British Cold War Conquerer Tank.

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Smoothing the Exhaust Covers.

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It is easier to see what progress is being made when sanding the exhaust covers with 80 grit sandpaper after painting them.

Even when attacking the plastic with rough 80 grit sandpaper progress is very slow - this 3D printed plastic is really tough....and could be very good news if the drive sprockets and tracks are as tough!
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The exhaust cover surface is slowly getting smoother.
The exhaust cover surface is slowly getting smoother.
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The paint shows the progress being made more easily.
The paint shows the progress being made more easily.
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Re: British Cold War Conquerer Tank.

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I have had the poorly printed (hairy) gun crutch re-printed locally, and it is much cleaner so that will save me a lot of tricky cleaning-up.

Sanding back the large "easy to access" parts is taking some effort as the 3D printed plastic is much harder to sand than I was expecting to be - good tough stuff..
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Re: British Cold War Conquerer Tank.

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I tend to print some of the more detailed parts in resin.
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Re: British Cold War Conquerer Tank.

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Cor I'd kill for a conqueror ARV. Awesome work so far
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