Pzkpfw. I Ausf. A, Orlik, 1:25

[Igor]

Spent some time to finish glue all bolts in engine compartment and then came the time to put engine in!



Prepared some more details: two fuel filters, one unknown small tank and some strengthening bars.





To place engine and other parts easily, you need to do steps in right order.
First of all fuel filters



Then the engine, that attaches to firewall and seats on two floor mounts
(In retrospect, i think it was unnecessary to cut out the hole in firewall)



Finally all the bars and two hoses from air intakes to air filters.
Engine compartment is finished, except exhaust pipes, that will be attached in later stage







Errors:
Confusing part 95 - strip that holds little tank and confusing drawings how to attach it. Sorted out by improvising.
Though this model was printed with double side color where needed, some parts are luck of it, like parts 96,97,98. Painted myself.
Part 99 a little bit short in length. Painted white glue mark and glued on remained edge.

[Michael Mash]

Outstanding work Igor.

[Igor]

Thanks Michael

I'm sorry for late update.
Suddenly, there is some other major project in my life, that i need to route my free time to, so progress on Panzer I slowed down.
But i managed to glued rest of rivets in fight compartment, though this was pain in the @ss. 0.6 rivets easily delaminate and hard to work with.
The method i choose was: paint whole strip->cut->glue.

After that i added rails for compartment floor and some crates of ammunition
That's all for now... and i don't know when there will be next update, but please be patient and stay tuned











Errors:
None

[Igor]

Hi all!
As i said before, probably until the end of the year i will be busy with other interesting things, but i managed to find some time in between for the model.
So next in main compartment are supportings for drive shaft cover and pedal rod









Then set of signal flags and some tube for... maybe rocket or something. Unfortunately, i wasn't able to find any drawings/pictures of interior with explanations, so it will be all guesses











Errors:

Part 116 on drawings page shows to make 5 wire parts, but you need only 4, for flag rods.

In this stage i also want to notice, that there are a lot of little mistakes in drawings, like overlapping isometrical view or like in drawing above that shows flags set and you can notice that all the pointers are offset
Little weird after Sherman

[Michael Mash]

Very fine work.

[rifleman]

igor great to see more of your fine build your work is so clean well done

[Erik Zwaan]

Excellent work and detailing Igor. Take your time for other things, your Panzerkampfwagen is really worth waiting for!

Cheers,
Erik

[romanmodels]

good work Igor.

[Stas76]

Perfect work

[Boris]

Awesome work!