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  1. RGL
    They do not fit well nor strongly. It came down to glueing them on piecemeal. I ended up with 2 spare links. Once I get some decals down it should accelerate nicely
  2. RGL
    Now there is a special place in hell for the bloke that designed these tracks.
  3. RGL
    Ok, I thought it would be lazy not to do one in the 3 tone camouflage. dry fit. Should look good weathered, one OD and one Camo.
  4. RGL
    Base coat of olive drab which was the US colour used for the Holts. I will now do about 3 graduating lighter shades then add a filter. My plan is to add the tracks before I add any more glue as apparently they are a nightmare to attach. they did 10,000 of these tractor for ww1! I recently saw a 3 tone camo in a magazine (it’s a what if as there is no reference so I may just do one of these in That scheme)
  5. RGL
    Base coats
  6. RGL
    Back to the Holt tractors. The injection marks on the inside of the tracks are massive. Primer coat them scrape back again, I’m not going to go to war with the inboard ones as you won’t see them .
  7. RGL
    Maybe one day a WNW Gotha!!!
  8. RGL
    So there will be a Holt tractor for each piece plus a lorry
  9. RGL
    And I’m back. The chassis of the cannon. I have to do the tools for the side them strap them in and I can add dust.
  10. RGL
    Finished!
  11. RGL
    I don’t know how people ever brush painted these things.
  12. RGL
    Very close to the finish now, I need to do some airbrush touch ups and rigging, then the windscreen and guns
  13. RGL
    Bombs
  14. RGL
    So decals done, a bit of weathering to go plus props etc etc
  15. RGL
    And the base coat done. I’m not sure if the colours are exact but Meh!
  16. RGL
    Well easier than masking a ship
  17. RGL
    And that’s the big bits, primer coat down. I’m going to give it a day to dry, then a light sand and I’ll place all the eyelets for the rigging lines, then preshaded before camouflage
  18. RGL
    So a bit busier than the instructions
  19. RGL
    Cockpit!
  20. RGL
    Making a start on the fuselage’s interior. The kit has none. And big open hatches. The cockpit is metal framed and the rest of it is traditional metal/wood frame and canvas. a bit of scratch building now, the upper gunner’s area and the frame for the lowered underside gun.
  21. RGL
    Wings; big gaps, engines on as there is a gap between the top of the engine and the leading edge of the wing . There are large gaps in the wing join pieces of almost z1mm.
  22. RGL
    Free hand, I’m over masking !
  23. RGL
    And some more
  24. RGL
    Started on the wings. I forgot how poorly everything lines up on these kits. Mind you not as bad as a roden kit. A few more references …..
  25. RGL
    The old three colour sprues

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