Mazur D-350 1:25 Scale

[Guest]

Tracks are done:



Started off by painting the tracks on the card with black ink. This dried very quickly and gave a good finish. Then assembled the tracks in sections.

Did try mixing silver and brown inks. But settled on black. Will weather it later.



Started off by gluing the road wheels to a length of track. This is to keep them level and in line. The dowel helped too.



Was worried about forming the track round the ends. But it seems to bend at the right places.

I installed the grouser bars after assembly.

Just the cab section left to do now.

Tim

[Guest]

Been a while since my last post. There has been a bit of progress on this build. Started to build up the cab section.



Roof is finally on. The original part was too smal. So I ran it through the copier. And left some excess on - hence the white lines:



Bit of a rush to get it finished for the Milton Keynes show in April

Tim

[flyjoe180]

Wow, it's looking good Tim.

[Guest]

Yeah!! Very nice!!

[The Migrant]

Those drive wheels, made of paper?

[Guest]

Work progresses:



Starting to add the final detail. The reflectors are made from acetate sheet with a coat of colour on the back then a layer of silver. The black bezels are cut out using punches.



Tried to build the shackles out of card. Gave up and bought them in



The tie-downs and handles are all built up using wire

Tim

[Guest]

Looks amazing. I would have to be told this was made of paper/cardstock, I would never even suspect otherwise.

[papa 695]

Great work Tim hard to believe its a cardboard kit

[Guest]

It really is hard to believe that this is a paper/card model, looks amazing

[ojays]

Not just amazing because it's a paper/card model, for me it's that paint/texture that makes the close ups look like photo's of the real thing

Gregg

[tanktrack]

I take my hat off to you it is looking great , I question,how does the paper not buckle when painted ?

[Guest]

I take my hat off to you it is looking great , I question,how does the paper not buckle when painted ?

Thank you. thinner card (160 gsm) does warp a little bit, but seems to dry okay. I mainly use acrylic paint. the first coat soaks straight in. So at least two are needed.

Tim

[flyjoe180]

Nice work Tim, I too am amazed that this is all card.

[Guest]

Decal time:



Bought two sets. The Polish eagle is from Bison set 35176 (T-34 in foreign service) and the lettering from Xtradecal set X32022 (RAF serial letters & numbers). The logo on the back door is made up from an 'X' and four 'L's.

Gave the model a coat of gloss varnish, then used Micro Set, setting solution on the decals. When dry went over the decals with matt varnish, to seal them on.

Tim

[Guest]

Finally she's done:









Tim