The Smythe Meister's 1/35 Achilles

[The Smythe Meister]

And with the Upper hull popped on...

... Sorry, just the arse end there,which covers up lot of stuff that I spent a while getting right!!
... Now, the upper hull popped on..

.. a bit miffed now,you can see the rivet line has gone astray.. should have put that in after the upper/lower stuff was fitted.. but the destructions didn't mention that.
.... I can sort that though... I HAVE A PLAN!! ...

..overall... I'm not exactly "Happy",but I do think I can rescue it somewhat with a few adjustments and the added stowage/camo
Got some serious benchtime coming up this weekend,so hoping to crack right on.
Cheers for now,
Andy

[Mickc1440]

It's certainly got that well used look Andy, you're getting there

[scottie3158]

Andy looking good keep it coming.

[Mini Me]

Keep at it Mr. Smiff......have a cuppa and a Hobnob and think over how to rescue that errant rivet line. No sand bags if you please, that would be the "easy" way out

[The Smythe Meister]

It's certainly got that well used look Andy, you're getting there

Cheers Mick,I'm after that type of thing actually... although it will take some finishing to get my envisaged look

Keep at it Mr. Smiff......have a cuppa and a Hobnob and think over how to rescue that errant rivet line. No sand bags if you please, that would be the "easy" way out

Hi Rick ..
Don't worry mate,Sandbags are out.. I NEVER go for that option,not only because I think they take away from the "Character" of it,but,as you say, it's,"The easy way out"!!

[adt70hk]

Looking very good indeed Andy. Great work.

Andrew

[Si Benson]

Interior ended up looking mighty fine sir and although some is hidden from view at least youll know you did a decent job of it :thumb2:

Hope you can get your gap sorted

[The Smythe Meister]

Looking very good indeed Andy. Great work.

Andrew

Cheers Andrew,much appreciated

[The Smythe Meister]

Interior ended up looking mighty fine sir and although some is hidden from view at least youll know you did a decent job of it :thumb2:

Hope you can get your gap sorted

Thanks very much Si,
Must admit that I did a bit more to the interior than I originally set out to
,and even that was sparse!!
... when I think of me taking so much time on the white frames of the seats for instance?!!! MADNESS!!
Anyway, it's all sealed up now,and I have a plan for that bloody annoying stud gap

[Guest]

Stowage will hide a lot of sins Though if you don’t like sandbags then maybe stowage is also out?

BTW, it’s not rivets on that strip but bolts: the whole nose of the vehicle can come off by undoing the bolts along the top, sides and bottom, as well as breaking the track of course Here in the factory on a very early M4A2, going the other way:

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Much more information on the topic here:

https://www.theshermantank.com/tag/final-drives/

[The Smythe Meister]

Stowage will hide a lot of sins :smiling3: Though if you don’t like sandbags then maybe stowage is also out?

BTW, it’s not rivets on that strip but bolts: the whole nose of the vehicle can come off by undoing the bolts along the top, sides and bottom, as well as breaking the track of course :smiling3: Here in the factory on a very early M4A2, going the other way:

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Much more information on the topic here:

https://www.theshermantank.com/tag/final-drives/

Nice one Jakko,top quality info as always
Stowage is fine by me,I just don't like like sandbags shoved on,to me they "dumb down" an otherwise interesting vehicle....changing a character full AFV into,more or less a mobile sanger!
I'm going for a look along these lines.....

... in fact,the more I look at this photo,the more I get tempted to have a bash at doing it as a Dio.... the knocked out Panther and "bridge" are definitely doable... but I've never attempted water effects before,so maybe not!!

[Mini Me]

Stowage will hide a lot of sins :smiling3: Though if you don’t like sandbags then maybe stowage is also out?

BTW, it’s not rivets on that strip but bolts: the whole nose of the vehicle can come off by undoing the bolts along the top, sides and bottom, as well as breaking the track of course :smiling3: Here in the factory on a very early M4A2, going the other way:

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Much more information on the topic here:

https://www.theshermantank.com/tag/final-drives/

Bolt counter!!....

[scottie3158]

Nice one Jakko,top quality info as always :smiling3:
Stowage is fine by me,I just don't like like sandbags shoved on,to me they "dumb down" an otherwise interesting vehicle....changing a character full AFV into,more or less a mobile sanger!
I'm going for a look along these lines.....
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... in fact,the more I look at this photo,the more I get tempted to have a bash at doing it as a Dio.... the knocked out Panther and "bridge" are definitely doable... but I've never attempted water effects before,so maybe not!!

That will make a great base to set off a great build.

[Mickc1440]

Definitely a great dio to build Andy. Why is the sarge getting threatened with the main gun :smiling:

[Guest]

Nice one Jakko,top quality info as always

Thanks

I just don't like like sandbags shoved on,to me they "dumb down" an otherwise interesting vehicle....changing a character full AFV into,more or less a mobile sanger!

Oh, I don’t know … if done right they add a lot of character, IMHO. But it depends on how, when and why, I think.

I'm going for a look along these lines.....
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... in fact,the more I look at this photo,the more I get tempted to have a bash at doing it as a Dio.... the knocked out Panther and "bridge" are definitely doable... but I've never attempted water effects before,so maybe not!!

That bridge is easy — it wasn’t a few weeks ago, but it is now. That’s to say, I’m no expert, but it looks to me like:—

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Minus the central deck and the ramps at the ends. This is a longer version (it has an additional section in the middle) of the bridge that comes with the Churchill AVRE kit I bought yesterday.

The water should be relatively simple too, because it looks to be so muddy as to be opaque. This means you can get away with using something like plaster for the water, just sculpting in some ripples and things, without having to worry about pouring resin or some other trick to make transparent water on a diorama.