Recent content by Paweł

Hello everybody! @msgjd - you overestimate my knowledge on these babies! I've found a youtube video showing the dashboard with the necessary data placards, but I didn't pay close enough attention to the dials - I didn't know I have to watch the tachometer closely. So you say the operators of the...

@gringeltaube , @msgjd - you guys are amazing! It's priceless to have you onboard when building a model! Thanks so much for pointing me in the right direction. It's not going to be easy to build, but now I have the feeling I know what I'm doing, so I think I can make it! Thanks again and have a...

I have carefully built the rear view mirror for this one using TM as a reference... Then I checked the photo - bummer! The rear view mirror in my reference photo is completely different: Do you have any idea what it can be? Some custom job? Any comments on that would help me a lot. How would...

Hello! Sorry I took so long to answer you... I've had a problem with my computer... @msgjd , @gringeltaube - thanks a lot for your kind words, they mean a lot to me, especially from people knowing the real thing so well. You've been such a great help on this one, that if you wanted to drive it...

Hello everybody! @msgjd - thanks a lot for your comment. I'll leave that holder in place, that threadplate would really get in the way if I tried to move it... And I have another update: I started painting - this is how my model looked like before preshading: Preshading of Humbrola 113...

@msgjd - thanks a lot for your comment, for your kind words and for the photo! Unfortunately I already started putting on some paint on my model, and I don't think I will move the rack anymore. Then again I'd say I got the top of it pretty lined up with the hose "elbow". The clearance between...

Hello! Thanks a lot for your comment! I started with airbrushing everything with Humbrol 113 - that's my favourite colour for Vietnam earth. Then I airbrushed on some patches in OD - Humbrol 66 to show the places where the mud was thin enough for the original colour to show through. Then I put...

Hello! @msgjd - thanks a lot for the infos! If you could find that TM it would really be interesting. References for the side with the hose rack are really hard to find on the net. And I've been working on the tank. I've soldered said hose rack out of thin copper sheet metal - your...

Hello everybody! Great references on the lights. Recently I started wondering how to put all the inscriptions (Flammable, no smoking and water!) on the side of the tank where the hose is stowed. Looks to me like the inscriptions would be higher, above the hose - OR - it kinda looks to me on...

@HDN , @msgjd -thanks a lot for your comments, they help me a lot! From a modellers point of view I'm going to paint the lens black, because that's what it looks like when not lit. HDN - I'm glad you like my work and thanks a lot for the photo of that lamp - it's easy to find a photo of the new...

Thanks a lot for your kind words!

Hello! I have another update here! I was working on the cab - mainly the seats: The lights on the wings are old stock, 3D printed (Shapeways - my design!): By the way - what would be the lens color here? On the photos I could find they look black. And I made the dashboard: Then I made...

@msgjd - thanks a lot for your great help! ad. 5 - that's right, that's what I meant, maybe I didn't write it clear enough. Without your photos I wouldn't eve touch this projects and I would be surprised if anybody else posted the right photos here - although it would be a pleasant surprise...

@Jbulach , @msgjd - thanks a lot for your comments and for your kind words! I got my valves at last: I have drilled out the two existing mounts and one additional hole. I had to relocate the holes for the pipes in the rear tank bulkhead and after dry-fitting the valves the bottom of the tank...

@msgjd - thanks a lot for your comments! I missed you in this thread! So you're spending the winter somewhere where it's warm? Sounds like a very good idea! OK, so I filled the hole for the mushroom on the right side and the panel under the hood will be completely smooth. Makes me wonder a...