Tamiya 1/35 Panzer 111.

[Richard48]

You got more patience than me Papa John.Im cack handed with etch and glad i dont mess around with the stuff now.If i ever do a plastic kit again i will build out of box for the pleasure.
Onwards and upwards matey.
Richard.

[Jim R]

Hi John
PE grill definitely worth doing. Good idea of Jakko's to replace all the frame. I wouldn't worry if they're not perfect. I reckon a few heavy booted tankies and a few carelessly dumped stores and that grill would look beaten up.
Stay safe :thumb2:
Jim

[outrunner]

Looking good John.

Andy.

[tr1ckey66]

Looks much better with the mesh grills.
Top stuff :thumb2:
Paul

[JR]

Nice scratchery John. All a dark art to me.

Hi Peter, thanks , it still is to me :smiling5:

Morning John,
Nice touch with the screens, like the guys say with a trim and a bit of paint they’ll blend right in :thumb2:

Hi mate, thanks , supprised that Tamiya didn't even bother to do some plastic ones .Thanks for looking in.

Hi John
PE grill definitely worth doing. Good idea of Jakko's to replace all the frame. I wouldn't worry if they're not perfect. I reckon a few heavy booted tankies and a few carelessly dumped stores and that grill would look beaten up.
Stay safe :thumb2:
Jim

Thanks Jim, bit of kit as you say will hide any bits.

Looking good John.

Andy.

Cheers Andy.

Looks much better with the mesh grills.
Top stuff :thumb2:
Paul

Thanks , definitely was worth the effort .
John .

[rtfoe]

Hi John, you know how hard it is getting travel approvals(meeting up with a bunch of rascals and watching a friend fixing up a tank) and flights to UK now with the lockdown. Am still in quarantine and will join as soon as I'm out...save me a place, meanwhile I'll watch online on my HP small screen. BTW what did you do with Si's raisin cakes??

From this... ...to this...

Sorry not very clear on the screen and why is it German?

Cheers,
Richard

[JR]

Hi John, you know how hard it is getting travel approvals(meeting up with a bunch of rascals and watching a friend fixing up a tank) and flights to UK now with the lockdown. Am still in quarantine and will join as soon as I'm out...save me a place, meanwhile I'll watch online on my HP small screen. BTW what did you do with Si's raisin cakes??

From this...[ATTACH alt="raisin buns.jpeg"]381392[/ATTACH] ...to this...[ATTACH alt="wheels.jpg"]381393[/ATTACH]

Sorry not very clear on the screen and why is it German?

Cheers,
Richard

Hi Richard.
Greeting from a wet UK. Unfortunately the front row grabbed them and a squabble broke out resulting in several chairs needing repair. :anguished:Order was restored with the threat of Matron being called.:worried:
Sorry your unable to arrange travel at this time, although you could have come by sea from France as quite a few have this week. A seat is being reserved for you on row 2 near Jim.:thumb2:
Now why German.......................... mmm that's a good question, tell you what lets blame Steve:tongue-out3:

[Guest]

Welcome Greg, if your feeling strong you can sit with the Rabble, but I warn you they seem to be all effected by a sudden case of isolation madness, and are likely to have out bursts.







Right back to the build.

As it was such a sunny day I decided to work in the garden, what better than the sound of a Black Bird , a mower in the back ground, the smell of newly mowed grass, heaven !

Started with those wheels, cleaned up the cut off marks and then removed as much of the seam line as possible, then roughed them up and removed quite a bit of the outer rim of rubber.

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Then decided to do the Friul's along with a cup of strong tea to carry me.

Picked up the box and caught sight of the type and date they were fitted.

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1943/45, so not the correct ones for 1942.

Back into the cave and found the correct type. Mind I don't thing many would notice.

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With the correct year I set too and cleaned all 230 , not a lot needed doing on this first stage, a few had very small moulding marks, quick file and into the "done " box
Tomorrow i'll do the drill through, with luck out side in the sun.

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The sharp eyed will have notice damp slabs, I'd just moved the watering system.

Thanks for looking in C & C welcome.

Thanks John.

Not interested where you tip out the bath water - get the tracks done.....

[Road of Bones]

Nice job Mr Race, though you want to tread carefully down the scratch detailing path, as once you start, it tends to overwhelm you! Take it from me...:rolling:

[JR]

:upside:

Not interested where you tip out the bath water - get the tracks done.....

The tracks are resting Mike, other pressing things to attend to like branches :nerd::smiling3::upside:

Nice job Mr Race, though you want to tread carefully down the scratch detailing path, as once you start, it tends to overwhelm you! Take it from me...:rolling:

Thank you kind sir. It's too late to worry, I've stocked up on several PE sets for a KV 2 , had a moment of madness. I am seeking help from Matron .

[JR]

Evening to you all .
A fine day here again so very little done model wise.
However I've managed to do the upper hull with out any problem.

Started the gun , that part was ok, but then came to this part.

Look easy enough, no being so small on the gluing points I had 3 attempts, the first 2 ending in those side pieces falling off. C8 and C9

So I glued one end on and left it up against a right-angled square.

This evening having cleaned the CA of the parts I tried again.


Left it sitting there on the bench.

The rest of the upper section .



Right that's it, any ideas on attempting that section with out it falling apart welcome.
Comments and abuse welcome :smiling3:

John.

[JR]

That turret again.

This is where I get confused. No glue.



Followed by this section, which I did glue.





Then I see this, that part C13 is optional ?





Any way this is what I have finished with.



That very small end plate fell off again C 8 or 9. In the end I just glued the whole assembly thing into the turret.
Very disheartening when this is classed as an easy kit. .

John.

[Graeme C.]

These things are sent to try us John, I'm sure you'll sort it.

[scottie3158]

John,
This is the joy of modelling sometimes the simplest things are sent to try us.

[Steve Jones]

The only suggestion I can give you is that the spaced armour mount may be upside down. Also judging by your final aerial photo it isnt quite plumb. This maybe because you had, had enough and jammed it in as best as possible :smiling5: