Dragon's Sdkfz. 184 Elefant '39-'45 Series 1/35

[lufttiger]

That's a great Job Nick!

[Geek44]

Dave, the PE. I have some very fine wire that I use to touch into the glue which I put a few drops of into the lid of a Humbrol tin. After about two dips, the wire gets a dry lump on the tip which picks up more glue. When the lump gets too big, I snip the end of with scissors and start again. Or, I dip the part straight into the glue if that's practical. I use a small piece of blu-tack to pick up the tiny parts and a bigger lump to secure them to the bench...I'm getting better at not losing the tiny bits . There are clasps on the toolbox on the rear plate that have three parts. I still find these very difficult to bend and assemble...my eyes just can't do it and my fingers are way too thick dammit. You need about five hands.
I think when it's all together and has a coat of paint it should look okay. My opinion is that you can make any model look good with a good paint job.
Peace.

[Freightshaker]

That's really coming along great Nick!!

[Geek44]

Thanks Scott...I'm trying a new approach with this one. I'm just 'doing it' withou agonizing over every decision that needs to be made. I'm hoping it will be a quicker build. I'm also attempting to use as much of the detail set as I can as a kind of academic excercise...in the past I've only used bits and pieces of detail sets.
Peace.

[McCoy]

Lookin' really good! You should put a weld seam in the vision ports as they were welded shut on the Elefant.

[Geek44]

Are those the two circular ones on the 'cheeks'?

[Geek44]

I mean this...

Peace.

[McCoy]

Yes, that's the ones... Check LT's Elefant thread in the Land Warfare section n' you'll see how it should look.

[Geek44]

Cheers mate that's a help.
Peace.

[Geek44]

Y'know I've seen that before on models but thought it was bad zimmerit technique (like mine ). I spent quite a long time digging the Milliput out of those slits.
Peace.