Maddog Manufacturing Now Open for 2022!

[mustang1989]

Dude.....this is all mind boggling progress. I don't know how you keep all of this straight Mark.

Great work so far bud.

[Dukemaddog]

Thank you Joe! Sometimes I wonder too, but I have a system that seems to work, provided vital things don't go missing.

[Dukemaddog]

Once again, we kept busy and moved a lot of things forward this week. So much so that I scheduled another tour of the facilities earlier than expected!


All aboard the trams everyone and remember to keep your hands and feet inside at all times. This will be a good long tour.


As always, we'll start in the Hangar.


Here you can see that the F-117 got a dull coat on it:





I was going to keep it glossy, but then I realized that a dull coat would absorb more radar waves than a glossy coat. After that, we installed the landing gear, gear doors and bomb bay doors, as well as one Maverick:





Not a good angle for viewing all that so here's a better angle:





Finally I was ready to get this thing finished. Then I ran into a big issue....


I HATE THIS MASKING AGENT!!





When we tried to remove it from the canopy, it would not come off! It seemed to peel by layers, each of which seemed to be more sticky than the previous one. I took a wooden coffee stir and cut a chiseled end and used that to try and scrape all this stuff off. Even then, it stuck to the model! What a cluster! After I got all that off that I could, I took a cotton bud/Q-tip/whatever you want to call it; dipped it in alcohol and scrubbed the whole canopy, finally removing the last of the mask residue. I then brushed on some Pledge Future to clear the windows again and later re-painted a dull coat along the area around the canopy to bring it back into consistency with the rest of the plane. I can see in these pics we still have some touch up to do. Despite that, my USAF took delivery of this plane anyway.


Because of the tightness in the facility, I made an effort to get some more space by trying to organize things a bit. That's when I really got tired of this C-17-wannabe horse and the box it rode in on, cluttering up my hangar space! So, we set things aside and started on this by first glueing the wings in place:





This was a very poor fit. After nearly an hour of working it, this was the final result that I had to live with:





There's gonna be a lot of sanding and filling and repainting to do there...


When the wings were finally dry enough, we stepped back to find that every stinking wheel had broken off the landing gear struts:





We are going to get the decals on and the window masks off and possibly even the dull coat shot on this thing before I get to work fixing those wheels. Enough of that, time to work on something easy...


I chose the AH-56 Cheyenne to work on since that seemed to be the easiest so far. It was. We had applied some filler in the gaps I'd found and sanded down the steps:





After another coat of black primer, I saw it was looking great:





Certainly far better than the A-400...


Off she went to the spray booth to get her coat of Olive Drab:





Next we shot a dull coat on the Japanese U-125 since we had it out for the Stealth fighter already:





This bird then got her landing gear on as well. Sword does not give you very great attachment points to fasten these struts securely and firmly:





Here's a better shot of her stubby legs. They are holding her up quite nicely:





But I'm getting a bit ahead of myself. All this time some of the main cabin windows had opened up while we were trying to mask them way back before paint was first shot. We just left them alone all this time.....until now. That's when we pushed them all the way in and used Micro Scale Window glue to make new windows. Those are the white ovals on the sides of the fuselage:





Finally we got the last of the landing gear bay doors and other detail parts on this bird, finishing all the assembly. After some touch up painting, she was delivered to my Japanese Air Force.




That completes the tour of the Hangar, now on to the Shipyards...


We've been keeping busy on the various naval projects going on here and are planning on laying the keel to a couple more projects soon. Meanwhile, this is what was done in the slipways this past week.


First of all, some of the paint on the side of the RAF Rescue Launch was pulled away earlier and so we masked it off and shot another coat of black on the side to fix it:





Once that was dry, she was looking good. We can now move forward on her soon:





Meanwhile in the next slipway, the final parts were installed on HMS Kelly, except for the ship's boats:





After some touch up painting and the addition of her boats, we were able to launch her and send her out on her shakedown cruise before being delivered to my British Navy.





That was a short trip through the Shipyards, and so we move on to the Motor Pool...


Here in the Motor Pool, things went fairly smoothly as well. We had gotten quite far on the Swedish Assault Gun so I wanted to get it further along as close to the paint stage as possible. We got the tracks installed first since they needed to be on before the fenders and casemate:








The individual track pieces on this model are only about a millimeter and a quarter long. Very tiny!


