SMK Project
Attempt to improve tools with butterfly wing screw. Is it too big for 1/35? Thinking...
Attempt to create optical sight from clear plastic
Drill ring-ups
Improve holding with guitar string
Change plastic antenna with guitar string
Aftermarket machine gun
Attempt to imitate weld It's not as rude and inaccurate as on the real photo from Kubinka. And it's not bolted? as from Winter war photo. Anyway I would like make it pretty accurate. But I'm just not happy. Remove that ....
Kit's track links tend to make curve (not glued yet). Looks like some device needed to make strait line
Decide to improve periscopes. Drill, then holographic roundel from candy wrapper and Tamiya clear green+smoke. Not happy - oversized
Periscope on small turret. Only Tamiya clear. Looks more natural. Thoughts?
I don't like spare tracks, they don't like me
Fixed
Track are the worse part of the kit IMHO. almost all with gaps - wad of putty is needed
Crew stores track pin with spare tracks. Made from apiary wire. Steely but soft enough, no annealing needed, cheap
WIP. Now I'm now sure how to remove/unglue the old one
Unglued like a ... Now #fixthatsh.t
Prepared for installation
Prime...rrr time
Re-sanding after priming
Comments
16 21 January 2021, 20:07
i_nookYes I did. But I'm not sure if that was originally on vehicle (I think yes). Only couple photos are available and couple fuzzy frames from film
22 June 2021, 18:06
Hekimpd Might want to use a ruler with tape under it and lay the tracks out that way to get the links straight before you glue. Looking very nice!
26 June 2021, 19:00
i_nookHi, Mark K - thank you
Hi Hekimpd - agree, "taped" ruler should work. Need to find couple 50 cm (19') rulers 🙂. Hope less length will also work 'cause clue will do his work, melt links and stop that curving tendency.
26 June 2021, 19:23
Michael OsadciwI had some Voyager aftermarket plastic track links end up curving on me as well. I wonder why that happens?
12 August 2021, 20:55
i_nookMichael, I'm pretty sure this is imperfectness in casting technology. Guess: temperature, pressure, plastic viscosity, cool mode, seams and voila we have got curving track. Note: the curve/band direction is not changed from link to link - so this is cumulative effect 😎
13 August 2021, 07:48
Michael OsadciwRight. You couldn't mix and match to even them out; it would just curve in one direction. I'm going to use them in a diorama as a thrown track; I'll keep the kit Magic Tracks in the spares bin.
23 September 2021, 13:17
