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DuckyShot
Chris Derksen (DuckyShot)
CA

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Lower hull build start 
 

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Rear lower hull mostly completed 
 

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Transmission cover 
 

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Rear lower hull completed 
 

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Start of bogies. IMO 19 parts is a few too many. 
 

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Front glacis nearly completed 
 

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Front glacis nearly completed 
 

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Front glacis completed 
 

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Rear engine deck nearing completion. I left off the latches and travel lock as the rear deck is going to have a stowage set on it. 
 

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Rear engine deck 
 

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Hull halves put together and photoetch around the sponsons. 
 

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Historical picture shows it missing on the back rear third 
 

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Gun barrel looks ginormous from this aspect... 
 

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Turret nearly done 
 

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Main build completed. Will paint the bogie assemblies separately and then put them on after. 
 

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Starting in some damage. chunks on the road wheels, damaged fender. Upon closer inspection of my reference photo, it seems both lights are missing on the LH side, so some kind of battle damage there. I'll have to take them out. 
 

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Starting painting wit the turret first. I like brush painting armor base coats, I like the heavier coat and rougher finish. 
 

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Applied decals to turret and did initial fading. finished base coat 
 

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Attached bogie assemblies 
 

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Picked out painted details on the turret. 
 

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Panel wash on whole model 
 

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Panel wash 
 

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panel wash 
 

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Drybrushing and some panel modulation 
 

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Drybrushing and some panel modulation 
 

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Drybrushing and some panel modulation 
 

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Finished and installed track armor as per reference photo. Both headlights are actually removed on reference photo, so removed the RH on the model as well. Installed baggage hanging rail on RH side of turret and painted in the convoy code. 
 

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Chipping completed on upper hull 
 

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chipping completed 
 

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Tools pretty much completed. Started adding stowage. Helmets are from Ultracast.  
 

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Base coat on stowage 
 

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wash and drybrush 
 

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Small bit of progress lately. Starting on the front stowage while doing the extensive cleaning up and assembly of tracks. 
 

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Finishing off the front stowage. Just the tracks and final weathering to do 
 

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1 track assembled and installed. 
 

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This is the center base that will have 3 bases fitted to it with 3 different FGH tanks. 
 

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On a base with final weathering 
 

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Comments

30 4 October 2022, 06:15
Guy Rump
Watching 👍
5 October 2022, 20:51
Chris Derksen
Thanks! I'm hoping I can do it justice! Won't be any new pics for a couple days until I chew my way through the suspension. 19 parts per unit is a bit excessive in my opinion, but they go together nicely enough.
6 October 2022, 17:20
Danumurthi Mahendra
I like the details of the lower chassis. very nice!
7 October 2022, 04:15
Chris Derksen
Thank you! This kit is very detailed, in my opinion, a little bit more complexity than necessary when building, but it builds up nicely so far.
8 October 2022, 17:37
Ben M
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8 October 2022, 18:53
John
Love the track armor. Paintwork is great too, a lot of depth to it.
19 October 2022, 14:54
Villiers de Vos
Building up nicely.
18 November 2022, 05:33

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