While they were drying, we got the main gun and rear stowage box installed on the casemate:





The kit includes a photo-etch piece for the perforated muzzle break on the end.. I'll have that done later once the P/E is annealed. A test fitting of the casemate on the hull shows some gaps that will need to be dealt with:





Time to let that set for a bit and show you our next projects. These next two got another coat of paint on them. First the British Bushmaster that needed a more solid coat of paint:





Then this Canadian Cadillac Gage was giving me the stinkeye for forgetting it for so long and so we pulled that over to the spray booth and shot the remaining OD from the Cheyenne project:






Finally, I got some more progress on my Russian models. First, I got the dull coat on the beastie:





Later we tried some combinations of paint and Future/Pledge to make this main gun a little less loose so the gun would remain in any angle I wanted to pose it in. We had some success:





Later on we finished weathering the beastie on the lower hull and tracks. I didn't want to over weather this as I figured they would be mostly traveling on roads or being covered up and carried by tank transporters. Once that was done, my Russian Army took delivery of this gun.


This last one was giving me a bit of trouble. We pulled out the CLUB M and started masking the windows to get the cab ready for paint. Unfortunately, the side windows decided to come unglued on one side and push in. Now the cab was fully sealed so fixing them was a real issue. Finally since we couldn't get the cab off and opened up, we cut some holes in the rear cab wall so I could stick something in and push them shut once glue was re-applied to the open sides:





Since that was going to be hidden from view by the engine housing, I didn't care. We re-glued the windows and when they were dry, we finished masking them successfully this time. Then the top weather cover was added to the roof of the cab after I'd already had the inside top painted. It looks crooked in this pic but we got it straightened up:





Paint was then shot and came out smooth:





Since I had the launch cabin that houses the launch tubes already masked and I had the base paint out, we finished shooting paint on the outer launch cabin:





Finally, the last bit of work on this was the dry-fitting of the whole thing together:





She's a big one!


I hope to start getting Silly Putty applied to this and the Australian Bushmaster so the camouflage colors can be shot. Hopefully this coming week.



Thank you all for joining me on this latest tour! Comments are always welcome.

[JCON]

Your messy painted workbench in the first photo of the F-117 makes it look like an aerial pic with the earth way below it, ha, ha!!! Nice update buddy!!!

[mustang1989]

Very good work on all Mark. WOW!!!

[Dukemaddog]

Thank you Joe for your comments! Yeah, that first pic of the Stealth does look a bit like that doesn't it? What a happy accident!

Thank you Mustang Joe!

[Dukemaddog]

Wow, the manufacturing plant has been humming along quite a bit! It feels great to have all this time to keep things going.


It's time for another tour, the trams are waiting! All aboard!


Starting in the Hangar again, you'll see that the Japanese OH-1 has finally got her markings on. This kit has been fighting me more than expected, but we're starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel:








Not much more to do on that one. Since decals were being applied, the AH-56 Cheyenne got markings as well:








Just for fun we added the main rotors to get a preview of what this one should look like when it's done:





Next up it was time to paint the canopy so the whole thing was masked off with tape and a black base was painted on first since the paint is always so transparent on first pass:





Here it is all painted up:





I know the color looks dark here in this pic, but it is the same OD color.


Another dry fit to see how well this canopy fits:





Amazingly perfect fit for such an old mold! I love it! There was an ejector pin mark on the front of this canopy so we needed to sand that away and then polish the clear part to bring it back to standard. I didn't shoot pics of that, but we did install the cockpit permanently, after painting the front instrument panel. Here's a shot of the cockpit and instrument panel:





Afterward we put on the two tail rotors:





Finally the canopy was cemented into place. All that's left is a bit of touch up painting and this bird is done:





Our next project is this AH-1Z that had the cockpit painted so it was finally enclosed inside the fuselage:





We then started construction on the nose gun turret. Once the two halves were put together; we found that the bottom was open ended:





You're looking at the bottom of that turret. We searched everywhere on the instruction sheet and sprues and found no trace of a part that is supposed to go there. So, out came the strip styrene. A bottom plate was fashioned and glued in place:





I may put another larger plate on on top of that....


Once that was done, we assembled the gun... all four parts of it:





Main rotors were than assembled:





Engines, horizontal stabilizers, and stub wings were installed after that. I also added the small piece that holds the tail rotor on top of the tail. Here's the whole thing all ready for paint:








That completes the Hangar portion of the tour. A brief detour through the shipyards shows that the RAF Rescue launch got some additional detail parts:





Followed by the installation of her screws and rudders:







Now on to the Motor Pool.


