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  1. CDW
    Slow and steady. The upper hull is a multi piece affair with photo etch yet to be added. I moved 42 heavy boxes down a flight of stairs today and loaded them on a truck. Going to take it easy the remainder of the night. Got my cardiovascular exercise for the day. Have not done that much stair climbing in a long time. Reminds me of my football training when I was a lad.
  2. CDW
    The flat silver looks great! Is the Alclad primer a lacquer or an acrylic. Do you spray it through the airbrush straight from the bottle or reduce it first? I've never used their primer.
  3. CDW
    And new company names are popping up all over the place. This is my first Amusing Hobby kit. At first, I thought maybe this kit was a re-pop of the AFV Club kit, but it's not. All I know is the kit is made in China, but I am inclined to believe maybe the parent company is out of Japan.
  4. CDW
    The tracks are attached temporarily until I get further along with hull construction and am ready for painting. At that time will remove the tracks for painting then permanently assemble afterward. The idler wheel assemblies provide the ability to tighten the tracks as required before cementing them in place.
  5. CDW
    With the track links assembled, moved on to the aft end of the hull where the kit provides a considerable amount of detail. The box on the upper right of the hull is a communications box. Inside is a photo etch brass receiver bracket and a handset. The small door laying below unattached could be posed open to show off the detail if one desired to do a diorama.
  6. CDW
    What brand of primer do you use? Looks good from here.
  7. CDW
    Pretty sure it's a battering ram...an urban warfare tool.
  8. CDW
    I read where one well-known modeler (and a member of this forum) uses CA mixed with dental powder as a filler. Says it works to perfection for him. I bought the dental powder from a vendor on Ebay, but as yet have not tried it out.
  9. CDW
    The track links are beautifully molded, the best I have seen in a model kit so far. All the individual links are separated in a bag and do not require the tedious cutting from a sprue and cleanup. However, the intended “working” feature is not a practical one as its almost impossible to snap the links together without breaking a hinge pin. Therefore I will be cementing my links together once I have conformed them around the sprockets and idler wheels which won’t be until after I have painted the lower hull and wheels.
  10. CDW
    Thanks for the comment's gentlemen. Much appreciated.
  11. CDW
    Finishing up the drive sprockets and idler wheels. Track link assemblies are next.
  12. CDW
    Drive gear housing and sprockets assemblies
  13. CDW
    From Tank-Encyclopedia dot com: The Israeli Sho’t The Israeli Army took the best the Centurion had to offer. The first purchase of Centurions Mk. 5, in the early sixties, arrived right in time to help improve an army which was until then equipped mostly with Sherman tanks and light French AMX-13s among other types. The Centurion was the IDF’s first and main battle tank for years, as it became legendary in 1967 and saw extensive modernization campaigns. The biggest change for the local Sho’t (Hebrew for “scourge” or “whip”), was the Continental AVDS-1790-2A diesel engine coupled with the Allison CD850-6 transmission (1970). The Sho’t Kal upgrade (1974) saw the introduction of Mk. 13 armor and pintle mount 0.50 cal (12.7 mm) HMG. The Kal Alef, Bet, Gimel and Dalet were upgrades for the turret rotating mechanism, gun stabilizer, fire-control system and ultimately a new ERA composite armor (Dalet). Now retired or sold, their chassis are still in use through conversions.
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    With suspension trucks completed and relevant parts prepared, it’s time to assemble the lower hull.
  16. CDW
    Construction begins with the suspension components. There are two of these and four of these
  17. CDW
    A look at the parts trees and instructions
  18. CDW
    Buy your Tamiya kits from scalehobbyist dot com. He sells the same P-51 kit for $132.99. Fast, friendly service. No sales tax.
  19. CDW
    Another armored subject, an Israel Defense Force tank purchased from the British and modified to IDF specifications. These tanks began life as a Centurian before conversion to Sho't Kal Gimel standards.
  20. CDW
    Turned out a beauty! Very nice work Chris.
  21. CDW
    I’m calling a close to this little project. Thanks to everyone for your comments, encouragement, and for following along. Will see you soon with another adventure-filled modeling experience.
  22. CDW
    You keep this up EG, and we will have to start calling you, The Plastic Surgeon General. Nice work, tedious too!
  23. CDW
    Nope. just got back from the hobby shop, too. Didn't see this in time or I would have bought it. Thanks for the heads-up.
  24. CDW
    Agreed. That satin was glossier than I thought it would be. More flat hides a lot of sins, too. Don’t notice the finish as much. Got started painting my commander figure today. Just the black primer so far and waiting for it to fully dry before laying down some flesh tones later on.
  25. CDW
    In the end, managed to totally screw up my paint job😵 I used Microscale Satin Clear for the first time and it cracked while drying, as if it had a reaction with the paint under it. Oh well, it was a cheap model anyway. If anyone notices it while on display at my house, I’ll just claim it was the cheap, crappy paint the Russians used on their tanks. 🤥 l’ll take one more set of photos when I get my commander figure painted and machine gun mounted, then call it finished.

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