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Re: Nashorn kit - Almost ready
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2017 9:37 pm
by c.rainford73
OK so after work today I went through my stash of wiring and accessories and finished wiring the radio equipment. The headphones are now run with thin wires and the stacked up radios now share the thicker black cable.
I also made a metal bracket for the headset rest
Re: Nashorn kit - Almost ready
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2017 10:14 pm
by AlwynTurner
Looks great Carl.
Alwyn
Re: Nashorn kit - Almost ready
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2017 10:15 pm
by AlwynTurner
Double post DaGnabit!
Re: Nashorn kit - Almost ready
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2017 11:17 pm
by c.rainford73
AlwynTurner wrote:Looks great Carl.
Alwyn
I appreciate it Mr Alwyn. I am very pleased that you like it. Tonight I'm painting a base coat of dunkelgelb
Mr Micheal C was able to source me a whole set of spare Panzer iv road wheels
Re: Nashorn kit - Almost ready
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2017 4:05 am
by c.rainford73
After finishing up the radio and headset I spent the evening sanding and applying dunkelgelb on the Nashorn. The cabinets are still removable so I can continue to work on the paint and the lower hull.
I removed the 88 as to get a good overall base of dunkelgelb and reinstalled it. Doing a lot of research online as to what camo design I want to achieve....
I did not attack the lower hull as I wanted to tonight as the sanding and paint took up most of my time
But that's OK since I want to make sure everything is done before I move ahead.
Getting to a point where I have to wait for several orders to arrive for this particular piece so I might step away from her tomorrow so I can finish up my Taigen Tiger I and get back to my kv-2. Though this is so nice it's really hard to pull away from it
Thank you for looking-Carl
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Re: Nashorn kit - Almost ready
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2017 8:13 am
by Raminator
Coming along quickly Carl, you're making great progress. Now that you've got it painted though, some of the printing marks are coming out a bit. It's noticeable on the gun shield when looking from above. If it's too late to repair, it should get covered by the camouflage pattern.
Re: Nashorn kit - Almost ready
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2017 8:13 am
by AlwynTurner
Once again great work Carl, I can't believe you are getting through so much work on the Nashorn so quickly!! It's looking beautiful really well done.
Alwyn
Re: Nashorn kit - Almost ready
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2017 11:58 am
by c.rainford73
Raminator wrote:Coming along quickly Carl, you're making great progress. Now that you've got it painted though, some of the printing marks are coming out a bit. It's noticeable on the gun shield when looking from above. If it's too late to repair, it should get covered by the camouflage pattern.
My plan is to pull the gun out again and now that I have a better idea of where the sanding needs to be upgraded I will fill and sand and re prime then the camo scheme
Re: Nashorn kit - Almost ready
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2017 11:58 am
by c.rainford73
AlwynTurner wrote:Once again great work Carl, I can't believe you are getting through so much work on the Nashorn so quickly!! It's looking beautiful really well done.
Alwyn
Thanks Alwyn!
Re: Nashorn kit - Almost ready
Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2017 2:12 am
by c.rainford73
Tonight I started to work on the wiring for the Nashorn build. I was able to fit a nice 5w speaker and a 3300mah lipo battery with just enough room for a Clark tk60 board
The Clark board measured 9.2cm x 5.3cm and I have approximately 12cm x 5.6cm so close but very happy!
The upper superstructure fits down nicely on the lower hull with everything fitted including a mock up of the Clark board.
Now that's some serious luck
Mr Maxmekker...... Where are you..... Lol
