@johnb @fivete thanks for following this thread!

Continued the engine today with lots of PE and small parts, basically on the opposite side of yesterday. I count over 80 pieces for the engine alone, must be a first for me. A kit (of an engine) in a kit (of a tractor) let's say...

Here are some more pictures!



Next is the main chassis of the tractor to which the engine must be attached.
Happy modeling!
Michel.

Very detailed engine, Michel @michel-verschuere
The PE looks great on it.

Looking very nice, Michel @michel-verschuere
600 parts for such a 'tiny' tractor is really a lot.

Over the past few evenings, I continued work on the tractor.

I just got it to the point where I need to start the tracks now. Each track is 100+ pcs, will be my next challenge.

I also matched and fitted a Miniart figure to the tractor, there are two levers that required careful handling.

For now it looked ok. Most effort was on the PE on the sides, where the tractor name "Stalinetz" is added to the radiator left and right and then on the frolt, albeit shorthand "Stalinetz Zavod". There are no decals in the kit.

Hope you like it, thanks @johnb and @fiveten to peek in from time to time!

Michel.

What a wonderful job, my friend @michel-verschuere! Eagerly following along...

Continued the tracks today. Here is an image of the works while I was on it:

There are 32 prescribed links per side, each link has the shoe plus two sides of the support with pin in between. That makes 3x32 = 96pcs per side. I really wished the kit had magic tracks like Dragon-DML has them but this worked as well.





Took me about 2h per side removing parts from the sprues, cleaning them up, fitting them and glueing them together. I worked in 2 "streets" of 10 tracks linked together flat, the rest was in a curve according to the sprocket- and drive wheels on the tractor.



Looking ok!

Michel.

Here is an update on the other build.

Painting done, still needs weathering. Will apply some rust here and there. Most work was on the little dio that is supposed to go with it, including figure bashing (mostly MiniArt sourced) and related painting.



Hope you like!

This is becoming an amazing diorama, Michel @michel-verschuere