ARMOR - Academy 1/35 M1A1

[warped_one]

fudge it with mud
great start looking forward to more

 

[JohnSimmons]

This is turning out really cool

 

[Scrach]

Hide the crime or take it off and make it look like battle damage...

Looking great so far, keep up the good work.

 

[UncleDredd]

Ok... I considered everyone's advice (thanks for that), and I decided to go ahead and fix it. Spent about 45 minutes knocking it out tonight. Here's the process:

[youtube]http://youtu.be/Dp4bWnvWtKw[/youtube]

On to the Upper Turret stuff from Step 4 next!

 

[JohnSimmons]

Nice save on that light

 

[adampolo13]

Great fix on the light dude! It's fixing these little mistakes like this that always make me feel a little better about my own builds. One thing you can try to fix that detail that came off the top of the light.. Stretch some sprue very very thin. Glue it where the detail was, then once the glue has dried trim to length.

 

[UncleDredd]

Thanks, guys. And I'll give the sprue-stretch thing a try one night coming up and report back on how it goes.

In the meantime, here's a short update vid... Slow going still... I'm distracted easily:

[youtube]http://youtu.be/xlmpYTGTpcQ[/youtube]

 

[Scrach]

Generally I would guess the tape indicators are a hint to help hold the parts together as the glue dries... But since I'm not sure what the next steps of the build are, don't hold me to that.

I'm constantly dry fitting my builds together with blue painters tape to check for fit and what not; also, blue tack (a 'silly' putty type substance) comes in very handy for the same type of situation.

 

[UncleDredd]

Hmm. Hadn't even thought of that, but it makes sense. I'll check ahead on the instructions and see what I can tell. And I'm familiar with blue tack from my wargaming miniature painting experience! I have some on hand, even. Thanks, Scrach!

 

[UncleDredd]

My tracks came in the mail!!

[youtube]http://youtu.be/I9rl-Cio0xE[/youtube]

 

[UncleDredd]

Step 4 in the books.

[youtube]http://youtu.be/CpL1F01nzbM[/youtube]

 

[cargoman5126]

Nice work....looking forward to more...

 

[UncleDredd]

Starting Step 5 after a few nights off.

[youtube]http://youtu.be/r3w7ahAbPD8[/youtube]

Tiny pieces...

 

[UncleDredd]

Done with all the parts assemblies from Step 5.

[youtube]http://youtu.be/v_srPcCeeoQ[/youtube]

Hoping to make a little more progress this weekend.

 

[TRM]

Moving right along UD!! Nice work so far...keep it coming!

 

[UncleDredd]

Thanks, TRM! Just finished up Step 6!

[youtube]http://youtu.be/0skbJxaZDWU[/youtube]

Really fun to see it coming together.

 

[Eastrock]

the details are coming along nicely

 

[Scrach]

Looking good, keep at it!
Yes, Daredevil is great! Wonderful fight choreography.

 

[UncleDredd]

Got to work on the main gun today:

So that's sub-Steps 7A - 7C done and ready for installation on the turret:

 

[nicholassagan]

BIG PEW PEW!!!!

 

[UncleDredd]

A little bit of progress tonight after a couple weeks off. Half way through Step 7 and closing in on the end of the building part (minus those tracks).


[youtube]http://youtu.be/c13KRCVrAqA[/youtube]

 

[UncleDredd]

Step 7 is done-ski... Side rails are all done and I only broke one of them in the process!

[youtube]http://youtu.be/svRSDf5bMWo[/youtube]

 

[UncleDredd]

Quick morning update vid and question for the group about how t best fill in the holes on a couple of these parts..

[youtube]https://youtu.be/9EAmYc--qh0?list=PLT3u1x8MMewjeXllNY4Fm5dum0guAx-Qf[/youtube]