"Finished": North Africa: 1/35 Armor and All open

[Junkie]

Re: North Africa: 1/35 Armor and All open

One heck of a great build Guido.

 

[Tailor]

Re: North Africa: 1/35 Armor and All open

Thank you for taking a look guys.

There is hardly any project without trouble. This is no different:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpgbgXCDW58

Comments welcome as usual.
I will post the pics later

Cheers,
Guido

 

[warped_one]

Re: North Africa: 1/35 Armor and All open

very nice looking build

 

[Tailor]

Re: North Africa: 1/35 Armor and All open

Thanks, man!

Here are a few pictures for those, who not watch the movie. Let is suffice to say that this one is a pain. If you are really experienced with sloppy parts fit and bad instruction sequences, this is for you. If not, I recommend you look for some other game.

The engine was pretty easy, but needs a lot of clean up to fit properly and still I needed a lot of white cglue to fill up deep seems between the parts.



The winch was the easiest bit so far:



The chassis frame is a whole bag of problems: Lack of positive fit, with lots of room for misalignment; wrapped parts; completely senseless construction sequence, lots of clean-up: You name it! This as bad as it gets. If you don't take proper care this one will not sit on its wheels and tracks, but look like a dog doing the leg-up.
After realising I could not follow the instructions I took most of it apart and constructed the frame in back ward sequence, which solved number problems.
I am satisfied so far, but it took about 7 or 8 hours at the what should have been a matter of 2.





I hope you like it so far!

Cheers,
Guido

 

[Junkie]

Re: North Africa: 1/35 Armor and All open

The detail really is great. That engine alone looks fantastic.

 

[Grendels]

Re: North Africa: 1/35 Armor and All open

What Scott said, nice detail on that engine. Might be a dog of a kit, but it will look good.

 

[Tailor]

Re: North Africa: 1/35 Armor and All open

Thanks guys!
It's much appreciated!

 

[warped_one]

Re: North Africa: 1/35 Armor and All open

might have been a pain to build so far but looks great

 

[Tailor]

Re: North Africa: 1/35 Armor and All open

Hello, fellow addicts!

I am sorry for my long absence. I might not have been posting much, but I watched your progress postings and vids and I must say that this year is even a better a contest than last year.

I have been snailing along with my project, too, and I fear I once again will be testing the limits of my spare time to get this one done.

Here's the latest bit of progress:

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Buuz-GKSHs0[/youtube]

.. and a few snapshots as appetizers:










Thanks for watching and keep up the great work!

Guido

 

[JohnSimmons]

Re: North Africa: 1/35 Armor and All open

Great work man!

 

[Grendels]

Re: North Africa: 1/35 Armor and All open

Looks good, do finish it!

 

[Tailor]

Re: North Africa: 1/35 Armor and All open

I have no mercy for this little bugger! ;D

 

[rookie]

Re: North Africa: 1/35 Armor and All open

Very nice

 

[Cave_Dweller]

Re: North Africa: 1/35 Armor and All open

Looking good there Tailor, very nice, fine details on this.

 

[Tailor]

Re: North Africa: 1/35 Armor and All open

Thanks, guys!

 

[Tailor]

Re: North Africa: 1/35 Armor and All open

Hi, guys!

Here's the latest bit of update.
Sorry, the information about the extension of the deadline did not reach me before taping:

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0rgk5Uh50I[/youtube]

As usual a few stills for those, who don't feel like watching the YouTube
I hope you like it:

 

[JohnSimmons]

Re: North Africa: 1/35 Armor and All open

Very nice work mate

 

[Cave_Dweller]

Re: North Africa: 1/35 Armor and All open

Smooth work on that paint, that thing looks real nice!

 

[Grendels]

Re: North Africa: 1/35 Armor and All open

Nice!

 

[Tailor]

Re: North Africa: 1/35 Armor and All open

Thanks, fellow addicts!

No video update this time just a little something to document the progress.
Tedious small stuff painting. I hope you like it.
Painting and first chipping done. Still lots and lots to do.










Thanks for taking a look.
Cheers!