Hey Chuck @uscusn, have you seen this?
https://www.shapeways.com/product/T5HU95HW6/1-48-german-tanker-karl-otto-set101?optionId=65050563&li=marketplace

Whoops, didn't pay attention to the scale, but most of the items on Shapeways can be re-scaled to suit. Just an idea.

Time to get back into the swing of things. Will work on the road wheels and drive sprockets. Dragon really hit a home run with the intricate fine details in plastic. Thin to almost exact scale thickness. What is really nice is that there is absolutely no flash to clean up with in the spokes.

Another nice touch is the spoked wheels are already removed from the sprues and in separate baggies with in the kit. So limits any chances of broken wheels. They do look fragile, they are actually quite sturdy.

Still carefully remove the inner sprue nubs to avoid any oopsy disasters in cleaning up the sprue nubs within the wheel openings. The inner sprockets are attached to the wheels.

Then sprocket will be sandwiched between the wheel baskets. Two are completed for this phase of the build.

Next the rear drive wheels are assembled. Excellent fit here. So far the kit is going together well.

Next is to assemble the radiator and fan shroud.

The radiator is painted semi gloss black, the shroud is Nato Black.

Next is to continue adding the sub assemblies to the frame. More to follow.

This Dragon kit is the bomb, The details are very good, lots of bits and pieces, the frame is very detailed. So far it is easy to work with just careful with the smaller detail parts. The radiators used back in those days should be copper, so was thinking of dry brushing some copper over the cooling fins though you probably won't get to see once the body is attached.

Time to do some more work on the Jeep. With the work on the frame and suspension completed. Now to do some body work.

The details under the body are well done under the body pan. First piece to attach is the fuel tank. which the bottom half is attached under the drivers side of the lower pan.

Next the steering column and manual gear box is inserted in the hole in the lower firewall.

The upper section of the firewall is then attached to the lower section in the front of the passenger compartment.

Now the top half of the fuel tank is place on the LH side of the floor. This sits directly under the driver seat.

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Working on the halftrack, each road wheel truck assy is made up of 18 pieces. Not including the tracks.

1st we assemble the coil springs and perches.

Then attach the road wheel trailing arms

Next assemble the idler wheels, and snap it on top of the truck assy, 1 for each side. The frame bracket is also attached.

Then taking the full 1 piece frame, remove the center brace and mold pins.

Really looking good, Chuck! The whole project is coming together in a very spectacular way. Having a Tiger would be nice, but getting a T34/Tiger may be problematic ... if you're reproducing the movie Tiger, that is. I've been around a real Tiger 1 (as well as several Tiger 2 types) and it's a real beast! Keep up the great work ... I've not posted much since October, but I'm still around - lurking and peeking.