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As announced continued with some details. My chain pull rope is a ready wire cable; the required holders are handmade and at the previous version in use. Here some pictures. The rear area with the rear holder and hooks for the pull rope and the new gun barrel clean rods…



…the front area,…



…the middle section…



…and the front area with the tighten device. The tools by Torro were further used; a bit adjusted were the holders as here at the axe…



…and here at the front of the crowbar...



…and here at the rear.



Here again the gun barrel clean rods; now is the middle part made from real wood.



At the spade was the front and the rear holder added; the hammer receives two little holding sheets on the upper hull.



At this position were later the starter crank mounted…



…but before mounting came completion. On this picture is also the antenna to see. To some tools I’ve nothing reported; I think some pictures at the finish should be sufficient.



In the next part I’ll report about my tracks, especially about their aging; until then…

Dude you have skills that make Pele seem average !!!

Really, really, like the blue-tinted vision blocks! That's a detail that many talented builders would overlook; as with the driver's defensive vision block/bulletproof glass in the Tiger 1, for instance.
I'd also like to congratulate you on all your detail work, Hotte, as well as having the longest running thread on any tank forum This one should be in the Guinness Book of RC forum records!

43rdRecceReg wrote:Really, really, like the blue-tinted vision blocks! That's a detail that many talented builders would overlook; as with the driver's defensive vision block/bulletproof glass in the Tiger 1, for instance.
I'd also like to congratulate you on all your detail work, Hotte, as well as having the longest running thread on any tank forum This one should be in the Guinness Book of RC forum records!

Many thanks my friend, especially for the longest running report...
Greets from Berlin into the scottish highlands!

Today to my tracks. There are many meanings, how used tracks should look. From untreated till heavily rusted can you find at the models. I myself be not a friend of too much rust at tracks; as vehicles, which are always in motion also unreal. Dirt is real; the combat area and the weather conditions have their importance.
My Kingtiger was till August 1944 only at training area Ohrdruf in use. The combat area was more dry and sandy; that’s why are the tracks also more blank. But of course, in the edges of the tracks can dirt collected.
The black base colour of my tracks is already very worn; that’s why is the output base a good one.



For representation various colours of sand and loam in the tracks I use pigments of chalk colours; finished pigments are also a good base. The chalk was finely grounded and in different colourings mixed. To apply the pigments, I’d used line feed oil and turpentine.



With these mixtures was the track in different intensity’s brushed…







…and thereafter dried; this process I’ve supported with a hot air pistol. This looks then approximately so; here light brown areas; …



…here fewer brushed areas…



…and here a bit darker brushed areas. From all this mixtures shall later only a few traces to see.



Here once the different between treated and untreated areas at the track.



After drying were excess pigments with a soft wire brush or an old toothbrush removed; a few rounds in sandy terrain should bring the same success. Left are then the pigments only in the lower areas and edges of the track; the rest of the track is blank.











So many for that. My report is now in principle finished; some details I‘ve eventually forgotten, but in the final part I’ll show some pictures. Until then.

Hotte,
Good afternoon! I expect to see this one in TOTM here next month, perhaps?
regards,
Painless

PainlessWolf wrote:Hotte,
Good afternoon! I expect to see this one in TOTM here next month, perhaps?
regards,
Painless

Hello painless,

many thanks for your kindly words and your offer. I make it with pleasure; but whether next month, we will see. At the moment I'm very busy; the Berlin rc tankers are moving on a new battle terrain. And our old area have to be cleared till the end of this year.
What are the terms of participation and what have I to do?

exelent build tread . Lovly details .Really like the fender details , were you can take them off as you pleez .

When New Battle ground is ready, pleez show video

Good morning, Hotte,
Keep an eye out at the first of the new Year for a notice to open photo submissions for January. Then, go to the thread and drop in your six best photos of the tank and that's all there is.
regards,
Painless

Spartan tracks wrote:Dude you have skills that make Pele seem average !!!

I'm sorry, almost overlooked your answer. I'll give my best and I'm glad, if you like it. And if you can get some ideas for your own projects has it paid off.
But I'll never be a fantastic soccer player like Pele...