A few things got painted with a base coat first. One was the troublesome HUMVEE that finally got a coat of US Desert Sand:





The Swedish Assault gun also got a base coat of green drab:





...which was left over after basecoating this little gem:





While those were drying we tried to assemble the wheels on the SdKfz 234 Pakwagen. After doing these two; I had enough. I'll do the other six later:





After that, I decided to move forward on this Shelf Queen, which had been languishing for some time because first the decals went missing, then when they were found the instruction sheet went missing, then the decals disappeared again when the instruction sheet was found again. Finally after this happening four times, I was able to keep both and so we got the decals on this German Type SSYMS 80 flatcar:





Some more detailing on that and it will be done.


Next we had gloss coated the Cadillac Gage to add decals, but found that these had no markings. So this got a wash, followed by the addition of the machine guns on top:





Then the dull coat went on:





I found it quite interesting that the Testor's Dullcote frosted the wheels on this. First time that ever happened to me. The little piece of sprue is holding that turret machine gun up while it dries. I may even dig through my decal stash to add some decals to this, even though it went without markings.


When the Cadillac Gage got the gloss coat, we also shot a gloss coat on the SAS Bushmaster, thinking that decals were provided for this as well. There were some but the instructions stated that this didn't really need them. We checked out where they would go and found that they go on rather difficult areas to apply them to so I decided to leave all off but one. More on that later. First, here's the Bushmaster after a brown wash over the gloss coat:





I had not cemented the upper hull to the lower one on this because I still needed the interior painted. We pulled off the top and painted the interior; basic as it is. We had also installed the wheels and tires:





Some of that interior might be seen through the rather large windows so I felt that was needed. Following that, We shot a dull coat on this; removed the masks and assembled the machine gun assembly on top. A few last detail parts were installed too. Here it is with the machine gun assembly dry fit to the top:








Oh and that one decal I used, you'll see it in the finished post.



Now that concludes our latest tour of Maddog Manufacturing. I hope you enjoyed it. Thank you all for stopping in, comments are always welcome.

[JCON]

Productive indeed!!!

[Dukemaddog]

Thank you Joe! I'm hoping that I can maintain this level of productivity.

[Dukemaddog]

It's been a productive week with three Hobby Days happening, so I now have more to show in our next tour. Al aboard the trams for this next trip through Maddog Manufacturing.


Starting in the hanger, we have managed to re-start an aircraft we had started before, but lost a lot of the parts and decals and such due to a broken box. I got this second Grumman Duck and built up the cockpit and interior:





Later on it got painted and mounted inside the fuselage:





I tried to do a bit on the instrument panel, even though it most likely won't be seen:





She closed up very nicely:





While that was drying, we painted up the engine with some flat black and a drybrush of steel; followed by an intermediate blue for the center:





Later we added the engine to the cowl, installing the exhaust pipes and propeller as well:





That's where that one stands for now. The next one is another helicopter we started for the campaign. Naturally, the cockpit was done first. I immediately had the cockpit added to the one fuselage side:





It got painted up later:





While that was drying, we masked off the canopy to prepare for painting:





The fuselage then got closed up, after adding some photo-etch screens inside:





We then added the tail, horizontal stabilizers, wings and exhaust. The canopy is only dry-fitted:





That beastie is practically ready for paint now.



That was a short tour of the Hanger, and the Shipyards will be just as short for now. We did lay the keel for another ship: the USS Enterprise in 1/600 scale from Academy. Interestingly enough, the first thing we needed to do was to install the bow to the main hull. That left quite the seam between the two part, which got the first application of filler:








Once that was sanded, We installed the hnager bay doors and started on installing some of the forward sponsons. That's when I noticed that the seam was still a shallow depression and needed more filler. So we got it slathered with more Tamiya white putty:





While that was drying, We started the construction of the island, getting it mostly done. We kept off the more detailed and easily broken parts so far:





That is a pretty good start so far; I'm looking forward to getting that further along.


One other thing we did was to clearcoat the RAF Rescue Launch with a gloss for decals. I didn't shoot pics for that, but should be able to have them later once I get the decals on. Hopefully they survive and look good.



