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I started weathering the Trotzky-mobil, Schneider tank and got heavily bored, I needed some fiddly and challenging stuff, so I started with the 1/20 Ebbro Lotus 49C.
I will use a load of extras, like aluminum funnels, rivets and fabric seatbelts. The kit has only a decal for the belts, that´s why I chose a set from MFH. They were indeed fiddly to assemble, but way better looking than a decal. Getting the 0,5 mm rivet into the top fasteners was nerve wrecking, but in the end, the driver's safety was ensured.
I may start a WIP, when I´m back from Portugal
Cheers Rob-
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Very nice, PW, I like the paintjob and the net and vegetation add a catchy little extra.
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13 hours ago, Meter rat said:
Interesting subject, and a great build.
Thank you, it was an easy build, but I was always tempted to do this Spanish version, when I saw the decals set.
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14 hours ago, BlrwestSiR said:
Nice work there Rob. The slogans look like graffiti on the tank.
Thanks Carl, that was the look, I was hoping for. The FC-ModelTrend decals were a bit on the fragile side, but do look good. The manual claims, there is photo evidence of one side of the Schneider, the other is fictional.
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Well, that´s a lot of rigging for a ship without sails, Kevin. Tons of work, but it adds a lot detail wise.
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Nice start Carl, would be interesting to see, how the ZM kit compares to the Revell offering. I know, these are later models but anyway. +1 for the winter camo.
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9 hours ago, KevinM said:
I am kinda calling this one done.The build was different and fun the dio is not a strong point for me but it kinda works I may still paint the stones a more grey color.
Nice to see something different, Kevin. I think you did a great job on the iron man.
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What would be a tank used by Spanish Anarcosindicalistas without a little agit prop
. Decals were very thin and most were good to work with, but some disintegrated and needed to be repaired.
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The IP and cockpit look beautiful, makes me want to open the box of mine.
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8 hours ago, Landlubber Mike said:
Looks like something out of Mad Max. Really cool subject Rob, nice work!
Thanks Mike, but wait for the decals, definitely not Mad Max, but different.
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As I mentioned above, the twist with this build will be, that this outdated fossil from 1916 was still in use in 1936 in the Spanish Civil war with the Republican forces against Franco´s Nationalists.
I guess, over their period of duty, the six? Spanish tanks served in Maroc and with their age, I assume, their state of maintenance not to be the best. I will try to show this appearance through the camo paintjob, which was sprayed translucent and freehand over the black primer, with heavily thinned AK Real colors. I made a second pass with both colors, adding a drop of Insignia White and tried to work a bit with highlight, shadow and modulation, which is not easy with a non-monochrome body.
Anyway, that will be the starting point for further painting and weathering stages and of course for decals.
Cheers Rob-
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After Paul @belugawhaleman mentioned it, I opened the Meng FT 17 box and found the tracks to be ready cut and easy click and after 10 minutes, I had two with the suggested length of 32 links per side. There are some spare links as well. They don´t look bad and I may use the Meng plastic ones for the Schneider, where they are not so visible.
Meanwhile the Schneider itself got black primed with Mr. Surfacer 1000.
Cheers Rob-
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You are on a Zoukei roll, Carl. Bring it on and clutter your bench.
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1 hour ago, belugawhaleman said:
I've got the Meng ft 17 as well but I'll use their tracks,. But for my Schneider , I'll go for the Friuls, they look great. The one thing about Hobby Boss, they
do pick interesting subjects. I have a Vickers tank by them, that I'm certain that the Friul tracks for the Matilda II (flat type) will fit. Anyway thanks
for the idea.
I just checked the box of my Meng FT 17 and found the easy click together tracks in it. I may use them for the Schneider, where they are less visible than with the FT 17.
I will make a test fit later and then decide.
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36 minutes ago, PanzerWomble said:
6 hours of drilling & pinning later ....however no vinyl tracks will ever look this good
I went the same way with my steel wheel Panther about fifteen years ago, as my first kit re-entering the hobby.
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2 hours ago, belugawhaleman said:
Tracks look great and seem to fit well and are a great addition .Nice work Rob😀 Were they meant for the Ft 17?
Thank you Paul, the tracks are indeed made for the FT 17. I have a Meng FT 17 kit in my stash and have to check the tracks of this one, Maybe I will order another set..
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I got the tracks done, thanks to my established second effort, it went rather quick. It is much faster to build a chain of the inner track links and then the track pads drop in place with a bit of CA. Building up every track link from two parts and then connect them would have extremely more time consuming.
I needed 34 links per side, which results in a loose fit, but there are no half links
. The manual suggests 32 per side, but the plastic ones may be different.
I will blacken the tracks later with a burnishing fluid. Unfortunately my black CA glue dried up, which will lead to non blackened areas, where there are CA residues.
One pad fell off and is reglued now. The closing link remains without pad until I finally mount them.
Cheers Rob-
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22 hours ago, PanzerWomble said:
Very steampunk , bit like the St Charmond
Yeah, the St. Chamond, I guess, it was more about psychological effect than truly effective.
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Whoever Hachecka is, I need that little thingy. Thanks for showing Fran.
Cheers Rob-
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29 minutes ago, Landlubber Mike said:
Cool little project. Ugly looking thing, but in an interesting way with some cool details. Nice job!
The Schneider won´t win any beauty contests, Mike, but I have a weakness for quirky designs. The Spanish Republican livery will not add beauty wise.
Cheers Rob-
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12 minutes ago, PanzerWomble said:
Bit of inspo for you Rob - pics I took at Saumur in 2019
Interesting pictures, thanks for that PW. The one on your pictures seems to have additional tanks beside the back doors, which normally weren´t there with the French Schneiders of WWI. Mine has even larger tanks, that were added later in Spain, I guess as a substitute for the dangerous overhead tanks of the original construction.
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While preparing the track construction, I realized, I needed to add the running gear to the hull, to be able to determine the length of the tracks. I would have liked to add them after painting, but that wouldn´t be a big problem.
The spoked rear wheel is still movable and not glued in place, because with it´s eccentric arm, it can be used to tighten the track.
Then I started with the tracks. Every link consist from two parts, which need to be drilled out with a 0,5 mm bit and then glued together with CA. It proved to be very difficult and time consuming to put the links together and then connect them with the next link, that´s why I leaned back and thought about another way, to simplify the construction.
I found it much easier to connect the inner link parts with wire and secure them with CA and then finally add the running pads, which fell in place and were glued with CA.
The HobbyBoss manual suggests 32 links per side, but I will need 34, possibly 33, but that might be millimeter too short.
Cheers Rob-
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Today, I finished building the Schneider minus the tracks. Almost everything worked like a breeze and the fit of the body parts was very good. The manual suggests to add the side MG´s with their gun carriage glued to the base of the tub and then add the sidewalls with the fitting hole on. That was somehow impossible to achieve and I suggest to cut away the lower part of the gun carriage and glue the ball mount direct to the side wall hole.
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2 hours ago, belugawhaleman said:
Was a template of some kind provided in the FC kit to locate the gun port?
No template Paul, but exact measurements. I transferred some points onto the kit and connected them with a pencil, a sharp blade did the rest.
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ZM FW 190 A-4
in LSM 1/35 and Larger Work In Progress
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Thanks Carl, the Revell doesn‘t look too shabby either.
I have two of the Revell ones and very special ideas for both, decal Wise and for one, I have the full Brassin galore.
Cheers Rob