M22 Locust Airborne Tank

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It looks really nice.
Your PE frets are scarring me, too many parts and those fenders look like you will need to solder them. Definitely not a job for me :lol:
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Nice Shawn. It's got good detail on it and I'm looking forward to see you tackle the PE. :)

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Olivier Carneau wrote:It looks really nice.
Your PE frets are scarring me, too many parts and those fenders look like you will need to solder them. Definitely not a job for me :lol:
Me to.
Vincent Power wrote:Nice Shawn. It's got good detail on it and I'm looking forward to see you tackle the PE. :)

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And I sure did tackle it. :D

Thanks Steve and Philipp.

OK like I said I tackled the PE fenders and with Solder to :evil: . They actually turned out really well and went together nicely. Burnt my fingers a few times along the way :roll: .

Each fender consisted of three pieces that had to be folded, bent, curved and so on. ;)
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After the smell of burning flesh, I have the hardest time getting pieces in place and staying there while soldering. :oops: :roll:

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Just to see what they hopefully will look like. Obviously the fenders and upper hall are not glued.

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Hat's off!

Your job with the fenders is superb.
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The fenders are a work of art on their own Shawn!
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Re: M22 Locust Airborne Tank

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Very nice soldering Shawn :D

With the bends and curves, if you over bend them, it will hold itself like a spring when you solder it together

Saves some BBQ'd fingers ;)

Nice work though on the fenders Shawn

How do they look in relation to the plastic ones?

For bashed and dents you can not beat PE, pardon the pun :lol:

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Very nice job Shawn :D

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Shawn, that PE is clean, straight and fits like a charm....all of the things my PE efforts fail at :lol: Seriously nice work :)

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And that's a YES from me - lovely work on those fenders 8-) And the tracks are cracking too.

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Nice work on the fenders!
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