Moving on to the Motor Pool, there is quite a bit going on there.,


The troublesome HUMVEE has finally gotten to the weathering stage and final detail painting stage. There were no decal indicators on the instruction sheet so none went on. The wheels were difficult to install because the axles and linkages were so delicate that any adjustment broke them. I had some judicious reinforcement done that can't be seen and so now all four wheels touch down. We also got the machine gun turret assembled and dry- fit in place:





Now, thanks to a good friend who finished a T-72 scale Shelf Queen...magnificently I might add, I got motivated to start the lineup of all my Russian tanks that were stacked up on my shelf.


We started with the T-72 Rogatka that I'd been wanting for quite some time. First thing we did was to assemble all the roadwheels and sprockets. We kept them on the sprues to keep them from getting lost:





We started on the suspension. All these Modelcollect tanks so far have separate axle parts which sometimes makes it difficult to line up all the roadwheels:





While the suspension was drying, we assembled the turret:





The upper hull was assembled next. This is four pieces all together:





Later when the lower hull and suspension was dry enough, we tried test fitting the upper hull to the lower hull. It sat too high up due to a couple lengths of siding that connected the fenders to the hull. These needed to be cut out so that the upper hull would sit properly





Note: I had to do this with all my Russian tanks....so far.


So, later we added all the roadwheels and sprockets:





The turret then needed some photo etch added to it. These represent heavy rubber panels that are used to detonate RPG rounds before they get to the turret. I had to bend them a bit and then glued them on with Gator Grip glue:





Here is a shot of all the major subassemblies dry fit together:





Gonna be able to paint that shortly.


The next models were all T-64 tanks of different variants. The first one is a T-64 Mod 1981 tank that we added the suspension to after assembling all the roadwheels and sprockets:





The next one is a T-64 AV that also got the roadwheels and sprockets built and the suspension installed. You can see here I labeled the bottom both inside and out so I don't forget which goes to what. I later did the same with the rest of them:





The last one is the T-64BM-2. Same as before:





That's as far as I got on that one.


The next thing we did was to assemble the turrets. The Mod 1981 one was quite simple:





Followed by the T-64AV turret. This was a bit more involved:





Something started nagging me a bit about this kit, but I moved on. We went back and assembled the upper hull for the Mod 1981, all except the exhaust so far:





That turret fit on the hull quite nicely. The roadwheels and sprockets went on next:





We also got the wheels installed on the T-64AV, finished most of the upper hull, and then dry-fit everything together:





After looking further ahead in the instructions, it finally hit me why this was nagging at me. I'd built this version before! I recognized that when I saw how the side skirt ERA was supposed to be attached. So, this T-64AV will be pre-side-skirt ERA. That also helps to avoid that horrendous five-fold exercise on ten tiny photo-etch pieces!


And now, this is where I'm at with these three tanks. I want to get the rest assembled to this point, then I can look into final detail parts before paint:





With that, we conclude this latest tour of Maddog Manufacturing. I hope you enjoyed it. Thank you all for taking the tour once again. Comments are always welcome.

[ogrejohn]

Awful busy there Mark! I'm really liking the T-72 and T-64 series you got going on!

[Dukemaddog]

Thank you John! I'm glad I got all them T-64 and T-72 tanks started, they have waited long enough.

[Tobi]

Where do you put all these models once you're finished?
You must have a museum!

[Dukemaddog]

May 21, 2022 0:30:25 GMT -6 Tobi said:

Where do you put all these models once you're finished?
You must have a museum!

Thank you Tobi No I have no museum; just an very undersized "warehouse" (Hobby Room)

It looks like this...

Four corners of my ceiling:

East Wall.. shelves run all the way across the room:

This is one side of the West Wall from my door to my workbench:

The other side of my West Wall above my workbench:

NOTE: These pics were taken quite a few years ago, possibly more than a decade ago now. It's worse now....

[Dukemaddog]

I've been trying to keep busy, so there's more to show in this latest tour. Thank you for coming in, all aboard the trams and we'll get started....


Once again, the Hangar is the first stop. We got a bit of progress done on a number of aircraft. First, the Grumman Duck got it's wings on:





I had also added the canopy first since trying to get that on with the upper wing in place might have been quite difficult:





Next up, we got the canopy masked and installed on the AH-1Z:





While that was drying, we also worked on two more AH-1's, this time two -G models. The late one from AZModel was first since it seemed to be the easiest to do. We started with the cockpit of course, gluing it straight into the one side of the fuselage:





This got painted later:





While that was drying we masked off the canopy for painting:





Then the fuselage went together after the P/E parts were installed inside:





The canopy, wings, tail, and other detail parts were then installed:





