After nearly a week off from work, I have had an opportunity to work on some of my shelf queens. I was working on a Mk I Male a while back, but have decided better of this, and gone along the lines of a MK II Male instead. Also, I have done more work to the MK I "Kia Ora" which I had started a while back.
I still have some details to add yet, like the bolts for the additional armour plates on the back of the MK I (many thanks to TinCanTadpole and MK1 Nut for all your help and info on these) and the exhaust covers for both tanks. I'll also be ordering some Matador Models tracks and a sheet of Balck Lion "WW-1 British Mark 1-2-3" decals to finish these off.
As always, all comments and critique welcome.
Cheers
Rob
P.S. By the way.. does anyone have any recommendations for a online photo repository that is not Photobucket, and is reasonibly easy to insert images into forum posts from? All suggestions welcome.
Can I ask one tiny, tiny little favour........... please remove the second centre joining strip on the roof that doesn't exist. It's an error that has been repeated by several manufacturers. I know it isn't an easy thing to fix.
Hi Rob, probably me not explaining things to well again.... this is the bit in the photo circled in red.
Hating this non-existing extra plate is part of Landships rhomboid training. :)
The rear most roof plate for some reason had this strip running up the middle of it. Unfortunately an extra strip was added to the next roof plate along, on the airfix kit... and people just copied it.
Helen x
-- Edited by MK1 Nut on Friday 26th of April 2013 12:03:07 AM
Can I ask one tiny, tiny little favour........... please remove the second centre joining strip on the roof that doesn't exist. It's an error that has been repeated by several manufacturers. I know it isn't an easy thing to fix.
Ta
Helen x
Hi Helen
Thanks for the tip. I don't mean to sound dense, but which one are you referring to? Feel free to download one of the images above and circle the joining strip you are referring to.
Hi Rob, probably me not explaining things to well again.... this is the bit in the photo circled in red.
Hating this non-existing extra plate is part of Landships rhomboid training. :)
The rear most roof plate for some reason had this strip running up the middle of it. Unfortunately an extra strip was added to the next roof plate along, on the airfix kit... and people just copied it.
Helen x
-- Edited by MK1 Nut on Friday 26th of April 2013 12:03:07 AM
Hi Helen.. nah.. I'll stick with me being dense lol. Now that you have circled it, and my coffee has kicked in, it makes perfect sense.
Again, thanks for the tip, and I will get stuck in and start sanding. I think a trip to the LHS to see if they have a Xacto chisling tool might be in order for this one.
Rob, since you've gone to the effort of replacing the Mk 1 top hatch with the correct design, may I point out that the Mk 1 should also have a wider cab? It was narrowed down from Mk II onwards, in preparation for wider tracks which finally arrived on the Mk V; The Airfix kit has the narrower Mk II cab, so it should ideally be widened to fill the gap between the tracks.
Rob, since you've gone to the effort of replacing the Mk 1 top hatch with the correct design, may I point out that the Mk 1 should also have a wider cab? It was narrowed down from Mk II onwards, in preparation for wider tracks which finally arrived on the Mk V; The Airfix kit has the narrower Mk II cab, so it should ideally be widened to fill the gap between the tracks.
Thank you muchly for that. At this stage, I am considering doing this, but I will need to see how the Matador Models tracks fit first, then alter the cab to suit the tacks.
Just a wee update for now, I have added the exhaust covers, and removed the joining strip on the second to last roof plate on both tanks and some sticky uppy bits of brass to represent the bolts that are on the back of Kia Ora.
Rob, you asked about where photos could be hosted other than photobucket; you can upload them directly to the forum, although I find files have to be modest in size and more particularly that I can only upload one per post, otherwise it just churns away indefinitely trying to load picture two.
Other people seem able to upload about a dozen though, so it could be worth trying.
-- Edited by TinCanTadpole on Friday 26th of April 2013 10:10:05 PM
Rob, you asked about where photos could be hosted other than photobucket; you can upload them directly to the forum, although I find files have to be modest in size and more particularly that I can only upload one per post, otherwise it just churns away indefinitely trying to load picture two.
Other people seem able to upload about a dozen though, so it could be worth trying.
-- Edited by TinCanTadpole on Friday 26th of April 2013 10:10:05 PM
Yea.. I seem to have a similar issue to you.. I used to find Photobucket good, but since the big "upgrade" it has become useless. Oh well.. I will keep looking.
If multiple file(image) upload only works for a single image - try a different browser. File upload is defined by a protocol known as RFC 1867 if your browser doesn't implement
this correctly, especially in the closing part of the transaction, then you'll have an inability to upload successive files since the web server is waiting for the completion of the first
upload which never comes. Some versions of Micro$oft browsers seem to have more than their share of file upload issues - standards compliant browsers like Firefox and Chrome
seem to be more stable. A tedious workaround is to upload one image, submit the message, then edit the message and add another image, repeat until all images uploaded.
Activeboard seems quite happy with files up to 1024 pixels wide but does seem to have size limits. If an image is rejected try reducing the pixels(dots)/inch - most screens run at
72 or 96 dpi so there isn't any point in loading a 600 dpi image - it will be degraded to 96 dpi when viewed. For the people with limited computer abilities I'd recommend the
freeware image manipulation package Irfanview for Windows - makes image manipulation very easy (Mac users have the built in Preview program).
If multiple file(image) upload only works for a single image - try a different browser. File upload is defined by a protocol known as RFC 1867 if your browser doesn't implement
this correctly, especially in the closing part of the transaction, then you'll have an inability to upload successive files since the web server is waiting for the completion of the first
upload which never comes. Some versions of Micro$oft browsers seem to have more than their share of file upload issues - standards compliant browsers like Firefox and Chrome
seem to be more stable. A tedious workaround is to upload one image, submit the message, then edit the message and add another image, repeat until all images uploaded.
Activeboard seems quite happy with files up to 1024 pixels wide but does seem to have size limits. If an image is rejected try reducing the pixels(dots)/inch - most screens run at
72 or 96 dpi so there isn't any point in loading a 600 dpi image - it will be degraded to 96 dpi when viewed. For the people with limited computer abilities I'd recommend the
freeware image manipulation package Irfanview for Windows - makes image manipulation very easy (Mac users have the built in Preview program).
Regards,
Charlie
Thanks for the info Charlie. That is good to know.
I use Flickr for photos, you could even use a Facebook account if you have one!
Thanks for the info. I have tried Flickr in the past, but I find that getting the images to share successfully is quite hard. I have also tried FB for image sharing, but getting the privacy settings right is a pain. So far, the best contender is imageshack.. some more testing required, but it is looking promising
It's an error that has been repeated by several manufacturers. I know it isn't an easy thing to fix.
