AFV Club 1/35 Centurion Mk5/2 with 105mm gun

[Mickc1440]

And if you’re going to fit the bazooka plates, you only need to build about two-thirds of each track, since the top run will be completely out of sight. I used a length of thin nylon string to pull the ends together on the only AFV Club Centurion I actually finished

More food for thought, thanks Jakko

Lots of little bits already Mick

Plenty more to come Jim

[Andy T]

Sorry I'm late, I'll settle in with the gathering throng.

[stillp]

Best looking tank ever! I'll watch from the back of the room if I may.
Pete

[The Smythe Meister]

Just seen this Mick, one of a very small list of post WW2 Tanks that i actually like!!:hugging-face:
.... I`m in mate,looking forward to seeing what you do with it.:thumb2:

[Strenko J]

Pulling up a chair with the rest of the gang if you don’t mind, Mick.

[Mickc1440]

Sorry I'm late, I'll settle in with the gathering throng.

Best looking tank ever! I'll watch from the back of the room if I may.
Pete

Just seen this Mick, one of a very small list of post WW2 Tanks that i actually like!!:hugging-face:
.... I`m in mate,looking forward to seeing what you do with it.:thumb2:

Pulling up a chair with the rest of the gang if you don’t mind, Mick.

Welcome along gents, no pressure now with such a distinguished gathering

[Mickc1440]

Cracked on with the suspension and a few other additions to the hull. Leaving the wheels off for now to make painting easier. A couple of quite fragile bits gone on the back but invisible repairs carried out on them, looking at the bits to come I’m certain they won’t be the only ones to require surgery

[Guest]

Cracked on with the suspension and a few other additions to the hull. Leaving the wheels off for now to make painting easier. A couple of quite fragile bits gone on the back but invisible repairs carried out on them, looking at the bits to come I’m certain they won’t be the only ones to require surgery
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Mick, did you glue in the adjuster for the return front idler wheel? Please say no! You can use this to adjust the tension on the tracks - sorry but this slipped my mind.
This is not a disaster as you can remove the arm and drill out the hole and use a piece of sprue or drill through before removal and then once removed use a piece of metal rod to secure and adjust.

[Mickc1440]

Mick, did you glue in the adjuster for the return front idler wheel? Please say no! You can use this to adjust the tension on the tracks - sorry but this slipped my mind.
This is not a disaster as you can remove the arm and drill out the hole and use a piece of sprue or drill through before removal and then once removed use a piece of metal rod to secure and adjust.

No Mike it’s just pushed in place

[Guest]

No Mike it’s just pushed in place

PHEW!!!!! Sorry I forgot to mention this, I got caught out once with it and on every one after it was a major point I should not have forgotten. But the one I forgot went to the Nationals and I convinced another modeller that the AFV Club one was wrong and mine was right.... Emailed him later that day to correct my mistake - good job I know him.....

[Mickc1440]

A bit more progress and has Scratchbuilder (Mike) pointed out the grills are a bit fiddly. Still getting used to the way this company has you assemble the kit, quite a few larger parts have no positive locating points but I’m getting there.

[Guest]

Mick, looking good, the front mud guards may have a downwards slant.
This is the jig I made to make sure the track guards were level...


This allows for any adjustment you need to make. The junk in the lower pic is for a Mk.12 Cent.

[Mickc1440]

I’ve been spoilt building Tamiya kits where everything has somewhere to sit but I’ll get there I’m sure

[Guest]

Another thing to keep in mind with AFV Club is that sometimes larger, flat parts have very big semi-circular nodules on the underside from the ejector pins. Usually you can just leave them be, but some get in the way for fitting the part where it’s supposed to go. Better to always test-fit them to make sure whether or not you need to cut some of those things off.

Yes, fit isn’t Tamiya-like (though it’s never actually bad), but then, AFV Club do give you all the detail that Tamiya thinks is wasted on its customers

[Mickc1440]

Another thing to keep in mind with AFV Club is that sometimes larger, flat parts have very big semi-circular nodules on the underside from the ejector pins. Usually you can just leave them be, but some get in the way for fitting the part where it’s supposed to go. Better to always test-fit them to make sure whether or not you need to cut some of those things off.

Yes, fit isn’t Tamiya-like (though it’s never actually bad), but then, AFV Club do give you all the detail that Tamiya thinks is wasted on its customers

Those elongated ejector pin marks are something else, a quick snip and they’re in the bin There certainly is a lot of detail I just wish some of it had more positive locating points rather than just an out line where it goes, have to be extra careful when handling the model.