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When you come to assembling the Tow ropes when you do the dry run you will discover they are very limited in movement this is easily fixed with a little work with a file or a strip of wet and dry

Hi jarndice.

My HAYA Centurion KIT is more or less finished now and the tow ropes are installed.

Model boaters always say that a model boat is never 'finished"...and thats the way I see this tank!

I will add all the markings when the spray masks arrive and then I can finish the weathering, but here are some pictures to show the progress to date.

Bob.

Some more pictures

Love it Mr Zooma, well done on the subtle weathering.
Thanks for sharing the recipe with us all !

Yes, I agree with Bix! That weathering is a remarkable demonstration of a light touch that turns out so realistic.

Thank you Herman Bix and Herr Dr. Professor. I am really pleased that you found this KIT build interesting and even happier that you liked the weathering, because alongside my poor understanding of electronics, I believe that painting and finishing is another area of weakness that I am working to improve.

I built this kit to try and learn how a 1/16 scale r/c model tank was put together better as it would help me understand more about how to look after and maintain/repair/upgrade my other r/c tanks.

The fact that there were no instructions, no part numbers or any details about what size screws to use etc turned out to be a bonus as it made me think more about every stage of the build - including where to start - and the best sequence of construction.

In all honesty I didn't find the included general use handbook (for the RTR tank that was included in the kit), or the online video particularly useful as neither covered any of the problem areas (described here in this build) or advised how to correct or solve them.

When the spray masks arrive I can learn another new skill (with an airbrush!).....and see how that turns-out as I try to add the all important markings to complete the finish of the tank.

When the markings are painted on, I can tidy-up some areas of the weathering that I have missed (and correct the colour of the tow rope binding cleats when I find out what colour they really should be ?) before blending them into the rest of the paintwork.

My next learning project will be to work on a 3D printed tank, and that will be a British Conquerer - another Cold War tank that I can run alongside my Centurions.........if it works out OK!

zooma wrote: ↑Sat Dec 28, 2024 10:41 pm When the spray masks arrive I can learn another new skill (with an airbrush!).....and see how that turns-out as I try to add the all important markings to complete the finish of the tank.

I sure hope you show that step by step. I'd love to see how that is done. Meter Rat did some a while back and they turned out fabulous, if he can do it...

...that leaves hope for the rest of us!

A great exposition just like to mention that the pick axe handles had an unpainted steel sleeve at the top of the shaft, The Pick Axe was slid along its length to the top where it was locked in place by striking the head of the assembled pick axe hard against the road/hard floor.
So pretty obviously any paint on the steel top would be stripped off when the axe was assembled.
The Pick axe handle had a secondary role in the British Armed Forces.
It was issued to the guard in peacetime as the weapon of choice for their 2 hour "stag".

Thanks for that jarndice - I will adjust end of the pick axe head colour to represent it getting bashed against a hard surface (by removing most of the black paint).

Do you know what colour the "binding cleats" were on the twin tow ropes by any chance? I have painted them in a red/brown colour for now, but I think they may have been painted to match the tank colour, or grey, or black maybe...?

Ecam wrote: ↑Sat Dec 28, 2024 11:22 pm [quote=zooma post_id=365746 time=<a href="tel:1735425689">1735425689</a> user_id=11699]
When the spray masks arrive I can learn another new skill (with an airbrush!).....and see how that turns-out as I try to add the all important markings to complete the finish of the tank.

I sure hope you show that step by step. I'd love to see how that is done. Meter Rat did some a while back and they turned out fabulous, if he can do it...

...that leaves hope for the rest of us!
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