Takom 1:16 Panzer IB

[Ryan]

No it looks like they are all blanked off on the jack side!

 

Need to pry mine off and follow directions every once and a while.

[LSP_K2]

Oh boy, ejector pin marks! This is unfortunately too typical of this model, very Trumpeter like. Oh well, I'll just have to do what I have to do. The raised rectangular portions (and their corresponding tabs), are really quite inaccurate, but I intend to leave them as they are. (Hopefully the judges won't look too closely at this area.)

 

[LSP_K2]

I've also made the decision to proceed full steam with just this, setting my 1:350 Hornet aside for a while, hopefully allowing me to finish this model, and its base, by September. I just don't feel that I have the time left to do both satisfactorily.

[Ryan]

On 5/5/2022 at 5:15 PM, LSP_K2 said:

 

Or I did.

No you were right, I was able to pop mine out and re position.

 

[mustang1989]

On 5/6/2022 at 4:20 PM, LSP_K2 said:

Oh boy, ejector pin marks! This is unfortunately too typical of this model, very Trumpeter like. Oh well, I'll just have to do what I have to do. The raised rectangular portions (and their corresponding tabs), are really quite inaccurate, but I intend to leave them as they are. (Hopefully the judges won't look too closely at this area.)

 

 

Oh man....and those are in some baaaaaaaaaaaaad places too. And yes......you're right. Trumpy pulls the EXACT same stuff. lol

Edited May 10, 2022 by mustang1989

[Rick Griewski]

Many of these pin marks can be

filled cleanly by using Waldron tool punched disks.  

[LSP_K2]

18 hours ago, Rick Griewski said:

Many of these pin marks can be

filled cleanly by using Waldron tool punched disks.  

 

Some certainly can, or at least basically "fill the void", but there's always still a bit more filling required, as the discs are never going to fit perfectly.

[Rick Griewski]

You will be surprised. 

[LSP_K2]

Since I hadn't touched this kit in quite some time, I decided to jump back on it. First up, ejector pin filling. This will consume most of the time spent on this model.

 

 

 

 

[LSP_K2]

And some more, just for luck.

 

[LSP_K2]

Bogie assemblies also get a helping hand in the way of some liquefied putty, correcting some mismatch in those areas (probably as a consequence of something dumb that I did).

 

[LSP_K2]

At this point, all that can be added to the hull, is added to the hull, save for some pretty fragile bits that will be added later.

 

 

 

[LSP_K2]

The turret seam filling (using Vallejo putty and 93% alcohol), is coming along rather nicely, though obviously is not finished just yet.

 

[LSP_K2]

Any builder of this kit, needs to be aware that this vertical seam, which also appears in mirror image fashion on the far side, is a molding remnant, and needs to be removed.

 

[LSP_Ron]

All those injector pin marks would drive me absolutely insane!