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Posted: **Sun Dec 20, 2015 8:18 pm**

Started the tracks this evening, grey primer coat then started Tamiya hull red, the airbrushed over with a couple of light costs of flat black with a little NATO brown in so the hull red showed through for that slightly rusty look

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Then began painting the track pads with rubber black, only managed to do one track as it takes ages to get through all of them! Will finish the other one tomorrow quick coat of clear then weather them up

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Posted: **Sat Dec 26, 2015 12:07 am**

Started with the weathering the least few days with oils and pastels also changed periscope glass to red just the rest to do now!

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Posted: **Sun Dec 27, 2015 2:30 pm**

It looks amazing! You've certainly transformed this model. Funny how these builds keep ending up in the kitchen!

Cheers, Tom

Posted: **Sun Dec 27, 2015 5:25 pm**

Kitchen is the best place dude!

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When it comes to speaker boxes bigger is better!

Posted: **Sun Dec 27, 2015 7:46 pm**

I agree! Standing at a counter brings the work closer to your eyes and you closer to beverages and snacks. Following along.
regards,
Painless

Posted: **Mon Dec 28, 2015 2:40 pm**

This is very true painless! Today got the periscope glass painted and fitted, at a later date my do the gunners sight but leaving it closed for now, also fitted another speaker in the turret here's the pics

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Just need to carry on with the weathering now.

Posted: **Mon Dec 28, 2015 9:32 pm**

Size of that speaker you can tell it's not a PZ II !!

Posted: **Mon Dec 28, 2015 10:24 pm**

Ha ha ha yes Herman I doubt I could get one in a panzer II barely got these 2 in the challenger to be fair, but it is super loud now!

Posted: **Tue Dec 29, 2015 9:42 am**

Well got abit more internal work done last night, built a box for the IBU2 too sit / be secured in and placed everything in the hull. I was not happy having the rotation servo in the hull as it kept catching and slipping and it was easier to mount it to the upper hull than build an adjustable brackets like I did in my leopard, so here's the pics and thanks for scalawag for his great builds I stole the servo mounting idea from him, although my version is the ghetto version as am no good at neat and pretty am happy if I get functional

oh and also screwed in a strip of plasticard across the turret ring to keep the cables out the way!

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Then ripped out the servo and with a little magic and ghetto engineering -

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Just need to get it all hooked up now and finish my weathering, although I may just go drive it in some mud like I did with my other tanks it's alot quicker!

Posted: **Tue Dec 29, 2015 9:43 am**

WHAT?

It's coming along great

Ian

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