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| Tweet Topic Started: Dec 13 2013, 01:43 PM (127 Views) | |
| garywintin | Dec 13 2013, 01:43 PM Post #1 |
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Filler and Sander
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Hey guys..... I just finished the Leopard2 and Mosquito said on my Leopard2 gallery that it would be nice if I share my wips on the forum .... Hence, I have decided to work on my third dragon and second open-topped vehicle, beautiful vehicle known as the Nashorn. This is the kit - ![]() I would love to show the sprues but there are just so many in this case that it will become so long. But, I can tell you that this kit has - 1,103 parts (798 in grey styrene, 240 “Magic Track” links, 35 etched brass, 24 clear styrene, 2 springs, 2 coil springs, 1 length of wire, 1 turned aluminium gun barrel) That really is a LOT of sprues. Most of them are not even for this kit. Usual dragon .. you know.. anyway I started on the shock absorbers - ![]() and the bogies - ![]() Which was relatively easy, compared with my Dicker Max. Followed that up with the first part of the front glacis plate; the hooks - ![]() And then, there's the second part which is the visors and the hatch. The visors can be made workable but I looked at the instructions and having no intention of showing any interior nor to get frustrated over putting together some complicated stuffs , I just skipped all the steps and just closed the driver visors shut. ![]() now if you are also building this kit - be aware of the following - ![]() The four little hinges that I circled on the manual is not labelled and I had to spend a good deal of time trying to find them. They are actually on the F sprues. So if you are building this, be on the look out for this. After that, I put on the rear plate on the hull tub - ![]() and I glued on the glacis. A bit of patient and filling is required - ![]() After that, I went back to the back plate again and put on the bibs and bobs as instructed. Naturally, I left the muffler off for now - ![]() After that, I decided to put on the exhaust pipes that leads to the muffler. The kit is a 3-in-1 comprising of initial, initial-modified and early. I went for the initial-modified and put on the pipes on both side like so - ![]() AS you can I have also put on the wheels and idler. I then attached the little box that is associated with the initial-modified version which also have the mud-flap on it. Too bad I don't have any brass sheet lying around. I couldn't damage it as it was plastic. ''sob '' You can also see the two ends of the exhaust pipes which will in turn go into the muffler later on - ![]() After that, I finished up the front fenders. Much to my surprise, that was all there is on the front fenders- ![]() Alright folks, I will leave this here for now. I will keep you updated. Until the next one. |
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| Olde Farte | Dec 13 2013, 01:55 PM Post #2 |
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Lt. Derek 'Smurfy' Reeve
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Hi Gary, it's always nice to see WIPs whatever the subject. This looks to be going together quite well. |
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| Cimmerian | Dec 13 2013, 03:04 PM Post #3 |
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Lt. Ken 'Albatros' Jeffrey
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Nice work. |
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| Mark M | Dec 13 2013, 03:34 PM Post #4 |
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Hawk T1
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well nice build ill be watching with interest |
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| Mosquito | Dec 13 2013, 07:06 PM Post #5 |
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Kit reviewer
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Looking good mate, and thanks for the tip about the hinges.
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| tc2324 | Dec 14 2013, 09:07 AM Post #6 |
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LCDR Tony `Banana's` Clay
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Lovely start. Looking forward to the next update.
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| garywintin | Dec 14 2013, 08:44 PM Post #7 |
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Filler and Sander
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Hey guys ... Got an update here ... Last time, I left off at the fenders so lets continue from that. I attached the fenders and put on the first base coat so that I can put on the Tracks ASAP - ![]() After that, I painted the wheels, put up the tracks after that and painted them so that I can get it out of my way and concentrate on more stuffs - ![]() ![]() After that, I started on the gun- I honestly have no idea what this is called but this it the one that hold the barrel and goes into the cradle ( somebody please tell me what this is ) ![]() After that, the breech ( quite a lot of steps and parts just for that ) - ![]() Followed up by the Muzzle brake - ![]() the whole thing - ![]() I followed that up with a recoil cylinder - ![]() Started building up the left armour-struts for the cradle - ![]() and this is the right - ![]() and this is the gun sight - ![]() And if you are building this, becareful of this step on the left armour-strut ![]() D20 is supposed to go into the little hole where it says D-14 and D-14 is actually supposed to go into the the half-circle slot above D-7. I learned about the mistake the hard way so if you guys are building this, be careful of this. And I moved on to some small bibs-and-bobs on the inside of the sides of the super-structure - ![]() Also, if you are building this, be mindful of this step as well - ![]() MA7 is a PE part and it's kinda situated very low and conflicting with M31 swing arc so you might want to move it up so that M31 can swing properly. But that's your choice. And I will leave you guys at this step. I will keep you guys updated. |
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