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gentleman
this will be a story of someone who has no business telling anybody how to build a model . follow along and learn from my mistakes . I will be building a meng late mark merkava

I also have the crew and a stowage set


i'd like this to end up as a dio
follow along, I guarantee you will learn something. even if it is what not to do
come on we'll have a good time
krusty

I dont do Tanks, but I cant stop looking at this thread and also very interested in all the group builds and sigs in the forum. (haha... even a nonISM sig Im in currently in) Good luck Krusty, Ill be watching!!

(I never had a meng kit as well, so very interested in your display and build and so forth. Thank you! )

well dr sprue get a tank and come on
so this is my unboxing ( I swear nothing gets glued until Saturday) so here are some sprue shots









legend resin stowage set

meng crew set


and the ceremonial changing of the blade for a new build.
now I have a couple of other kits in the stash, and i'm thinking about doing my first scratch built dio so this could get real interesting
thanks for looking
bob

alright let's light this candle. I think it' Saturday across the pond, and that's good enough for us colonial's
got the road wheels cut, glued and primed.

I have paint coming in tomorrow, both mission models acrylic, and model master enamel. in idf gray, been having problems with my paint the last month. I think that's weather related, paint surface has been kind of pebbly, its 115 outside and 86 inside and almost no humidity. so I think i'm going to try enamels again, I started with them a couple of years ago and then went to acrylics, so i'm going to do a little experiment and see what happens.
thanks for looking
bob

Great start!

Good luck with build buddy!


Tommy

Hi off to a flying start, good luck with your build

all right fella's I hoped to show some progress on the build tonight but we all know about the pb thing. I've spent the last three hrs trying to figure out flickr . lets just say i'm not the office IT guy, I still have a flip phone. . so anyway I guess i'll spend sometime on the damn computer instead of gluing sprue
bob

ok let's try this, spent a couple of hours on the running gear, let's try to take a peak
20170701_214619 by robert noonan, on Flickr
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hey hey, anybody need a computer programmer, see beer fixes everthing
thanks for watching
bob

hey fellas got some stuff done today finished up the running gear and got started on the deck.
20170702_204655 by robert noonan, on Flickr
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the rear baskets were a little fiddly but not to bad
20170702_204633 by robert noonan, on Flickr
got the next three day's off work I would like to think I might have the build part of this just about wrapped up by Wednesday . got a nice thumbprint to fix you can see it in the first pic
talk to you later
bob

good day yesterday got the hull finished up
20170703_171215 by robert noonan, on Flickr
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also got the running gear primed and painted
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and got started on the turret
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todays plan is to get the road wheels installed and get started on the tracks
thanks bob

Nice work on this tank, the PE grill work looks very cool!

Nice work !

Looks awesome!

Keep up the good work.


Tommy

thank's fella's
good day today. track day=fun day, these tracks are like the dragon magic tracks stick them on a piece of tape glue then ease on the model.
the pile
20170704_140538 by robert noonan, on Flickr
fitting on a piece of tape
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gently mounting on the tank
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one side's worth of tracks
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also worked of the turret which I should be able to finish up tomorrow
20170704_194513 by robert noonan, on Flickr
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with any luck I should be able to get this primed tomorrow.
20170704_200426 by robert noonan, on Flickr. now 4 day's into a group build and ready for paint, maybe I should do a dio . never done one from scratch so here we go.
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I really don't have a clue
oh yeah let's add this
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the messed up ak dio effects are from a shipping mishap, which hey took care of with some of the best customer service I've seen.
as always you faithful servant
krusty

hey guy's got everything but the machine gun's finished up, so I figured a coat of Ultimate primer would be the next step.
20170705_191038 by robert noonan, on Flickr
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you have to like that stuff look at that finger print that was on the front light sanding a coat of primer and it's gone
tomorrow a coat of model master enamel

Wow Bob, that color looks really nice, very metallic by itself!

hey guys
ok got the paint on. now as I have mentioned my painting conditions are a lot different than most. the big test of this build is to try a couple of paint's and see what works best. today I used model master enamel mixed 50-50 with mr color leveling thinner, results seem a lot better than a few of my last builds. when the bulldozer is painted I will use mission models acrylic, and we'll take a look at the results. now y paint hase been lost in the mail the last couple of days, so I used some ammo on the road wheels and the bottom of the tank the color difference is more than I thought it would be. but i'm sure with the right weathering no one will be the wiser
20170706_204117 by robert noonan, on Flickr
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tomorrow will be the detail painting, and maybe looking at starting the dio
bob

really, really, happy with the paint . did the detail painting, ready for clear tomorrow,i think alclad aqua gloss. enamel paint and enamel weathering they say this is the way to go. so lets see.
20170707_203940 by robert noonan, on Flickr
got cracking on the next part.
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that's a lot of plastic
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nice color call out and directions, and got step 1 done only 38 more
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thanks bob

Looking great

Love that dozer!

