Hi all
here are some pictures of the content of this huge box by Trumpeter. More than 1200 parts. The build should start tomorrow or Sunday.
Olivier
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Ok, bookmarked so you may start… 
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Excellent. Tagging along as well. 
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What a beast… I will be following with interest 
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Following this one too !
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Thank you all for following this build.
The suspension is already complete. I have assembled the idlers and the sprockets and attached them to the swing arms with the polycaps. I also have secured 4 inner roadwheels halves so I can put the tracks in shape.
Concerning the tracks they come with separate guide teeth. So this morning I cut them off of the sprues: 170 guide teeth, 170 track links and 340 molding “pins” (2 per link).
Considering the poor weather anticipated this afternoon, I certainly will clean the parts and glue the guide teeth to the links.
Olivier
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It’s looking good !!
Guide teeths and 2 molding pins… that’s a nightmare my friend…
Bonne chance
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Thanks! Patience was useful .I managed to get the both tracks assembled and shaped around the running gear (in the end 84 links are enough instead of 85). I also assembled the left side sponson. Weirdly Trumpeter give you the plates which prevent the tracks from slapping the sponson but omitted them in the instructions.
However when you put them in place it’s better to do it after the tracks have been shaped.
Olivier
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That is a really nice start.
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You made a great inroad to getting this started Olivier, it looks terrific.
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