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Academy King Tiger
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iambrb
Well-known member
OK so how the heck am I supposed to get all these things together?????
I used a pair of Hobby Lobby sand sticks to lay them out
and then I could just lay them on there and push them together. Note that sometimes they bunch up though
So I used another sanding file to 'flatten them out' and also to check squareness
and the end result came out ok
Now I just need to figure out which direction they face!!!!!!
I used a pair of Hobby Lobby sand sticks to lay them out
and then I could just lay them on there and push them together. Note that sometimes they bunch up though
So I used another sanding file to 'flatten them out' and also to check squareness
and the end result came out ok
Now I just need to figure out which direction they face!!!!!!
Iron Mike
Master At Arms And Resident Curmudgeon
There have been several articles written about track assembly posted at MA.
https://www.modelersalliance.com/forum/sprue-u-tips-and-techniques/152421-individual-link-tracks-for-armor-made-easy
Direction? That's what the reference photos are for. :coolio
https://www.modelersalliance.com/forum/sprue-u-tips-and-techniques/152421-individual-link-tracks-for-armor-made-easy
Direction? That's what the reference photos are for. :coolio
That's why i pay for fruils. 
iambrb
Well-known member
Mike, I cannot seem to find decent reference photos!!!!!
I have looked at the walkarounds, the academy pics, and some here too, and cannot tell which way to face them.
Help...please!
iambrb
Well-known member
GOT TRACKS?
Life has been getting painfully in the way of modeling...why can't I be rich instead of just good looking?
anyhoo.....here is the lastest. I abandoned the method I had above & simply used the extra-thin type Tenax copy stuff &, wetting the center two recesses only, built them up 4 at a time. takes less time than I am letting on, and allows them to be flexible. Gel superglue attached them to the weels
As to direction, I used the box and my best guesstimate, as the HyperScale site has the tracks in ever direction except sideways! that plus I couldn't find a reference pi of the real thing that my "Mole-Vision" eyes
could use.
Anyhooooooooo...Here is where I "be-at" (Street-lingo, for you non-urban types)
Now it's on the weathering!!!
Life has been getting painfully in the way of modeling...why can't I be rich instead of just good looking?
anyhoo.....here is the lastest. I abandoned the method I had above & simply used the extra-thin type Tenax copy stuff &, wetting the center two recesses only, built them up 4 at a time. takes less time than I am letting on, and allows them to be flexible. Gel superglue attached them to the weels
As to direction, I used the box and my best guesstimate, as the HyperScale site has the tracks in ever direction except sideways! that plus I couldn't find a reference pi of the real thing that my "Mole-Vision" eyes
could use.
Anyhooooooooo...Here is where I "be-at" (Street-lingo, for you non-urban types)
Now it's on the weathering!!!
GOT TRACKS?
Life has been getting painfully in the way of modeling...why can't I be rich instead of just good looking?
anyhoo.....here is the lastest. I abandoned the method I had above & simply used the extra-thin type Tenax copy stuff &, wetting the center two recesses only, built them up 4 at a time. takes less time than I am letting on, and allows them to be flexible. Gel superglue attached them to the weels
As to direction, I used the box and my best guesstimate, as the HyperScale site has the tracks in ever direction except sideways! that plus I couldn't find a reference pi of the real thing that my "Mole-Vision" eyes
could use.
Anyhooooooooo...Here is where I "be-at" (Street-lingo, for you non-urban types)
Now it's on the weathering!!!
Tracks are backwards....
:tomato :tomato :tomato Looks good, like Mike said, watch the connections and floaters.
Iron Mike
Master At Arms And Resident Curmudgeon
iambrb
Well-known member
Was a good one...ya pair of boogers
iambrb
Well-known member
Really not too much! You can see some fenders are bent, out of place, & missing, but really some mud int he wheels and tracks, some streaking, and a few places of chipped paint, but again, not too much. This is a bit of practice for me in using dot filters, streaking (the paint, not personally), and some chipping.
My next challenge is to do a half-ass passable job on the face of the tank commander, and then get him on there. that is why the turret hatch is still open. If I screw that up too badly, (less than half-ass), I can just close the hatch.
Skinny_Mike
Well-known member
Making good progress Bruce, this tiger is turning out nicely! Good luck weathering, that's going to be my challenge
as well!
as well!
Nice, see if you can get more light on it, kinda dark.
