That looks great!
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Thanks Phil
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Great build Erwin, it looks terrific.
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Fantastic work Erwin. Lovely build.
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Thank you for the kind words Peter and Johnny!
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Well done, the change in wheels was a good choice.
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Thanks Greg… I fully agree with you…
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You’ve got 5 months to complete it… 
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Luis, nice clean build so far.
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I love that desert scene with the palm tree, very atmospheric!
I have been working away on several projects including the 3DModels LeFH1BB2 self propelled gun. I sort of lost my MOJO with this kit but decided to press ahead to the finish.
A brief recap - The problems started when the kit arrived from China and the major parts were broken. The seller replaced them but weeks were added while this happened. There was a LOT of sticky uncured material on the back of the two track parts. A day in a sunny window fixed the sticky but a lot of time with a Dremel and a burr were needed to remove the excess material. When the rest of the parts were removed from the little containers, I found that the gun tube, recuperator & muzzle brake were not included and looking carefully at what passed for paperwork, they never were!!! I bought a tube from RB models that needed reworking and still didn’t have a muzzle brake. That part was sourced from the spare parts box and the recuperator made from plastic rod stock.
After some paint and decals it started to look more like a model
The muzzle brake from the spares box had an open from and that bothered me. This part is front & center and needed to be improved
I made a front part out of a bit of plastic engraver’s material
Here is is now looking a whole bunch happier
Paul
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Ok… It’s almost bench time again for me … The cast is still on until Thursday but I have some better movement in the hand so I can grip a few things…
I put a coat of flat varnish on the lower hull to seal the dirt/earth pigments in, then put the wheels on.
The wheels have a Flory dirt wash on top of a OIF/OEF wash…
Will leave the idler wheels off until I put the tracks on and connect them fully.
Feels good to have done a small bit of modelling…
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Ach, John, so good to see you back at it!
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Will be taking slow for the first few days after the cast is off … But it’s good to be getting back at it mate 
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Well, that’s fantastic John!
Enjoy the slow ride,
Cheers,
Angel
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Thanks Angel 
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Glad to see you back at the bench John!
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Cheers Tom.
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Nice to see you back at work Johnny! How is the arm holding?
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