SimonT - 1/35 Tamiya Sdkfz.223

[Steve Jones]

Totally missed this one Mr T. Had a very enjoyable read through. These old Tammy kits are ideal for kitbashing. Liking what you have done so far. Keep it comin my friend

[Graeme C.]

The upgrades are looking good Simon, impressed with the exhausts, they look much better than plastic kit items.:thumb2:

[JR]

Arg still asleep then Simon, I'll come back first thing tomorrow .:smiling2:

[SimonT]

Jakko/John - I suspected that Tim had something more fiendish in mind....

....and indeed he did....

Tim - didn't even know what a solder pot was. I had to look that up. I do own a desoldering suction tool though. Bit more trouble, and cost than I want to go to though thanks. Think I will stick with using the round nose pliers considering how infrequently I need to bend tubing

Steve - it's been festering away in the background. All the parts clean up was done off site in between work on other things. I do like the 222/223 even though the Tamiya kit is rather outdated straight out the box. Hopefully it will be passable in the end
I really should get one of the Hobbyboss versions done - should be much better

Graeme - thanks. Herman must have ticked the stainless sports exhaust option :smiling3: At least they are the right shape now

John - morning. Update waiting for you below:



both rear mudguard boxes added c/w their etch details - numberplate back board, piano hinge on the side and the two part latch


the chassis armour plate added at the front - this was sanded down to a better thickness


turret mesh hatches added

I went with the Eduard mesh and kit frames then sanded down the frames to half thickness

The kit is the new release and comes with a set of steel mesh - no mention of it at all in the instructions - but I preferred the Eduard mesh

[JR]

I love the "sanded down the frame to half the thickness" :nerd:

[Tim Marlow]

Coming on nicely Simon. I never had an electric solder pot, by the way, I just used to use a stainless steel spoon placed on the Aga hot plate.....the hard bit was the desoldering pump. 145 solder works best.......

[rtfoe]

The bare minimum additions looking good Simon. The antenna and exhaust are so much better with your touch.

Cheers,
Richard.

[SimonT]

added the door mounted storage boxes and etch mods

found that Eduard have transposed the numbers for the piano hinges on these boxes and the ones on the rear mudguards

as a result I had to trim down the ones for these door boxes as I had already used the shorter ones on the rear boxes

luckily the hinges on the rear boxes can not really be seen

also added the bracket on the side of the large bin and what appears to be a bump stop to prevent the door smashing the lower bin

I also washed the turret in my mug of tea :smiling4:

[JR]

Morning Simon, as always, amazed to see which part next you can find a way to improve--------- and successfully

Thought not sure about this washing of parts in tea, is this recommended, because I found that applying the same to the keyboard made it worse :nerd:

[KarlW]

I always give the same advice when I hear about mishaps with mugs of tea at the bench, drink beer from the bottle instead........

[Mini Me]

Was it a drop wash or a tea tip over tidal wash Mr. T.:rolling: may be a new technique worth noting......
Rick H.

[Si Benson]

Coming along very nicely Mr T....lovely upgrades as usual.
what references are you using Out of interest?

[SimonT]

John - it could be a new trend. Dark builders brew for a dark wash, wishy washy vending machine brew for a light wash etc etc

Karl - ok until you knock the bottle over :thinking:

Rick - drop. Turret in place, turned model over forgetting that small detail. Off it went with a bounce off the knee and a graceful backflip straight into the best Yorkshire brew

Si - Nuts and Bolts Vol4 and Ryton Panzerspahwagen and also the Toadman 222 photo cd for some common details

[KarlW]

Karl - ok until you knock the bottle over :thinking:

You've seen them things that stop you knocking over your Micro-sol?........

[scottie3158]

Simon,
Just had a catch up and suitably impressed as always with your fine additions.