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CDW

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  1. CDW
    Negative. This is an OLD Tamiya mold, very basic. It was once built to be battery powered. Still has the battery tabs and cutouts for a motor switch in the hull. Needs some TLC.
  2. CDW
    The T-62A was an evolution of the Russian T-55 main battle tank first seen in 1961. Remarkably, this 60+ year-old tank can be seen in combat today serving the Russians in Donbas, Ukraine. The Russians still have reserves of this venerable old design in great numbers. I’ll be building this model using some upgraded parts as the old Tamiya kit is rather dated.
  3. CDW
    Final photos
  4. CDW
    Thanks for the kind comments/compliments gentlemen. Frankly, I am ready for this one to be done so I can start something new. Decisions, decisions... Aircraft, sports/super cars, battle tanks, support vehicles, ships??? Hmmm......
  5. CDW
    Will add the stowage then some mud and call this one done.
  6. CDW
    Shaders
  7. CDW
    What did you do to solve the riddle of the canopy and frame? Whatever you did, it came out great. If you had not wrote about it, I would have never known there was an issue. Well done.
  8. CDW
    Mig Ammo has a line of paint products called Shaders, in a couple of dozen various shades of translucent paint. I’m testing it out here for the first time. It’s interesting the myriad of finishing products Mig Ammo has introduced.
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  10. CDW
    To get the effect I want, used a white grey oil to tone down the heavily chipped areas. Stowage is carried on the most heavily paint-damaged areas and is yet to be added toward the finish of this project.
  11. CDW
    Sausage making in full production
  12. CDW
    Very fine brush work OC
  13. CDW
    Following steps will include chipping fluid then white paint for the winter scheme. Won’t lay down white paint until tomorrow giving adequate drying time for the green paint.
  14. CDW
    My photos are out of order. Don’t know how that happened. I fixed it.
  15. CDW
    Making sausage in the paint shop. Primer is Tamiya, finishing paints are Mig Ammo acrylics. More to do so will return with more photos later.
  16. CDW
    Yes, there are a couple of Thompson sub's mounted inside the tank but it's difficult to photograph them (for me a rank amateur) because of their location inside. Or a scene of massive destruction dio, which I contemplated but decided against until I got one built stock under my belt.
  17. CDW
    No matter which way I try to shake it out, a lot of interior detail will be buried inside this model.
  18. CDW
    Got a strong feeling you are right. Not many in the small pool of modelers who would want the kit can find the extra cash to purchase on at this time of economic uncertainty world-wide.
  19. CDW
    Glad to have found your build thread for the Lancaster. This is a brand-new mold for Airfix, along with a new B-17 kit as well. Both kits are well received by the modelers I have seen that built and reviewed them, light years ahead of the old tools. As a matter of fact, Airfix has released a lot of new kits in the past few years. Many are great kits IMHO. I first built the old Airfix B-17 kit in 1967 after buying it at the Smithsonian in Washington DC. I thought that kit was just fabulous back then. 🙂
  20. CDW
    Model will be finished in a winter, Russian scheme. There is a inner 37 mm gun and a machine gun cupola to be finished before I can move on to outer paint.
  21. CDW
    That's a beautiful place to be. Happy Father's Day
  22. CDW
    As it turns out, 79 links appears to be right on the money.
  23. CDW
    Yes, of course that is the way to go. The idler and drive sprockets are not glued on now and won't be until everything is fitted into place. At this juncture, I have to figure out whether 79 is the correct number of links regardless of what the plans say. 79 looks too tight to me. There are ample extra links to add one or two if needed.
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  25. CDW
    The kit plans call for 79 links per side for the tracks. Once the slack is pulled out of the track, it’s going to be tricky getting that last link cemented into place. The idlers on each side have a cam built in that enable a small amount of loosen/tighten as required to tension the tracks. My links are functional but it’s going to be a tight radius at the idlers. Keeping my fingers crossed for this step. I need to paint before permanently installing the tracks for obvious reasons.

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