15 hours of work.
4 Likes
Friends!
For today, perhaps, everything!
I will sum up a small result of two days and 15 net hours of work. A lot of time (about half) is spent on removing micro-burr. And it is present in almost all the details.
There are defects from incorrectly milled molds.
I spent two whole hours trying to fit the aft folding armor plate.
An hour was spent on the photoetched mesh.
An ambiguous decision on the road wheels. Why so many details? They also took a lot of time.
In general, there are moments that slow down the assembly process.
Tomorrow I will continue!
3 Likes
Hello everyone!
I continue to assemble 
3 Likes
Looking good. 
So we have built night at the local hobby store this week. I am going to bring this kit to clean up the wheels and track for painting. Thanks providing the spark to take this one off the shelf of doom.
4 Likes
You’re a modeling machine
1 Like
19 hours of work.
A small “surprise” from RFM. Driving wheels are shifted outwards. There will be problems with the tracks.
2 Likes
Do you mean they are sticking out too far?
It’s just great! I’m so glad that my little modeling “madness” gave you the inspiration to complete your project!
2 Likes
I’m driven by an unknown modeling power! I’m so imbued with this assembly that I don’t even notice what’s going on around me! 
1 Like
Yes. Relative to the central longitudinal axis of the road wheels.
1 Like
That’s all for today!
Slowly I’m thinking about a painting plan. I feel that it will not be an easy task - to paint not in parts but in assembled form.
1 Like
You’re in the modeling zone! Don’t fight it!
2 Likes
Can you trim the shaft for the sprocket?
No. This should not be done, as the wheel must be “in place” and movable. This will make it easier to bend the tracks around it. Without a shaft, there is a risk of wheel displacement. And it will be much more difficult to assemble a part of the track that goes around the wheel.
Not remove the shaft, but make it not so long if the sprocket is sticking out too far.
The shaft itself does not interfere. There, the hub part must be grinded down by 0.5-07 mm.