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Spudgun · Last edited by Spudgun on Tue 24 Feb 2009 20:36 pm; edited 1 time in total

Details of TimJ's build will be found here.
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TimJ · Posted: Sat 28 Feb 2009 12:09 pm Post subject:

With one day to go, here are some pictures;

First, the box..

the instructions..

and the sprues and decal sheet.

The dreaded brown backing paper strikes again.

The cab is in the bottom right corner. Should be fun masking it up!
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TimJ · Posted: Thu 05 Mar 2009 17:08 pm Post subject:

I started on Sunday by assembling the tank and pump equipment. Then I painted the chassis, drivetrain and tyres.

Since then I've painted the interior of the cab, primed the other body parts and assembled the chassis. This was the state of play last night.

So far everything's going smoothly apart from one small part which fell victim to the carpet monster.

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glen3312 · Posted: Thu 05 Mar 2009 17:52 pm Post subject:

looking good

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arni · Posted: Thu 05 Mar 2009 18:50 pm Post subject:

Beginning to take shape,nice work.
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thomasweir · Posted: Thu 05 Mar 2009 19:16 pm Post subject:

Coming along nicely

Lincolnlanc · Posted: Fri 06 Mar 2009 10:50 am Post subject:

Like the look of that ...
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TimJ · Posted: Tue 17 Mar 2009 17:32 pm Post subject:

I've painted the main components green and will be painting the rest of the black camouflage on tonight.

I'm hoping it'll be finished by the end of the week.

(How many times have I said that before?)

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Lincolnlanc · Posted: Mon 23 Mar 2009 11:14 am Post subject: Tanker MK

Any update TimJ .....

TimJ · Posted: Mon 23 Mar 2009 16:42 pm Post subject:

Afraid not.

I've been having some work done on the house so I've been a bit distracted. Hope to get make some progress this evening.
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TimJ · Posted: Fri 27 Mar 2009 17:26 pm Post subject:

Had a bit of a problem last night. I was fitting the tank to the chassis when the tank slipped from my hand and fell to the ground, catching the edge of the coffee table on the way down and sending the ladder pinging into the gaping maw of the carpet monster.

As it isn't a particularly small part you'd think it wouldn't be too hard to find but after 15 minutes on hands and knees I still hadn't found it.
Apart from that I 've got the camo on and done some detail painting. I'll post some pics soon and hopefully the ladder will turn up in the meantime.
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TimJ · Posted: Fri 03 Apr 2009 16:16 pm Post subject:

I haven't found the ladder yet so I may have to make one from plastic strip. After giving the bumpers and tank a cuple of coats of Klear I've applied the decals, which went on surprisingly well considering they were on the dreaded brown backing paper.

All that's left to do now is add the extinguishers, give it a coat of Matt Cote, make a replacement ladder and possibly some door mirrors.
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Spudgun · Posted: Fri 03 Apr 2009 18:01 pm Post subject:

Certainly looks good. Did you use really hot water to get the decals off the brown backing paper? I did and it seems to work well. As for the door mirrors, I suggest using staples for the frames and a bit of plasticard for the mirrors.
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TimJ · Posted: Sat 04 Apr 2009 11:26 am Post subject:

The water was hot but it still took a while to get them off the backing paper.
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Lincolnlanc · Posted: Sat 04 Apr 2009 15:38 pm Post subject:

Looks good, camouflage not over-done, try and stick some mirrors on ... it will finnish the vehicle off.
Mirrors as in my topic TimJ
Ian
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TimJ · Posted: Wed 15 Apr 2009 15:55 pm Post subject:

Almost finished now. I've made a replacement ladder from the boarding ladder of a Hasegawa Jaguar GR1. Not quite right but close enough.

All I need to do now is make some door mirrors and maybe some indicators as in MacTeagle's build.
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beautiful
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thomasweir · Posted: Wed 15 Apr 2009 16:46 pm Post subject:

Great build Tim

MacTeagle · Posted: Wed 15 Apr 2009 17:19 pm Post subject:

Tim,

That looks great. good work on the camouflage. I used ID tabs from my 1/24 Spitfire sprue for the mirrors, they were very nearly the perfect size and shape, just sanded off the numbers and shortened them to be just a little smaller than the side windows.

The indicators took a little patience to sand down to the right shape. I used a little nail file. I dropped one of them onto the carpet three times

. I found it each time which was nothing short of miraculous!

Good job on that new ladder by the way.
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TimJ · Posted: Sat 09 May 2009 10:53 am Post subject:

Finished at last. It took some time to get round to adding the mirrors and indicators but they do add a bit of extra realism to the model. An enjoyable build and thanks to Lincolnlanc and MacTeagle for the tips.

I'll try and get some better photos as except for the last one they're a bit blurry.
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