
Count me in for this mate.

[RM6239]

Michael, that's it exactly.

Paul, welcome along mate.

cheers
Ross

[papa 695]

Nice start Ross

[RM6239]

Cheers Ian.

Well made a start on the etch tonight, most of it is normal bend and glue etc. There are 2 flaps on the front of the side skirts that gluing plastic to the PE helped with lining things up. I wasn't too worried about getting things perfect as it would all be hidden, perfect will have to come for the back mudflaps.

Pictures are a bit scrappy but you should be able to get the gist of what I did.

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What you can't see very well is the strip of styrene is mounted a bit lower than the top of the etch. The next pictures will show what I was after.
Inside.

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Outside
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cheers
Ross

[Mr Bowcat]

Looking good Ross.

Interesting technique with the PE & styrene card, might have to nick that one.

[Steve Jones]

Sorry Ross. Late on parade again:flushed: Had a good catch up and I am glad you sorted out the barrel. Looking forward to seeing this iconic AFV come together.

[RM6239]

Bob, feel free, I did :smiling:.

Steve, no problem mate, welcome along.

Here's the back mud guards.

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And here is where they go.

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cheers
Ross

[SimonT]

Hi Ross - even later than Steve :smiling:

Got one of these lurking in the stash

[RM6239]

Simon, a belated welcome mate.

Well it's starting to warm up and that means I'm back at the bench. The delay was useful because this came back in stock.

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I had read that there wasn't much room to fit tracks and when I started to build them I found out how true that was, so a little change in plan, a few bits had to come off and I decided to build and paint the running gear before fitting everything back on.

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So off came the etch and the side skirts, tracks made and everything painted and a protective coat on.

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I'll fit everything over the next couple of days and start work on the turret.

cheers
Ross

[JR]

Ah Ross
Your back! glad I kept my ticket for front row seating.
Great idea with the plastic card, must remember that along with every other tip I've gathered on our forums. Looks good with the update photos.
Had to agree with the best laid plans re the track and then taking bits off.:confounded:. Seem to do that a lot. :smiling:
John.

[RM6239]

John
Cheers mate, probably should of gone this way from the start but live and learn and no real harm done, haven't lost anything except time.

cheers
Ross

[Jim R]

Hi Ross
Fitting the tracks will now be a lot easier. The Black Dog stuff looks nice. I have used a couple of things from them and been more than happy.
Jim

[RM6239]

Jim
Easier but not easy, still have pry them through with a strong bar. Still at least I know the tracks will hold together. Have to agree the Black Dog set is very nice, started to clean them up last night as was very impressed with the detail.

cheers
Ross

[papa 695]

Nice to see you back at this one Ross.

[RM6239]

Ian, thanks mate.

Last night was a struggle to get the tracks fitted but they are on.

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This was the easy side, with the side plate off. Two places in particular it was very hard to get the tracks on, the middle return roller and around the drive sprocket. Still they are on and with a little touch up they will look good.

cheers
Ross