VFW Ship 4084 St. Chamond
Starting the upper hull.
Slowly but surely - upper hull mostly done. Starting lower hull.
Lower hull coming along.
More fiddly bits added to the lower hull.
Lower inner roller supports attached.
Trying to attach the %&#*@~+"ing outer roller supports!
Plugging along. Next time I build this kit I will be doing it very different!!
Relieved that the bottom rollers are done - looks like a 'glue bomb' in the damn photo!! ROFL!
Took long than expected to mask off & get ready for the paint booth.
Whoot! Whoot! First bit of primer on this!!
Progress report on my 1/35 Takom St. Chamond.
More work on the bottom/suspension update 1.
More work on the bottom/suspension update 2.
Getting the lower suspension platform in shape
Starting to add all the rollers to the lower suspension platform.
Yay! Lower suspension platform is done!
Got some primer on the lower suspension parts.
Starting to get the springs on the lower suspension!!
Suspension nearly done!
I'm leaving the 'fenders' off until I get the tracks on just in case I have any problems.
Finally finished putting the tracks together. Not used to assembling tracks that have three pieces each so I did manage to screw up a few times. Now I know why those pre-assembled metal tracks on EBay are so popular!
Since a couple of track links ran afoul of errant glue only one side will actually be 'workable'. That is OK though, since I wasn't planning on playing with this tank with my grandson anyway! ;-D
Finally got some primer on some main hull parts.
Whoot! Main hull has some primer on it!!
The end may be in sight!
Just have to paint the tracks and weather them some, then install. The lower suspension can then be finally assembled!
First coat of regular (Vallejo) paint on!
Finally got some real paint on the hull!
They put up a hell of a fight, but I finally managed to tame the damn tracks!! Still have some paint touch ups to do.
Tracks finished - top view.
Tracks finished - bottom view.
The single figure in the kit. Shows how massive these machines were!
Commentaires
10 8 March 2020, 21:39
René "Lord Bilbo" BartholemyHi Calvin,
When you get there, could you take a few good pictures explaining the use of the camo masks? Got some from that brand for my FT-17 and have some difficulties understanding the instructions... Or lack thereof.
Thanks
17 April 2021, 06:47
Calvin GiffordNot in the stash yet but on the wishlist. But will try to find a review for it.
17 April 2021, 08:17
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Building for the 'Centennial of World War I' display at my local VFW.
