Italeri schwimmwagen in 1/35

[GerryW]

You had me wondering why you have Dutch-language reading material in Suffolk, but then it clicked that this is the “important information” warnings in the lid of the Tamiya box you used for taking the photos :smiling3:

But yeah, some parts are better left on a bit of sprue for as long as possible.

Nederlands lezen is goed!:thumb2: (used to be able to haltingly speak it - enough to embarrass a shop assistant near Enschede, when she and another customer were talking about how stupid the English are - apparently, my accent was close to 'local' - but well out of practice now:worried

Took one look at the, presumably, 4wd lever and thought how to keep an eye on it, simple answer was to keep it attached to a bigger bit!:thumb2:

[CarolsHusband]

Way off thread but my Mum did that in a St Malo restaurant when the waiter came over and let rip about a couple of "rosbifs" at another table.

He also complimented her accent once she'd let the cat out of the bag.

[GerryW]

Ready for the next stage - joining top to bottom and filling the joint (forgive my habit of using up the paint on the brushes by putting it onto somewhere that is due to be painted!)

As Jakko spotted, I use a box as a 'workstation' - saves trying to find the little bits on the bench, the theory is that at least I've got some idea where it's pinged to!

[GerryW]

Well, top and bottom are together, will leave it until tomorrow to set before I start the filling and sanding process.

[rtfoe]

I like them Recaro profile style seats. At least Italeri gives the floorboards. The bits I like are the exhaust with cover and the prop. I too don't follow instruction sequences...if it's better some other way then do it. But I'd follow an IKEA instruction sheet to the T. :smiling2:

Cheers,
Richard

[GerryW]

It's coming along.

Got some 'weld' lines where the filler came through the gaps

But the outside seems to look ok

[scottie3158]

Gerry,
Looking good.

[GerryW]

Gerry,
Looking good.

Thanks Scottie

[Jim R]

Hi Gerry
Good, neat progress.
Jim

[GerryW]

Hi Gerry
Good, neat progress.
Jim

Thanks Jim, slowly getting on with it (thought that it was going to be a quick build, but it's taking longer than I thought it would - still, it's keeping me occupied!)

[CarolsHusband]

Hi Gerry. It's a shame that it's proving to be a bit of a pup, I've got a Tamiya one that fell together, if memory serves.

I built quite a few soft skin Italeri's way back & they went together fine.

[GerryW]

Hi Gerry. It's a shame that it's proving to be a bit of a pup, I've got a Tamiya one that fell together, if memory serves.

I built quite a few soft skin Italeri's way back & they went together fine.

Guess that's what I was expecting with this one, that it would just fall together - never tried Italeri before, so probably making more of it than it deserves, probably with a bit more experience, it would fall together!

[CarolsHusband]

Nah, I doubt it's you. I reckon they dropped the ball by the looks of it.

I'll have to go and dig mine out and see how it's constructed.

[GerryW]

Nah, I doubt it's you. I reckon they dropped the ball by the looks of it.

I'll have to go and dig mine out and see how it's constructed.

Must admit that there is a fair amount of flash, so could just be the molds are getting old (the 'release' points are also fairly prominent (glad that I've got a tube of filler!) so taking a little while waiting for the filler to set)

[Mini Me]

You seem to be making some good progress Gerry....so all is not lost, just requires a bit more work than one might expect. Just keep thinking how good it will feel when you have finally beaten this "dog" into submission. :smiling6::smiling3::thumb2: Rick H.