Amazing to see a diorama in this scale, this might mean one can reproduce a part of a battle in a diorama with decent looking distances.
Painting this will be a real precision job, especially if you add figures etc.
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I think painting will be a bit of a challenge Bert, youāre right! I chose this scale because I needed to portray the distances although even in this scale, the dispersion of the staff cells isnāt quite as far apart as I would truly like, but then Iām locked into my own methodology in the size of base I use. Although these vehicles are mainly bespoke ones (as described above), I also chose this scale so that I can select from the wargaming manufacturers as necessary. Certainly when I get around to say, a Divison or a Brigade HQ, they seem to be the only producers of the types I will require (principally FV 432 variants).
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Am I correct to assume that the vehicle has rubber band tracks with steel reinforcements?
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āTanksā GIno. More progress tomorrow. So far an easy kit to build.
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I never get tired of seeing that build Gino.
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Did the last 2 ratchet handles and did the small additions to the front of the hull and starting putting together the rear hull piecesā¦
But the highlight of my night by far, was beating the carpet monsterā¦
I was being so carefulā¦ Until pingā¦ Of it flewā¦ The smallest bit of plastic in the buildā¦
It took about 25 mins to find itā¦but ahhhh the satisfaction ā¦ And fitted ā¦
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Oh and I am the rivet counter. 
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Haā¦ I just couldnāt let it beat meā¦
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I get that. Always nice to beat the carpet monster during a project. Enjoy the sweet victory, the next one might not be as lucky.
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Thanks.
Love that big round door - kinda like an old-time bank vault!
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I feel your pain John, however my Chally ended up with one nut missing, the carpet monster wasnāt for giving up its victim for me! As for those photo etch grab handles/tie downs on the hull frontā¦
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Will be leaving them until primingā¦made that mistake to many times of putting then straight onā¦
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Iām in either with military figures or a Sci-Fi Command vehicle.
Start photos will be posted once I receive my figure kit.
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Iād like to bust my cherry on this. Iāll postwhat in doing in the next couple days.
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Todays Progress:
Replaced mudflaps with plastic sheet and lead foil
Trim vane can be build open, but no opening struts
Found a missing detail under the 20 mm ammo box
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Been busy at work so not got any great updatesā¦just some tinkering and putting a few things together.
Got most of the rear done, going to leave off the clear part till the end and also the protective bars for the light clusters.
Also got the drop arms in and the hydrogas units put on.
Will fit the A frame straight bar (maybe) but will leave off the butterfly.
Put the other fiddly rear assembly parts together as well
Both external fuel drum frames, the Jerry can holder and the D10 reel mount.
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Had the needed Humvee arrive and have the radios in the works. Now to work out the shack.
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