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philp · Post by **philp** » July 20th, 2016, 5:53 am

Looking good John and you still have two weeks until the US Nats.

Post by **JohnRatzenberger** » July 20th, 2016, 2:40 pm

philp wrote:Looking good John and you still have two weeks until the US Nats.

and it'll probably look about the same then

Post by **JohnRatzenberger** » July 21st, 2016, 7:36 pm

Here's a look at the underside, with running boards and hangars on ....

And here we are, rightside up, as I plan the next step, which I believe will be panel lines, rivets, hinges, and other small details -- you may be able to see the red marks on the 3-view ...

That may take a while, first I have to dive into my rivet & hinge stash to see what fits ....

Post by **PaulBradley** » July 22nd, 2016, 1:25 am

Nice work - looks terrific.

Post by **JohnRatzenberger** » July 23rd, 2016, 8:59 pm

And a simple fuel tank ...

And I found a nice sheet of Eduard 1/35 hinges and some railroad rivets so I'm set for that ...

Post by **JohnRatzenberger** » July 27th, 2016, 6:40 pm

A riveting affair ....

A few more days of this ....

Next up are hinges, radiator doors, turret (and more rivets) ...
Since I have no interior, I need to slide a strip of evergreen in the (still open) windscreen to cover the side windows ....

syd-baines · Post by **syd-baines** » July 27th, 2016, 11:03 pm

this is looking good a lot of work is going into this

ShaunW · Post by **ShaunW** » July 28th, 2016, 5:31 pm

This build is really coming on strong John. Should be ready for the Nats IMHO

Old_Tonto · Post by **Old_Tonto** » July 29th, 2016, 11:13 am

This is a work of art John, one of your best.

Post by **JohnRatzenberger** » August 2nd, 2016, 2:05 am

Still working away ...

Here's rivets on the right side and the top, and I've started on hood details ...

Be a bit quiet around here this week, it's IPMS/USA Nationals ....

gnomemeansgnome · Post by **gnomemeansgnome** » August 2nd, 2016, 4:37 am

Incredible work, John. Wow.

syd-baines · Post by **syd-baines** » August 2nd, 2016, 11:04 pm

a bit tedious all those rivets but it will be worth it coming along nicely looking forward to seeing more of this build

iggie · Post by **iggie** » August 3rd, 2016, 7:27 am

Fabulous work John, this is going to look very special methinks

Sunray · Post by **Sunray** » August 3rd, 2016, 9:20 pm

Just stunning. John this is absolutely beautiful work.

Post by **JohnRatzenberger** » August 4th, 2016, 1:49 pm

syd-baines wrote:a bit tedious all those rivets but it will be worth it coming along nicely looking forward to seeing more of this build

Not really, I buy model train rivets -- over here Tichy Train Group has a great line of rivets, bolt/nut heads, etc. I should have taken a photo of the work in progress, but picture a tiny hemisphere (the rivet head) on an even tinier stick, 24 to a sprue. I simply drill tiny holes then cut the rivets off leaving some of the stick on and that gives me enough to handle easily and insert into the drilled holes. Once I have a run inserted, I just go over it with some liquid glue. I've about given up trying to do rivet/bolt heads onto a flat surface neatly.

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