Halftrack to Halftrack

[Guest]

Lovin it:thumb2:

Si,
:thumb2::thumb2:
Mike.

[Guest]

Just as I thought another masterpiece coming together, excellent work as always keep up the excellent work.
Pete.

[Jim R]

Hi Mike
The detail is amazing. Really skilled modelling.
Jim

[Graeme C.]

Mike, cracking work.:thumb2:

[minitnkr]

A beauty. PaulE

[Guest]

Pete Low, Jim R, Graeme and Paul.
Many thanks to you all for the kind comments.
Mike.

[Guest]

Update,
Finally put the top on to the work area last night and left it to dry overnight.
Today i removed the cross braces front and rear...
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... which are the plastic card across the front and the thich brass bar across the doorway.
Nothing fell off, so proceeded...
First job was to mask of the doors, and as the mini man has packed his job in I had to do it myself. Two pieces of plain paper were cut to shape and then using Humbrol Maskol I have used this as an adhesive to hold that paper. This will allow me to paint the whol vehicle and not have to worry about masking tape getting hold of the interior parts and removing them when i come to remove the tape. This will also be done for the back door and engine bay.
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And as you can see I have made a start on the front top vehicle. So how to paint all of the interior once the model is complete and you cannot get in there safely. At the top left is a piece of plasicard that was prepainted aluminium a couple of weeks ago, matt varnished and left to fully harden. I then turned the plastic face down and cut all of the parts out, remembering to reverse for left or right sides.
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And this is where I am tonight, the model has again been left to dry overnight and the final parts of the roof will be put in place tomorrow, left to dry and then it will all be cleaned up, last details added to the engin bay plus other details to be added during the week as I alternate between this and the AVLB...
Cheers, Mike.

[JR]

Mike.
Love it, liking the top cover part, and the plastic card use on the front.
John.

[Si Benson]

Tidy work Mike, you are a clever sausage with your prepared card:nerd:

[scottie3158]

Mike,
The great work continues.

[Guest]

John R, Si and Scottie,
Many thanks for the comments.
Si, felt a bit like the guy that painted himself into a corner, when I realised I could not finish of the interior paint, so that was the result. Just a bit of touching up on the middle box area but managed to get that done before installation.

[Guest]

Update,
You may remember that during the interior build I installed an extractor fan...
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Well, that is all well and good for the interior, but what about the exterior...
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So I made up the other side of the fan today.
1. The slots for the brass strips cut into plasticard strip.
2. Brass strips being added.
3. Extractor fan position marked out.
4. Representation of the fan made up from copper ring and brass strip.
5/6 Almost finished, just got to add the mounting plate around the edges.
The slats were built as being a bit battered and worn due to the fact that there is a tow bar to be fitted below the fan which was a bit of a pain to take off and put on.

And that is it for today.
Cheers,
Mike.

[scottie3158]

Mike,
The fan looks great.

[JR]

Gordon Bennett that fan is good !
Impressed of Linc's.

[Lee Drennen]

Looking like the real thing. Great job so far