M22 Locust Airborne Tank

2017 Light Tanks Group Build. Campaign runs from 10/02/17 - to 30/06/17. Campaign medals awarded for models completed within those dates.
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Shawn Ramsey
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M22 Locust Airborne Tank

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This will be my contribution for the GB. Hopefully I can start soon.

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I also have this set minus the barrel.

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Excellent choice :)

Raoul gave me one as a christmas present last year (thanks Raoul!), so I'll follow your build with great interest :)

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Philipp Gross wrote:Excellent choice :)

Raoul gave me one as a christmas present last year (thanks Raoul!), so I'll follow your build with great interest :)

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Steve Reid kindly gave me this kit. He won it in a raffle at the AMPS Nationals last year. We all know he only builds T 34's so he did not have a need for it. :D

I have a question for you guys. How does everyone prep/clean PE before using it? I take 600 grit sand paper and give it a lite sanding. Problem with this is I tend to damage a piece or so. Then I wash it in warm, soapy water. But I still have problems gluing it together. :roll:

No build updates but I did wash all the sprues and PE.

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Sometimes I anneal it, but only if it's too sturdy to be safely bent otherwise. I don't degrease it either, the primer I use sticks to everything fairly well. Not that I'm a PE expert or anything... :? :lol:

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By the way, in case you haven't seen it yet, there's an excellent review on PMMS, inclucing the modifications required for a British tank:

http://www.perthmilitarymodelling.com/r ... 35161.html

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Hi Shawn
I follow the Wilder way
file down the attachment point which ever way is easiest to cause least damage
Then proceed to anneal\bend\solder\superglue accordingly.
degrease on completion using a large soft brush, then a coating of Mr. Metal primer and spray car primer for a base.
But no sanding the surface
HTH's?
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great choice by the way ;)
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Should be a fun build Shawn. :)

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Made some progrees over the last few days.

First the sprue shots with the extra PE :roll:

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Very basic hull detail

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Each bogie consists of 14 pieces. They have a lot of detail for sure.

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Some really great suspension detail

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Tracks went on really nice. Was about a half link to short or a half a link to long peding on how you look at it, on one side. :D

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Well that was the easy part :roll: , onto the PE next week. :cry:

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Cracking progress Shawn :D

Glad to see you got a little bench time to relax ;)

Nice one

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Steve Hutchinson wrote:Cracking progress Shawn :D

Glad to see you got a little bench time to relax ;)

Nice one

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What he said 8-)

I think we're all glad it doesn't have indy track links :lol:

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