While waiting for that to dry, we started on the AH-1G Early from Special Hobby. Of course, we got the cockpit assembled:





The decals for the instrument panels looked great so we added them to the instrument panels:





Then all the other parts: wings, tail, tail feathers, engine inlet covers, exhaust and a myriad of other things went on this after the fuselage was closed up:





The last one we got working on was the Russian Ka-29 which had been giving me fits! The previous time we closed the fuselage and added some of the other parts; the interior rotor mount broke away and we needed to tear the whole thing apart and repair it before moving forward. Hey, it's a Russian helicopter right? While that was drying, we masked off the canopy clear parts:





After that, we were able to re-close this up and add all the parts that had to be removed before. Then to feel like I made some progress on it, we added the clear parts as well:





Finally, another Forum friend sent me the extra airfield accessories he didn't want, so we got these built to help with future projects:







Finally that completes the tour of the Hangar, now on to the Shipyards.


The first thing we tried was to get the decals on the RAF Rescue Launch. The main problem there was that the decals were so old, they curled right up once loose from the backing paper. Here's one of the roundels showing what they all did:





That one even tore while I was trying to remove it from the tweezers. The rest remained intact fortunately. How do you fix something like that? Well, I 'painted' on some of the latest iteration of Future and then we placed the decal on the patch of Future. Using a soft brush, we slowly unrolled the decal, pressing it flat on the Future. The Future was just sticky enough to hold it, and as it dried, I continued to brush the edges so they would stay down. Here is the results:





That shot shows the roundel from above. The only decals I had any issues with were the deck decals. The checkerboard ones didn't fit so I cut slits to work around the posts on deck. I also cut parts on the number decal that were settled over raised detail. I then pressed down on the raised detail to try and get it to conform as best I could. I'm happy enough with these. They look far better than I expected for such ancient decals!


Here's a shot of the stern number:





And a shot of the other side, with a better look at the deck markings:





Okay, enough of that. I wanted to start a more simple model and actually do some construction so we laid the keel for the USS Indianapolis. Once that was done, we started on the main superstructure holding the bridge since that part could be assembled without having to fasten it down to the hull:





Later while that was drying, we built up the hull and main decks. The bridge sub-assembly was dry fit on it to see how it fits:






That is all from the Shipyards, now on to the Motor Pool...



Not too much was done here, but it seemed like a lot since it took awhile. First, the Australian Bushmaster was masked off with the Silly Putty so the first color could be sprayed on once the paint booth is fired up:








Next we started on the upper hull of the T-62 with ERA armor on it:





Quite simple, but the Rolls Royce was calling so we got started on that one, chassis being the beginning:





Then of course, the main hull:





Followed by the cargo(?) area in back:





And finally the turret which was surprisingly difficult to get lined up properly:





And we'll close this tour with the mock up of this attractive little armored car:








Thank you all for stopping in and taking the tour. Comments are always welcome.

[ogrejohn]

Fine looking work Mark! 

[Dukemaddog]

Thank you John! Glad to see you stop in! Stick around, the next tour is starting to board...

Okay, now we are ready for the next tour of the plant. The trams have been cleaned and maintained and are now ready for boarding. This will be a bit of a short tour this time as the crew in the Shipyards took some time off.



All aboard!



Here in the Hangar we got the first color shot on the top of the Zulu Cobra:





It is a bit hard to see, but I assure you it is there. After that dried, we masked off the top color to prepare for the next color:





The Marine Harrier also got the first color shot on the top:





This one will have three colors on it, so when it dried we also masked off the top for the second grey:








That was all that got done in the Hangar; yeah, it has been a slim week time wise. Here in the Motor Pool, we were able to get even more done, mostly because we were able to fire up the spray booth.


First was the Australian Bushmaster which got the second color:








Once that dried, we got that one covered for the third color:





That should be done with painting fairly soon...


We also shot some paint on the Swedish Assault Gun. However, due to the fact that there was no paint schematic included in the instructions; we had to freehand this and guess where the colors went based on the few views seen on the box. First came the green basecoat:





Followed by the second color, brown:





... and then the third color, black. I used a lightened black for this one:





Once all that was dry, we glossed it for the decals:





Only to find that the decals (and photo-etch gun muzzle among others) have gone on walkabout. When I track them down, this little thing will be finished!


