Quote from: jcf on March 26, 2025, 08:31:33 AMAs it turned out, the major issue with the trimmer was that it was unable to move under its own power and had to be towed. Various solutions were proposed including a train of carriers used as tractors - two or three depending on conditions, and tanks. A turretless Valentine was determined to be the best answer due to its relatively low profile.

And the fact the Vanentine could move on its own would help immensely to 

Quote from: jcf on March 26, 2025, 08:31:33 AMAs it turned out, the major issue with the trimmer was that it was unable to move under its own power and had to be towed. Various solutions were proposed including a train of carriers used as tractors - two or three depending on conditions, and tanks. A turretless Valentine was determined to be the best answer due to its relatively low profile.

Till it was decided that it was better and simpler to mount the Flakvierling directly on the turretless Valentine and dispense with the Carrier....  

Quote from: loupgarou on March 26, 2025, 03:43:19 PM

Quote from: jcf on March 26, 2025, 08:31:33 AMAs it turned out, the major issue with the trimmer was that it was unable to move under its own power and had to be towed. Various solutions were proposed including a train of carriers used as tractors - two or three depending on conditions, and tanks. A turretless Valentine was determined to be the best answer due to its relatively low profile.

Till it was decided that it was better and simpler to mount the Flakvierling directly on the turretless Valentine and dispense with the Carrier....  

That will never work!!!!

Quote from: jcf on March 26, 2025, 08:31:33 AMAs it turned out, the major issue with the trimmer was that it was unable to move under its own power and had to be towed. Various solutions were proposed including a train of carriers used as tractors - two or three depending on conditions, and tanks. A turretless Valentine was determined to be the best answer due to its relatively low profile.

Have you been reading my mind again?   

It may turn out that they were pushed across Normandy by Armoured Dozers...

Today I raised the gun mounting frame.
I assembled all the suspension parts modifying where necessary to get all the wheels on the deck.
I had already glued all the track sections together yesterday.  I used Epoxy which looks like it'll do the job if I am gentle with it.
And I began sanding and scribing the scratched up ammo boxes.

 

Painting today.
I'm going for a green carrier with a grey gun on top.  Gunshields and barrels painted green also.

Hedgetrimmer WIP 06-04-25 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

More painting today.  Tracks, ammo boxes, ammo box racks, gun mounts, tyres...

  
This will be very cool 😎

Sure will Phill.  Unless I f**k it up.

We went away for the weekend (footy in Adelaide) but today we returned and I continued detail painting the tracks and glued on the gun mounts and some of the wheels.

Quote from: zenrat on April 14, 2025, 02:51:22 AMSure will Phill.  Unless I f**k it up.

Doubt it mate ...think this will be a beaut 👌

Any f**k-ups in Armour modelling are easier to explain away or work around than with Aircraft ('don't ask', etc);
Battle damage, a coat of mud etc, or slap a wodge of foliage or hang a tarp over the naff bits.
Or have it hull-down in a ditch or pond... I remember Steve Zaloga melted the resin trackwork of a St Chamond, trying to clean up the old paint, so he did just that - put it into a shell hole lake.
Simples - there's always a way to cheat I mean work around something   

Road wheels all attached.
Looks like my guesstimated mods to the rear suspension have lowered it by a suitable amount.
<phew>
One side of the tracks is painted, worn metalled, and rusted.  Once i've done the other side I can attach them.
A tip for painting pre assembled tracks before fitting them.  Pin them down onto a piece of board.  You can only do one side at a time but it avoids trying to hold them while you paint and then painting your fingers.

I use those disposable medical gloves for that Fred ...not like I've done that in a while now tho.
That might be changing tho if I build more armour .

Quote from: Wardukw on April 15, 2025, 01:04:26 PMI use those disposable medical gloves for that Fred ...not like I've done that in a while now tho.
That might be changing tho if I build more armour .

I use medical gloves when I use an airbrush, but those single-use gloves are no good anymore. After 20 or 30 uses, they start to break..

So my hands are painted anyway. And I am building many trucks etc in 1/87, when I paint the tires (with a brush, of course), I always end up with black nails and fingers.