mustang1989

Saw this a couple of days ago and thought I commented on it......but......I guess not. You pulled this build off in very good style with that signature paint work of yours Bob. Beautiful bike and love all of the detail work that you put into it. I know what you're talking about with having a kit like....forever and then making your way around to it. I've got too many going like that. lol

I installed the wire screens over the air/ radiator intakes and am scratch building a retaining device for a spare road wheel. Here's the start of all of that as well as showing off the screen work. It doesn't show in the pictures too much but I have bent the screens between all of the spars to simulate being stepped on.

I've heard a lot of good things about the detail in Roden kits. It's their instructions that get a lot of negative attention. This one is shaping up nicely with the addition of the Hobby Link parts Warren. LOTS of detail work going into this.

You are piecing this one together in good fashion Warren. Will be watching this one.

And now.......the road wheels and track tension set up starts..... I procured a spare kit so I could do a road wheel build up as an assembly to act as sort of a jig to run the track around and set up the proper sag in the tracks that Tobi and others have mentioned. Never realized just how many road wheels these things have. 16 in all per side??

Thank you Micheal.

A sharp lookin' ride in just about anybody's book. Came together in good fashion Kaci. 👍

Thanks Bob!! I've been more gone than here over the last few days due to increasing demands at work and electrical problems with my house but it looks like I'm back on the sunny side of both situations now fellas. I did manage to get everything in primer on a few days ago as I had an extra hour or so that I hadn't planned on available to me for benchtime. I also finally broke a jig in that I got from a friend on another forum and mounted the Panther on top. This is going to be a VERY useful tool.

An outstanding build of something that is not seen in the modeling world all the time. I think what I like most about this build is all the fabrication work that you put into it to bring it up a level.....or two. Excellent scale modeling Fabrizio.

Right??!! It'd have to be a pretty small and simple kit to be completed in that short amount of time.

I was absent for a short time and come back and see this beauty all finished up now. I just love the sinister looks of these trucks all dressed up like this Warren and this build of yours looks just that part. Love the details and the paint work you put into this bud.

Given your skill set......this one should be fun to watch Dave. She's lookin' good already.

I've seen these kinds of kits before (I think it was the A6M2 Mitsubishi Zero) and that one turned out to be a real treat to watch come together. This one will be a thing of beauty I have no doubt. Looking forward to seeing more of this one.

A perfect build with all of the details and good-looking paint to boot Bob. You did a pretty snazzy job with the Alclad chrome as well. Some good work brother.

DANG Bob!!! Man this is some really neat stuff that you've got going on in this thread brother. You've definitely got a knack for painting and detailing up these small figurines and I've gotta say that this is truly inspiring work. Glad to see you back in the communities good buddy. You've been missed.

I don't have any idea just where to begin with a comment on this beauty LIN. The paint......weathering.....detailing and just loogathat figure work. I mean.....it's ALL there. I am truly floored by this build and simply cannot say enough good about it.

Thanks Stuart. I'm having a good amount of fun with this build and I'm not going all out on it which makes it all that much more enjoyable. I may build a couple of these before I tackle my MiniArt Panzer build/ diorama just so I can get the whole process down a little better before going all out.

Thanks Anton. There are a TON of options out there and I have a few armor kits in the stash. I figured Tamiya would be a safe place to start learning.

Thanks Jim. Much appreciated man.

LOTS of time spent in the painting & weathering stages of this build and it looks great Keith. Good photography too!

One thing I have NOT done yet in scale modeling is to paint a figure. Builds like this inspire me to try every time I see one painted up this well. Some good work went into this one Matt.

What a cool ride! Never seen an armored gun Jeep before and this one turned out very well Warren.

Pretty sharp small-scale Hornet there Stuart. Did your son get a little more interested in trying something like this out after you guys watched the movie and you finishing this one up?

Just to show that I've actually been working on this one all week long...... I've been hanging what parts I can and still get by with the priming process and then onto the masking & painting in the near future.

Good call on adding that piece Johnny as it gave it an added level of depth the deck area.