CZOTG DOWODZENIA PZ.Inz.126 (1/35)sorry its all Polish to me

[David Lovell]

Right so with the appropriate parts making a appearance with a bit of fettling got the running gear ready for the rubber tracks ,as i mentioned before was worried about them comming up short and putting to much pressure on the rear wheel/return roller thingy a quick dummy run showed them to be a bit iffy ,thoes of a weak disposition look away now ,well what else is a man supposed
former self's. To save any hassle I also preformed a little dentistry on the drive sprockets.
Starting half on one of the road wheels about three from the front worked my way towards the back tacking to each wheel with ca ,up around the rear return roller thingy along the top towards the drive sprocket setting and tacking the sag in place ,round the hassel free toothless sprocket and down to the road wheels cutting it to fit and tacking to the half exposed wheel ,I never ever join my tracks on the top run because if it goes chesticls up you can't hide it. So some pic's




Yes I know its all a bit ott and it would throw the tracks but I think its cool and looks the part ,in my world anyway so there. Hopefully tomorrow I'll get it finished and with a bit of luck some paint on it over the weekend. Dave

[David Lovell]

No such thing as a bad plastic cement John, just some are better than others, :smiling5:….. Sorry Dave I could resist!

You do like the unusual stuff Dave! I have every confidence you’ll get this one shipshape and Bristol fashion in no time

Your in your element Dave, good to see you have just about every type of plastic cement known to man. Never a bad thing.

Si ,John ,thanks for coming to the party as your both aware I do like a kit from the Eastern block side of town ,now there's no such thing as bad plastic just some of its better than others(back at ya Si :tongue-out3: ). Although these cements are supposed to do the same job ,with the kits from that side all the plastic changes from manufacturer to manufacturer you'd be surprised some of the cements are too strong and will even dissolve small parts others fail to even weld the plastic so ive learnt to cover all bases ,plus look at them there all lined up how cute is that . Dave

[JR]

What's a bit of sag amongst friends.

[Stefee]

"What's a bit of sag amongst friends."
Especially true at my age.

[David Lovell]

What's a bit of sag amongst friends.

Like I said John wrong but looks the part remember this one i did for the Simon T memorial

They were indy links if I recall bloody horrendous, looking at the quality of the mouldings here(HobbyBoss) compared to what I'm working with now ive a feeling a bit of mud could be on the menu.

[Allen Dewire]

Been following all along on your jump to the big side Dave. You definitely have a knack for taking a so-so kit and making a beauty out of it. This one is no different and you're off to a great start Sir. Don't worry about the sag Buddy. Like the guys said, at our age, everything goes south anyway!!! Keep it coming!!!...

Prost
Allen

[JR]

Like I said John wrong but looks the part remember this one i did for the Simon T memorial
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They were indy links if I recall bloody horrendous, looking at the quality of the mouldings here(HobbyBoss) compared to what I'm working with now ive a feeling a bit of mud could be on the menu.

To me that looks right, I quote
It boils down to two reasons: 1) design, and 2) maintenance. A live track with a particular bushing design will give some counter action to natural sag weight and help spring the track back up, while a "dead" track does not. As far back as the the Lee/Grant, Stuart, and Sherman, US tanks have used a "live" track. The only time you saw real sag on those, like on other countries contemporary tanks is when the rubber bushings burned away. Maintenance of keeping proper track tension and replacing worn shoes/links will minimize throwing track due to maneuvers or terrain.

Live or dead tracks are not dependent upon suspension type such as return rollers, Christie, Torsion Bar, etc. In the late Cold War era, the Soviets began to refit their older tank designs such as the T-55 and T-62 which originally had a dead track with the same type of track as on the T-72 which was a live track.
Taken from a post on Fine Scale Modeller.

[Guest]

The reason for live track, BTW, is because it reduces rolling resistance. The rubber bushings keep the links at a slight angle to each other when the track is “relaxed” (7.5° on Sherman track, off the top of my head) which means they curve around the sprocket, idler, and front and rear roadwheels more easily than dead track. You can recognise whether track is live or dead when you see it flat on the ground, for example in photos of the crew changing track: with live track, the last link will curve upward a little.

[Jim R]

Well Dave, you're definitely getting somewhere with this. Chopping off bits and searching for other bits - all part of the fun.
Another big advantage of a kit "like this" is that it makes a far more interesting blog to follow than a simple shake and bake kit does :smiling:

[David Lovell]

Well Dave, you're definitely getting somewhere with this. Chopping off bits and searching for other bits - all part of the fun.
Another big advantage of a kit "like this" is that it makes a far more interesting blog to follow than a simple shake and bake kit does :smiling:

You don't get much for under a tenner Jim but so far all good fun ,to be honest I did think that chopping the roof off of the upper hull was well outside of my comfort zone oooood and ahhhh'd in the end thought sod it nothing to lose worked out a little plan of action and dived in ,all came good ,luck or judgment were never know but blow me it fitted like a glove. Had I not been my usual lazy slobby self id have got up and rooted through my modeling cupboard somewhere ive one of thoes hand held rotary grinder /burr'y/drilly things ,but got it done with a razor saw a scaple and sanding sticks would it have helped made it easier who knows but shows a few standard modeling tools will get the job done.

[Guest]

If all else fails, putty will hide the scars

[scottie3158]

Dave,
Sorry mate late to the party. Your off to a great start and I will follow along if I may.

[David Lovell]

Right first up the bit where I explained my way of fixing the tracks ,the missing text where I asked what else could a man do? I gave them a bloody good couple of stretchings first time they've still got a certain amount of elasticity and try to return to their former self's second time does for them.
OK still working on it probably not to scale and totally inaccurate did some to the fender boxes


Then as a after thought put some mesh on the air intake hood thingy also probably totally bogus but looks cool ,painted exhaust with texture stuff ,whilst we're on this pic take in the rear panel on the compartment(with join) more on that later.
So the hatch that the bloke in the box art is poking out of ,yep you guessed it falls straight through so after five minuets of shaking it like a kid with a Piggy bank managed to retrieve it have yet to see if this will solve the problem

Now along with that rear panel the front was the same just bare plastic no detail and I expected to be instructed to glue panels over but no nothing doing so looking through the parts not for this build found a handy piece with rivets cut it to fit and fixed it to the front ,found same for rear but short so used the off cut from the front to complete the job ,filled the gaps detailing the filler to look a bit like the moulded weld seams down the sides of the roof so a pic of the front

Instructions seemed to suggest that the vision slit went on the right hand side if so what was the driver supposed to look out of so gave him the slit and found the little door for the right hand side in the unused parts. All probably totally inaccurate but as its a paper panzer why worry.
Finally some sad news after some fifteen years at least my little packet of evergreen plastic strips is comming to a end

I can remember when I bought them thinking christ what a rip off all that for about ten strips of bloody plastic have you seen the price of this stuff now. Birthday next week so any family donations will have to go that way could do with some tubing and brass rod anyway if I'm going to continue with my little mods but my testes are aching and I havent even bought any yet shame was going to treat myself to a nice bottle of wild turky101 still there's always Christmas I suppose. Dave

[David Lovell]

Missing pic

[JR]

Nice , what did you use Dave to get that look ?