PzKpfw I Ausf.A ohne Aufbau ~ Tristar

[Jamie Tainton]

A few pics showing the jack in particular, an assortment of some I have found online.

[Jamie Tainton]

So when it comes to these tiny fender mounting jobs- It's hard to stay focused on them for any length of time and then it's sometimes hard to re approach. Bt I do have the RHS fender done now almost.
Lining up the rear end holding part for the jack. First I have to position the jack after soldering the middle and front parts to the fender for rigidity.




I actually had to scratch the U-Shaped footing in the foreground because the Aber provided one did not fit the Aber provided base part of the jack.




Getting there, still not seated properly.


These are the comparable Tristar parts.










the rear side pry bar mounted




The wire cutter, early style tried on for size.




Front end set up

[Tim Coulson]

Great work on the jack.

Tim

[Jamie Tainton]

Thanks Tim- here's a small update showing the work strated on the other side fender tools. Here the parts that one uses to make a shovel storage mount.


Soldered together

[Dan Reed]

Sometimes I like to leave a tool clamp empty-the crew has lost it or it's laying on another part of the tank-do you ever get that urge to do that?
Dan

[Jamie Tainton]

[Markus Lack]

I´m always amazed about your PE-skills James and I pick something new up almost every time. The trick with the Ice-stick is worth gold!

[Dan Reed]

[Jamie Tainton]

Okay I finally have the Aber fenders and on vehicle stowage mounts finished! What a relief- it takes a lot of patience to just grind this out!
The shovel has a brass handle added and the start of the clasps that hold the axe in place is too solder the bases in first- making sure everything lines up.




The shovel and axe mounts completed




The fire extinguisher receives some work prior to fitting of metal mount for it on the fender. The one on the right is stock the other sanded smooth.






I was really unhappy with the undersized gas tank filler caps that come with the Tristar kit- the Aber ones I made for the abandoned refit from Aber previously fit perfect!


Extinguisher mount in place


Dry fit of both fenders with all the tool mounts.






The final bits the hinged parts that keep the jack in place are finally added.


A coat of Extra Color grey is airbrushed on at this point so the inside edge can be easily painted grey without any masking. I will do another coat once everything is glued to the hull as there is some flashing here and there- consider this a primer coat.

[Jamie Tainton]

So - for those who are still interested, the fenders are on. I first tested the fit of a few other items to just get some motivation- I need to get this moving along!


Here I am mixing up some two part Epoxy glue- I used it on one side but didn't like how it went- the other side I just used some Gel CA


I actually took out the old engine hatch with the Aber screen- I didn't like it after everything- even still this replacement did not fit that well either- much sanding and fitting required to get it to look right in the backend.


I added a strip of Evergreen to the hull just under the engine hatch and glued the Aber attachment hook on that.


Also you can see I have attached some weld beads made with sprue.


So everything is getting to the point where I'm itching to get some paint on all this stuff.


The interior cab was given a simple mask of card cut to size.


So that went pretty good. I'll do another coat as this stuff was pretty thin when I sprayed it.








some other items getting some paint