Well, here is a small update on some of the work I've done after recovering from that difficult week. Things seem to have gotten a bit better now. This is also all the work I got done yesterday and today.
To start with, I assembled all the wheels for my 1/35th scale Patton that I am doing for the SoCal AMPS Group Build:
Next I painted all the bare pieces that I'd installed earlier:
Moving on, I decided that that tracks for the FV-432 needed to be finished, so I did the other side on the track jig. I then test fit the first run I did on the one side:
That was very fiddly and poorly done so I decided I better just do a complete track install. After some effort and adjustments, I got everything on:
All that's left is to add all the photo-etch parts and then this can be painted.
Since I was doing tracks, I moved on and did the tracks for the Chieftains, starting with the Mk.V. I assembled the first run of tracks on the one side of the jig:
These larger ones were much easier to do. I like these jigs too because you can do the track runs on both sides which helps insure the tracks are all going the proper direction:
I hope to paint a basecoat at least on my Chieftains before I install these tracks.
I started the tracks on the other two jigs I had for the Mk.10 and Mk.11 Chieftains but didn't shoot any pics of them. After all they look like the above pics. However, because I was doing wheels and tracks, I pulled down my M-109A6 and added the roadwheels and tracks to that:
Afterward I added a few more bits and bobs to the turret of this vehicle. Here it is sitting on the hull with all the new tracks on it:
A few more bits and bobs, some baskets on the back of the turret and some photo-etch and this will be ready for paint as well...
After that, my two Roden WWI buses came in and so I eagerly got started on one of them. I chose to do the civilian bus first. Of course the first thing to do was the suspension and chassis... such as it is:
I then assembled the main body/lower passenger cabin:
That is when I found out why there was so little on the suspension because it all gets added to the bottom of the main body:
Afterward I finished the drivers seat and hood of this bus:
While that was set aside and drying, I assembled the upper passenger deck:
Here it is all mocked up to see what it will look like:
I like it! I'm leaving the upper deck off until I can get the interior of the lower part painted first. Then everything will be brought together.
And that is my progress for the past day and a half. Thanks all for looking in! Comments are always welcome.