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Looks great! I especially like the tracks - very intricate. Ken

I heard this was a nice model with some terrible design flaws in it. It takes a very skilled person to successfully build this kind of model. I sure hope that somewhere down the road when you are 75 percent complete, you don't come across something that can't be fixed. By the looks of your...

Hi Lluis! Looking good! If I recall when I built my Sherman, the hull skin fits perfectly to the formers. I remember thinking at the time when I built the hull that the model was well designed. Ken

Wow! How can a "free" model come out this good? It must be the builder! Congratulations on a fine build. Framable photography too.:thumb::thumb::thumb: What's next? Ken

Here is a series of pictures showing the progression of the prototype tire. I won't use this one since I need to tweek a few lines in CAD for a better fit, and I rushed to get it done. The first picture is hard to see, but it is the printout of the design. The final tires will look much...

Very Nice! Welcome to the forum. Ken

The only flaw I see so far in this kit is the design of the tires. They look more like "gears" than tires. So I decided to put my 20+ years of CAD experience to work and redesign a new set. Attached is a screendump of the design. I hope to salvage the treads from the kit. If the design...

Jaffro, As a matter of fact, I just received the Modelik Maz and Scud B last Friday from the Paper Model Store. It is HUGE! Not sure when I'll get to it, but it's on my list for sure. Ken

As I mentioned before, I built the cab shell without the inner "stuff" installed. The intent is to install the items now. These are the inside ribs, or body reinforcements. These were difficult to fit inside because some of the reinforcements are wider than the bottom opening of the cab. But...

A little progress... The 4 pictures show the front windshields in place. It's difficult to see the clear plastic in these pictures, but I guess that was the hope. The WS wipers are also glued on. Each picture shows a different angle of the cab openings; showing the backstops for the...

Pictures 1, 2 & 3 - Views of the cabin shell. The sides appear bulged out - this will pull in when glued onto the floor assembly. Pictures 4 & 5 - The cabin is dry-fitted to the floor/chassis. The fit of the cabin parts and the cabin to the floor is excellent. Any gaps that you see is my...

Picture 1 - Cannisters strapped in place. Picture 2 - Remaining seats glued in place. Pictures 3 & 4: The cabin's inner and outer shells. Ken

Picture 1 - A shelf and a first-aid kit located on the RH front side. Picture 2 - The front seats are in place Picture 3 - The progress on the cannisters. Picture 4 - All of the cannisters are complete - These turned out great, but man was this a tedious job!!! The straps in the...

Picture 1 - The steering gear is in place; the steering rod is attached to the idler arm and the front suspension. Picture 2 - The pedals and steering column. Picture 3 & 4 - I didn't want a flat steering wheel to ruin an otherwise realistic interior, so I fabricated one out of a coat...

More progress: Pictures 1 & 2 - Details on top of the engine tunnel. Pictures 3 & 4 - These parts locate inside the radiator compartment. There were problems here. The kit doesn't provide enough parts to make the 90 degree bend in the piping, so I made a couple more - that's why they are...

Pic 1: The upper inside of the front wheelhouses. Pic 2: Inner wheelhouses installed. Pic 3: Underneath view of the wheelhouses Pic 4: Another view. Pic 4: Yet, another view.... I can start to visualize how big this monster was! Ken

More progress: Pic 1: These are 2 crossmember assemblies that locate above the rear suspension between the frame rails. Pic 2: The 4 corners of the inner front wheelhouses. Pic 3: Engine Tunnel assembly and radiator housing. Pic 4: Another view of the Engine Tunnel Pic 5: Some...

Lluis, I could design it in CAD, flatten the patterns as "lines" only. Then you could paint the colors on the patterns and publish it to the Zealot website. I can start next week. If you like, we can start a thread to describe what we are doing and report progress as we go. This will be...

Johnny and Lluis, Thanks for the link to the trailer. Although this appears to be Russian, it will be very helpful in developing a paper version of the Bantom trailer. Sometime in the future, I plan to design a Bantom trailer to go with the Modelik Willys. I just cannot say exactly when...

Chris, The mirror idea is a good one. It would be a shame to put all the work and detail in the underside; never to see it again. As an experiment, I may try out watercolor pens too. So far, the Testors enamel is working real well for me. It hardens-up the edges - making the model more...