Thinking tanks

[Mossie]

The Tankograd publication on the Berlin Brigade is well worth getting.  Dozens  of pictures and painting diagrams of the scheme:
https://tankmuseumshop.org/products/tankograd-9001-british-infantry-brigade-berlin

One snippet is that the blocks remained the same size no matter which vehicle they were painted on.  The Ferret and the Chieftain's blocks are the same size.

[jcf]

All I've got to now is paint all the wheels, all sixteen of them...............

Spray them black, and then come back and paint the wheels, it's generally easier than
painting the tires after painting the wheels.

[PR19_Kit]

I've managed to prime half the wheels so far, but work on the Challie will come to a halt for a week as I came home this weekend and the Challie is at my 'country home'.

[jcf]

... the Challie is at my 'country home'.

Well la-de-da, aren't we special. So nice of you to deign to speak to the plebs. 😉

[PR19_Kit]

Actually it's where I've been looking after a couple of vulnerable friends during the virus crisis, over in Northants.

And I come back home for a few days every month just to ensure it's still standing......

[zenrat]

All I've got to now is paint all the wheels, all sixteen of them...............

Spray them black, and then come back and paint the wheels, it's generally easier than
painting the tires after painting the wheels.

I tend to do it the other way.  But then I don't build that many tanks.

[Gondor]

How's the bathroom Kit, last we heard it had a hole in it?

Gondor

[PR19_Kit]

It's still got a hole, yes. And it's unlikely to be fixed in the near future as I'm just not here long enough to sort things out.

But the kitalanche that happened last time I was at home has now depleted somewhat, but sadly revealed a few kits that are now rather 'slimmer' than their manufacturers intended.

For instance, I used to have a nice vacform Broplan Piper Navaho, now it's a rather flat pile of white styrene.....

I could go on, but I might cry

[Dizzyfugu]

All I've got to now is paint all the wheels, all sixteen of them...............

Spray them black, and then come back and paint the wheels, it's generally easier than
painting the tires after painting the wheels.

I tend to do it the other way.  But then I don't build that many tanks.

Me too. Lots of toothpicks can do wonders, too - one for each wheel, but rotating the wheel on such an axis and painting the rims with a sibgle, fluid motion makes work less complicated - but it's till tedious, esp. when you have to do LOTS of wheels... 

[PR19_Kit]

The 'toothpicks per wheel' technique is one I always use for aircraft wheels, both 1/72 and 1/144, but I don't think it will work for the Challie.

The diameter of the axle is quite a bit larger than a toothpick, but a chunk of sprue might work if I can find a bit the right size.

[Old Wombat]

Files & sandpaper work there, Kit. Although I, more often than not, fill the axle hole with liquid mask & prop a toothpick or skewer in the liquid mask & wait for it to dry/cure/whatever.

I'm a proponent of the paint the wheel colour then paint the rubber method. Both work. Neither is perfect.

I find wheel painting masks to be more trouble than they're worth.

[Steel Penguin]

I will add to the road wheel on a bit of sprue, I whittle down the bit with a blade. 
and (hopefully) making things easier, the Berlin Chieftains had all black roadwheels,  so it may not be as much work 

[PR19_Kit]

I will add to the road wheel on a bit of sprue, I whittle down the bit with a blade. 
and (hopefully) making things easier, the Berlin Chieftains had all black roadwheels,  so it may not be as much work 

Magic, I'm glad my idea's been corroborated by someone MUCH more expert in the field, thanks very much. 

I hadn't noticed about the Berlin Chieftain's wheels before, so thanks for that too. I CERTAINLY didn't notice them when  I was there, I was just boggled about seeing an MBT rolling down a main street! 

Interestingly the 'Streetfighter II' Challie variant seems to have sandy colkoured wheels (either that or mud...) so maybe they just used the kit wheels when they built them..... 

I think I'll do mine black, which will DEFINITELY make it a Whiff. 

[Gondor]

Interestingly the 'Streetfighter II' Challie variant seems to have sandy colkoured wheels (either that or mud...) so maybe they just used the kit wheels when they built them..... 

I think I'll do mine black, which will DEFINITELY make it a Whiff. 

That's mud

Gondor

[Dizzyfugu]

The 'toothpicks per wheel' technique is one I always use for aircraft wheels, both 1/72 and 1/144, but I don't think it will work for the Challie.

The diameter of the axle is quite a bit larger than a toothpick, but a chunk of sprue might work if I can find a bit the right size.

In continental Europe, thanks to the proximity to slawic kitchens, there's the bigger alternative of shashlik skewers, made from wood. Great for small wheels of all sorts, maybe 8" long and 3mm wide.