VFW Ship 4084 St. Chamond
1March 8, 2020Starting the upper hull.
2March 29, 2020Slowly but surely - upper hull mostly done. Starting lower hull.
3April 6, 2020Lower hull coming along.
4April 6, 2020More fiddly bits added to the lower hull.
5April 13, 2020Lower inner roller supports attached.
6April 13, 2020Trying to attach the %&#*@~+"ing outer roller supports!
7April 20, 2020Plugging along. Next time I build this kit I will be doing it very different!!
8April 20, 2020Relieved that the bottom rollers are done - looks like a 'glue bomb' in the damn photo!! ROFL!
9April 27, 2020Took long than expected to mask off & get ready for the paint booth.
10April 27, 2020Whoot! Whoot! First bit of primer on this!!
11May 5, 2020Progress report on my 1/35 Takom St. Chamond.
12May 11, 2020More work on the bottom/suspension update 1.
13May 11, 2020More work on the bottom/suspension update 2.
14April 7, 2021Getting the lower suspension platform in shape
15April 7, 2021Starting to add all the rollers to the lower suspension platform.
16April 7, 2021Yay! Lower suspension platform is done!
17April 16, 2021Got some primer on the lower suspension parts.
18April 23, 2021Starting to get the springs on the lower suspension!!
19May 16, 2021Suspension nearly done!
20May 16, 2021I'm leaving the 'fenders' off until I get the tracks on just in case I have any problems.
21June 21, 2021Finally finished putting the tracks together. Not used to assembling tracks that have three pieces each so I did manage to screw up a few times. Now I know why those pre-assembled metal tracks on EBay are so popular!
22June 21, 2021Since a couple of track links ran afoul of errant glue only one side will actually be 'workable'. That is OK though, since I wasn't planning on playing with this tank with my grandson anyway! ;-D
23July 18, 2021Finally got some primer on some main hull parts.
24July 18, 2021Whoot! Main hull has some primer on it!!
25July 19, 2021The end may be in sight!
26July 19, 2021Just have to paint the tracks and weather them some, then install. The lower suspension can then be finally assembled!
27August 24, 2021First coat of regular (Vallejo) paint on!
28August 24, 2021Finally got some real paint on the hull!
29October 6, 2021They put up a hell of a fight, but I finally managed to tame the damn tracks!! Still have some paint touch ups to do.
30October 6, 2021Tracks finished - top view.
31October 6, 2021Tracks finished - bottom view.
32October 6, 2021The single figure in the kit. Shows how massive these machines were!
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Building for the 'Centennial of World War I' display at my local VFW.
