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Scammell tractor/trailer with M3 Grant


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23 minutes ago, DocRob said:

Almost half done with the tracks :rofl:

Cheers Rob

I found a picture of a Grant on a trailer with only tracks on one side, missing drive sprocket and front bogie. So in that case, I would be almost half down with the tracks. :D

I'm up to 20 links now. 

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Back to the Scammell, I've been working on many of the small subassemblies that are required for the chassis. 

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Some of these have a fair number of parts. The transfer case above the right side circle is 14 parts. Thankfully it goes together fairly well. 

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Progress from over the weekend. I painted the tires. I have them a dusting with Tamiya Dark Earth once they were done. 

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Hardest part was painting all the lugnuts. 30 per wheel, 20 in red and 10 in white. 

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I also got the engine painted. I did it in grey to break up the overall dark yellow. 

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I then assembled the rad.

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Someone pointed out to Thunder Models that the kit rad didn't have enough folds in it so they made a new one and offered it to anyone who had the early issues of the kit. So I was able to get a replacement. 

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With the tires suitably painted, j started gluing them to the axles. I used epoxy for this so I could have the working time to make sure they were all level. 

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Sorry about the orange board but it's dead flat so that helps act as a reference point to keeping things level.

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Once they were dry, I tested out the articulation. Still works. 

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I then painted the chassis of the tractor. Once the yellow was dry, I painted the rollers in silver to show the worn paint from cables being passed through them. 

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Lastly, I started assembly on the tractor's bogies. 

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Got a bit ahead of myself and glued the front tires on. 

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Might make it a bit harder to install some of the outstanding smaller details. Hopefully not. 

I also took the chance to try a new airbrush out. 

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It's a stubby single action. I'm hoping it'll be good for doing squiggles in a consistent width. 

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For the size, it's got quite the weight to it. Almost the same as a full size airbrush.

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On 8/7/2020 at 2:06 PM, BlrwestSiR said:

Actually,I was just plugging away while we were discussing sprue cutters. Got the hull gun mount started. 

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Is this the same tank from that great movie "Sahara " ?.......harv

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26 minutes ago, harv said:

Is this the same tank from that great movie "Sahara " ?.......harv

Looks to be that the one in Sahara was an M3 Lee so a different turret. Otherwise I'm fairly certain that the hull is the same. The Grant had a turret built to British requirements. So a bigger bustle at the rear for a radio set. It also eliminated the commander's MG turret at the very top. Miniart do a Lee as well. 

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Time for an update. I decided to go ahead and install the rear tires on the tractor. 

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The suspension still has its full articulation which is kind of cool. 

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On the Grant, I was test fitting the hull roof and thought I'd run into a bit of a fit issue. I ended up scrapping off part of the hull plate to "fix" the fit. Turned out I was wrong and had to replace the material I removed. 

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With the roof dry fitted after the repair.

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I'm also up to 43 links of track together. So I'm just over half done on one track. 

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