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Post by tony on Mar 2, 2018 22:11:55 GMT -6
 This kit is better already We're in high cotton with a driver's compartment.    Its been a long day and I turned out the lights and locked the door. Tomorrow is another day Tony lee  |
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Post by BUCKY on Mar 2, 2018 22:26:59 GMT -6
You've done well, grasshopper!! Tuck yourself in!  Hit it again another day!!! |
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Post by JCON on Mar 2, 2018 22:38:10 GMT -6
Very cool Unk, sleep well my brother!!!  |
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Post by JEFF on Mar 3, 2018 3:28:55 GMT -6
Give Her Heck, Tony. Nice detail.  |
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Post by tony on Mar 3, 2018 9:20:55 GMT -6
I must have been tired last night because I didn't see those knockout on the seat backs but I have a plan. Thanks all Tony lee |
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Post by feldgrau23 on Mar 3, 2018 10:23:18 GMT -6
Your on a Tank Destroyer roll Tony. Great start!! I've got the AFV M-10 that I am going to be starting shortly. I might wait till your done with all yours!!
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Post by ogrejohn on Mar 3, 2018 17:04:24 GMT -6
Look at you go! Nice work!
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Post by tony on Mar 3, 2018 18:24:55 GMT -6
feldgrau23 i've got the AFV M36 but i've read it has so much wrong it wasn't really worth the trouble. We'll see I guess Tony lee |
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Post by JCON on Mar 3, 2018 18:26:02 GMT -6
On your hands it will be Ace Tony!!!
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Post by feldgrau23 on Mar 3, 2018 19:52:47 GMT -6
feldgrau23 i've got the AFV M36 but i've read it has so much wrong it wasn't really worth the trouble. We'll see I guess Tony lee Well the only other AFV kit I did was the late Tiger 1. Not a bad kit. I will have to do more research on the M10 then. |
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Post by Beekster on Mar 3, 2018 20:03:27 GMT -6
The Tamiya M10 Mid-Production is the best one available for dimensional accuracy, Feldgrau. See my thread on comparing M10 hulls further down in this forum. AFV has wrong hull angles; Academy has that and is too narrow. The Tamiya M10 turret is the only one that is correct in size and shape, and can easily be backdated to the early configuration with the lead block counterweights. With respect to the AFV M36, it is wrong for WW2 and can only be built as a post-war M36B2 since the hull parts are all for the diesel M10 and not the gasoline M10A1. The bustle on the turret is also about .080" too short, so it has to be sawed off at the back of the turret and that much material added and sanded to shape before repairing the weld seams. Italeri's M36B1 is rather crude by modern standards and the turret a bit large, but it's better than Academy...that turret suffers from being rather "squished" laterally since the hull is too narrow. The too-narrow hull throws off the proportions of all of Academy's M10 and M36 turrets. I only use Academy tank destroyer kits as sources for interior parts for other projects, usually casting copies in resin.
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Post by tony on Mar 3, 2018 21:35:30 GMT -6
Update    The kits tracks have holes in them,not dimples but holes so i'm going to use a set of DS tracks I had in the stash. Tony lee |
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Post by JCON on Mar 3, 2018 22:48:20 GMT -6
Oh my, holes in them??? Wow!!!
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Post by JEFF on Mar 4, 2018 3:06:31 GMT -6
So you mean they are not fully molded?
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Post by tony on Mar 4, 2018 10:48:18 GMT -6
It looks like when the tracks were removed from the mold the injector whiskers didn't come out of the mold but were pulled out of the tracks itself leaving a drilled out looking hole.
Later boys and girls
Tony lee
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Post by JCON on Mar 4, 2018 10:50:12 GMT -6
That stinks!!!  |
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Post by JEFF on Mar 4, 2018 13:56:12 GMT -6
Interesting. Glad you had a back up. |
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Post by BUCKY on Mar 4, 2018 14:11:05 GMT -6
Methinks that molding plastic parts is an imperfect science!!
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Post by tony on Mar 4, 2018 17:32:23 GMT -6
I was the night shift supervisor at a plastics company and it is an art but the problem I see knowing how it works the manufacture is in too much of a hurry,they don't keep a close eye on the machine setting or the operator just don't know what the heck they're doing. Simple as that folks Tony lee |
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Post by JCON on Mar 4, 2018 18:10:37 GMT -6
Makes sense...
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Hit it again another day!!!
