Si B’s- Academy Hetzer early....

[Si Benson]

Crickey....I’m overwhelmed with your interest gents:smiling4: Thankyou...:thumb2:

Si .
Can I raise an objection to the wording regarding tracks please .

" The link and length tracks were taken care of in no time and an excellent fit too "
There are some amongst us that fear these evil bits of plastic that you talk of so highly.
Please refrain in future.
Yours .
Ivor Ihatethethigsisky.
Bed 9 .

You can raise an objection if you like, but the rabble are kicking off due to lack of progress pictures...there’s damn cake everywhere, Allen has been seen attacking someone with a rolled up cutting mat and Peter Day has painted the ceiling in the style of the sistine chapel, looks bloody good mind!:smiling4:

Looking good Mr Benson. A very impressive start. I hope it goes together as well as it has done so far. Then we can look forward to seeing the disc camo you promised us all you were going to do :smiling5::smiling5:

You sir, are a scruffy looking nerf herder:tongue-out3:
They’ll be no fancy disk camo sir! I’m going for something quick....possibly :thinking:

Looking good Si, seems to be going together well, unlike the rabble & if they don't calm down we may have to bring out the cattle prod.:dizzy:

Some of them actually enjoy the cattle prod Graeme :smiling5:

I see a cake fight looming ahead...lemon crust vs chocolate toppings...should have brought my face visor for protection as well. :tongue-out3: This painting of tracks and wheels after everything is glued is something I'd like to know too.

Cheers,
Richard

Definitely should of brought visor Richard!

For you,Peter and Mr Race et all, I’ll show the track/wheel thingy....
Wheels and sprockets were held on their spindles with blue tack.
And as I was carefull with the glue on the tracks once it set it can all be pulled back off the hubs and dismantled for painting.




Right then, a wee bit of progress from tonight...rear fender parts fitted and hull rear decked out with tracks and hatch.

And started assembly of access hatches on rear deck..some PE to go on next session. Hope you can see my gluing isn’t perfect either Mr Race:tongue-out:I’m using this glue at the moment, very fast setting....I like it but I don’t like the massive brush in the bottle.

Well that’s it for tonight’s effort....end of a busy week at work and I’m ready for Friday!
Thanks for all the interest and excellent banter:smiling4:
Cheers
Si

[Mini Me]

Suggestion, get your snippys out and trim that bad boy down to the amount of bristles that will give you what you require.
Cheers, Rick H.

[Steve Jones]

That made me laugh out loud mate. So I found out the origins of the nerf herder quote. Does this mean you will be my princess Leia and I'll be your Han Solo???

[Si Benson]

It’s Nerf herder...an original Star Wars reference, It’s what princess lea call Han Solo when he tries to get smooth:nerd:
I thought everyone knew that :thinking::smiling4:

[minitnkr]

Also the name of a California rock band of the early 90s, no doubt inspired by the Star Wars quote. PaulE

[Si Benson]

That made me laugh out loud mate. So I found out the origins of the nerf herder quote. Does this mean you will be my princess Leia and I'll be your Han Solo???

If the money’s good Steve, I’ll be whatever you want:blow-kiss::smiling5::smiling5::smiling5:

[Steve Jones]

Suit you sir!:smiling5::smiling3::smiling2:

[Guest]

Extra Victoria sponge and lemon drizzle cake on the way!

With custard - cannot beat sponge and custard - I do like custard - even custard with a bit of sponge in it :tongue-out3:.....

[Guest]

Si,
This looks interesting, never built one but always like the look.
Couple of suggestions on cam and slight dirt topic.
Cheers, Mike.
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[Steve Jones]

I tried to convince Si to do this as well Mike and ended up being referred to as a Nerf herder! (See earlier posts). I wonder what your comment will be :smiling5::smiling2:

[Mini Me]

This type of Camo scheme is not for the faint of heart.:smiling:

[Si Benson]

Mike,
Good to see you sir. That camo scheme is a brilliant suggestion.
I’m surprised no one mentioned it before....:smiling5:

[Steve Jones]

:smiling5::smiling5::smiling3::smiling2::smiling:: smiling3: Get the needle and thread- I'm in stitches. Just gotta luv this banter. Top man

[Jim R]

Hi Si

Nice update. Tracks look good. That extra thin cement is good stuff. Wicks nicely into joins. Quite an aggressive glue though so care needed with tiny parts - they can just dissolve!! Guess how I know :rolling:

All this talk of cake and such is gonna attract Delia S and Mary B and then the thread will really go off at a tangent.

Jim

[Si Benson]

Hiya Jim,
Certainly is a no nonsense glue! I was removing unwanted finger prints until quite late last night :smiling5:

I mentioned cake once....but I think I got away with it :thinking: