LSP_K2 Posted March 28, 2017 Author Share Posted March 28, 2017 Common drill is to add a millimeter of strip styrene around the DML hull joint to improve the clearance. I have built the DML JS-2 kit last year. The Tamiya kit is trouble free in this regard. Regards - dutik That's certainly a thought, and I really appreciate the input. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted March 28, 2017 Author Share Posted March 28, 2017 Well, the warning regarding the track clearance, was all too true. Clearance is minimal, so it looks like track will be attached to lower hull, before assembling upper hull to it. Good catch there, and potentially saves me some serious grief "down the road". Here I've used a more or less straight run of track (no sag) to check clearances. With sag between return rollers, I think it'll probably look OK. Well this is rather annoying; it appears that I've installed this saddle tank backwards. Securing straps should align with tank support brackets, so I'll have to rip this off and redo it. Fortunately, I do have spares. I must have been in a big rush whenever I started this, and just wasn't paying attention, something I've been known to do from time to time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted March 29, 2017 Author Share Posted March 29, 2017 OK, so it turns out that it's not my fault the tanks are wrong;... the kit has them molded that way (for whatever reason). As designed by Dragon, the tanks align with tabs on the saddle supports, in such a way as to virtually guarantee they won't line up correctly. Odd, very, very odd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted March 29, 2017 Author Share Posted March 29, 2017 While the kit offers four possible schemes, I'm pretty partial to these two. I actually prefer the one on the right, but painting the air recognition bands, spooks me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nessus Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Kev, paint the tank white, then mask it and paint the green. That simplifies the painting of the stripes immensely. Brendan LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted March 30, 2017 Author Share Posted March 30, 2017 Kev, paint the tank white, then mask it and paint the green. That simplifies the painting of the stripes immensely. Brendan That was my thought as well, and might just be doable. Either way, it means masking over all sort of bumps and lumps, and that doesn't appeal to me too much. There's also a guards unit scheme that looks pretty cool, so I may end up just going that route. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest Peterpools Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Kev Yikes, Dragon sure threw you a few curve balls. Following all the way Keep 'em coming Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted March 30, 2017 Author Share Posted March 30, 2017 Nice! I really like the first Polish brigade example, and may have to consider that as yet another option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted March 30, 2017 Author Share Posted March 30, 2017 Kev Yikes, Dragon sure threw you a few curve balls. Following all the way Keep 'em coming Peter Aside from the track fit and saddle tank anomaly, it's actually been a pretty good kit so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted March 31, 2017 Author Share Posted March 31, 2017 Like Ron, I've decided to start building the track assemblies for this beast. Here are the two bottom runs. Once track assemblies are complete, I'll go ahead and paint lower hull and tracks, then assemble to upper hull. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ron Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 Haha, we are both on tracks! You have a jump on me because at least Dragon supplies them all prepped and in a bag. LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted March 31, 2017 Author Share Posted March 31, 2017 Haha, we are both on tracks! You have a jump on me because at least Dragon supplies them all prepped and in a bag. Yes indeed, plus once I figured out an easy way to assemble them (the instructions make no mention of this method), they get so much easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted April 4, 2017 Author Share Posted April 4, 2017 OK, one upper track run now complete. I realize this may look a little funky right now, but once dry, the tracks still seem to have a fair amount of pliability, so I believe I can tweak the fit better, once all sets are done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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