Next we also shot some color on the Rolls Royce. This one was done in a British desert tan because I like the big roundel on the top of the turret on this scheme:





After that, the three Russian tanks got their green basecoat:


The T-64 Mod 1981:





The T-64AV:





...and the T-72 Rogatka:






And now that completes this short tour of Maddog Manufacturing. Thank you all for coming in, comments are welcome.

[JCON]

Been a busy boy for sure... good fix on those old decals... !!!

[Dukemaddog]

Thank you Joe! Those decals on the launch sure scared the crap outta me; I was afraid it was going to be another permanent shelf queen. I'm glad I'll be able to finish this now.

[Dukemaddog]

Once again it is time for another tour of the plant. This will be a long one, but quick as there is not going to be too much narration here. So without further ado, lets board the trams!


Starting in the Hangar again, we managed to get some paint down on my three Cobras. Before painting, we managed to put together the five-part canopy on the AH-1G Early:





That was then masked off like the -Late Cobra so we could shoot paint on both at the same time:





Then it was shot with a base coat of OD Green:





Since I shot that one, and the -Late was already masked and ready to go, it also got a base coat of OD Green:





We might just clear coat these and add the decals right away before adding all the breakable parts on these. Meanwhile, the masking came off the AH-1 Zulu and on close inspection, we realized on the left side, the upper color did not come down far enough on the engine nacelle to match the right side. So the left side was re-masked and sprayed again, setting this issue right:







That completes the Hangar part of the tour, time to visit the Motor Pool...


This again, will be quite fast. So much of the work is repetitive on multiple models but since all are different; I'm showing all the work.


To start, the Australian Bushmaster was given a coat of gloss, and then the decals were applied:





Later it was dullcoated for mask removal, weathering and final detail parts:





The next time this will be seen is when my Australian Army takes delivery of the finished vehicle.


Now on to the next bunch.....


I'll start with this first one that I had purchased for my birthday. It is the Trumpeter T-62 with ERA. The upper hull was worked on first, getting all the stowage boxes and other parts installed:





Next was the lower hull. This was easy as the whole outside wheels and tracks were alll one piece:





Upper and lower hulls assembled:





After that was the turret:





Finally the whole thing was painted up:





Moving on from there, we worked on the T-64 Mod 1981. Tracks were installed, then painted with a base coat of flat black:








Everything put together and clearcoated for decals:





The next T-64 is the AV version. Again, tracks installed and painted black:








Then before we could put the hulls together, we had to add some photo-etch skirts to the upper hull fenders. These were attached with Gator;s Grip Glue as is all the photo-etch that we added to the rest of the models. Some photo-etch was also added to the engine deck and the turret on this one:





Additional photo-etch was needed on the front of the upper hull:





Then this version calls for hanging skirts of ERA to the side of the tank.....using photo-etch hooks. I'd done this once before and swore "never again!". But here I am, doing it again:





You can see in the upper right of the diagram how these little tiny bits needed to be folded. At least two broke from unavoidable excessive folding. After that ordeal, I wanted to see that this was all worth it so here is the glamour shot before those skirts go on:





Moving on, we worked some more on the T-64 BM-2, starting again with the tracks:





Upper hull was worked on as well with side skirts added and then fastened down to the lower hull:





Turret was then started. Yes it is going to get the same type of flaps that are on the T-72:





The glamour shot of this one as well:





Speaking of the T-72, this one also got the tracks installed and painted:








Basecoat painted, and then the flaps because I wanted to see them black. Fuel tanks also added to the back:








Clearcoated for decals:





Finally the last (so far) of these Russian tanks, the T-80BV. This tank was the load for my MAZ 534 tank transporter that I set aside to build 'someday'. Someday came and the turret; as with all Modelcollect Russian tank kits, was started first:





This turret was a difficult build in that the instructions did not say how to install everything on the very back of this turret. I had to refer to pics for that, trying to match what I saw with the parts available.


Next the upper and lower hulls were fastened together and the suspension was installed:





Dry fitting the turret showed an excellent fit with nothing snagging the hull:





Final glamour shot after the fenders and several other detail parts were added:





This was the total work I did on these tanks during Hobby Day:





Once I got home, I was able to paint, clearcoat and decal these and one other. Here they all are after their decals went on:





Front left to right: T-62, T-64 Mod 1981, T-64BM2,

Back let to right: T-72 Rogatka, T-80BV


And that completes this latest tour of Maddog Manufacturing. Time to work on something different now, at least afor a couple days. Then I can come back and finish these Russian Tanks.



Thanks for taking the tour, comments are welcome.