Lovely Thread ! Love a Merkava build ! Build the first Meng kit and love it , I just might getting one of this LIC Merkava !

keep it going Krusty , i'll be watching here

thank's for following along guys
well got the merkava clear coated yesterday and the decal's on today
20170709_184558 by robert noonan, on Flickr
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also have been working on the d9, and have the ripper installed
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i'm off the next three day's. and it's hotter than the surface of the sun outside, so should be getting some stuff done
thanks bob

started working on the interior of the bulldozer, have some painting to do so off to the paint booth
20170710_191120 by robert noonan, on Flickr
sorry not to much to show for a lot of work
bob

Excellent work all the way !

Keep it up!



Tommy

krusty69 wrote: Tue Jul 11, 2017 4:18 am started working on the interior of the bulldozer, have some painting to do so off to the paint booth
20170710_191120 by robert noonan, on Flickr
sorry not to much to show for a lot of work
bob

It does look like alot of sanding tho!

thanks guys
got a wash on the body, and one on the tracks.
20170711_212651 by robert noonan, on Flickr
20170711_212659 by robert noonan, on Flickr
also got some of the running gear built for the d9, also worked on the interior cab paint
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more later
thanks bob

working on the interior
20170712_180516 by robert noonan, on Flickr
need to get that weathered up, so I can get the build completed. need to have the model together to figure the layout of the dio. which I got some stuff for today.
20170712_200750 by robert noonan, on Flickr
also started to chip the merkava
thank's for looking
bob

Great stuff, Merkava is looking sweet and the D9 interior looks spot on.

dudes
this installment is about dudes. alright chicks too, i'm not seeing any smiley face guy's for woman
figured out yesterday the bull dozer operator needs to be installed before I button her up. so I need to get moving on the figures.
20170713_195549 by robert noonan, on Flickr
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all female dozer crew , also got going on the merkava crew, still have the meng infantry guys.
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hope to get the figures all assembled tomorrow and then start working on seams
thanks bob

my god look at those epm's gotta go

holy jumping jeepers
meng idf infantry four figures almost 2 hrs for assembly, way to many pieces. will get to work on the seams tomorrow, and finish chipping the merkava
20170714_210124 by robert noonan, on Flickr
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thanks bob

hey guys
a couple coats of mr surfacer 500 and then a cotton bud and some acetone, and got the seams taken care of, then a coat of Ultimate gray primer
20170716_191940 by robert noonan, on Flickr
finished up the chipping on the merkava using a sponge and Vallejo 70822. will do a little streaking tomorrow.
20170716_191859 by robert noonan, on Flickr
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need to get the dozer driver finished up so I can get the D9 together and figure out the layout of the dio
thanks bob

Wow looks really cool Bob!

Looking great. I love building tanks but chose a plane this time. I need a Merkava in the arsenal one day.

thanks guys
the merkava is a pretty ccol tank
alright got a good jump on the figures, and actually finished the dozer driver. it will be good to get some glue going tomorrow
20170718_210917 by robert noonan, on Flickr
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thanks
bob

That is some very nice work there mate

thank's guys
worked on the figures, worked on some of the external details of the merkava. also got the cab of the dozer together
20170719_202812 by robert noonan, on Flickr
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thanks for looking
bob

Lovely work mate!

hey guys
been working on the cab of the dozer. along with the figures, a little progress has been made. i'll tell you that dozer is a piece of work
20170721_211338 by robert noonan, on Flickr
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i'm kinda in that zone when after hours of work you don't have anything to show for it
thanks
bob

krusty69 wrote: Sat Jul 22, 2017 5:15 am i'm kinda in that zone when after hours of work you don't have anything to show for it

Sometimes it's just like that... but then suddenly the pieces of the puzzle falls together and it's almost completed

Awesome stuff your'e doing, keep up the good work!


Tommy

all right
got some stuff done, got some more on he dozer. and started the tracks, a little fiddly but with some careful gluing they should be workable.
20170722_201020 by robert noonan, on Flickr
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I will endeavor to persevere on the tracks but I think that's going to be a day or two
thanks
bob

Looks like you are having fun with this SIG.