Tamiya 1/16 JS-2 1944 ChKZ

SteveDorics · Post by **SteveDorics** » Mon Nov 25, 2013 10:48 am

Decided to give weld beads a go

mcevoyi · Post by **mcevoyi** » Mon Nov 25, 2013 11:45 am

Gerrr i hate youtube

Post real pics ! ...please !

PainlessWolf · Post by **PainlessWolf** » Mon Nov 25, 2013 1:41 pm

Good Morning,
You may may have heard this already and if so I apologize in advance. The way I have seen the milliput welds done most often and with the best results is to wet your fingers and roll out a thin bead of the stuff and lay it into place where it will be used as a weld. Take up your tool of choice then and make your weld marks before the putty dries too much. Your drums turned out very nicely with your initial method as well.
regards,
Painless Wolf

SteveDorics · Post by **SteveDorics** » Sat Nov 30, 2013 8:55 am

Hey Guys,

Here is my sixth video in the Tamiya 1/16 JS-2 build series. In this video I assemble the spare fuel tanks, make the photo etch handles, simulate some battle damage and finish the details on the upper hull

Post by **maxmekker** » Mon Dec 02, 2013 4:43 pm

those fuel drums sure looks good. Once spiled With oil and gas, hmmm

ALPHA · Post by **ALPHA** » Mon Dec 02, 2013 5:51 pm

I apologize before hand... as it probably isn't my place to say anything... but as far as I know... fuel/ oil drums were never welded... it wasn't cost efficient at the time... and still isn't today... the material the barrels were made of were more suited to crimp / solder seals than welding ... as the gauge of steel used could leak if brazed or welded...soldering was not only cheaper and faster.... it was more conducive to mass production...even jerry cans were crimp soldered

ALPHA

SteveDorics · Post by **SteveDorics** » Thu Dec 12, 2013 11:51 am

ALPHA wrote:I apologize before hand... as it probably isn't my place to say anything... but as far as I know... fuel/ oil drums were never welded... it wasn't cost efficient at the time... and still isn't today... the material the barrels were made of were more suited to crimp / solder seals than welding ... as the gauge of steel used could leak if brazed or welded...soldering was not only cheaper and faster.... it was more conducive to mass production...even jerry cans were crimp soldered
ALPHA

Hey Alpha, thanks for that, i wasnt aware

I still think they look cool welded up

SteveDorics · Post by **SteveDorics** » Thu Dec 12, 2013 11:52 am

Hey guys, sorry for the lack of posts, here are my latest build videos

SteveDorics · Post by **SteveDorics** » Thu Dec 12, 2013 12:15 pm

Hey guys, here is a running video showing off the DMD unit, sound and functions

MPFIEND · Post by **MPFIEND** » Sat Feb 08, 2014 4:33 pm

Hi Steve,

That is a great set of video's, very valuable.
will you be adding your painting videos of this tank here?

Best Regards

Keith.

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