AEG Giv early

[jknaus]

Sorry, not much of an update but between work, pain, this, and a 2P19 Scud I am not accomplishing much. One  side wall on and hopefully when I get home from work tonight I can get the cross bracing done and seat belts on and second wall finished. Then I can see if there is anything else before I do the fuselage and start painting.







James

[Russell]

James,

I see you've decided to build the heavy duty 'tracked' version 

Regards
Russell

[RAGIII]

Micely done interior to date! I especially like the seat!
RAGIII

[Ernie]

Excellent work, James! I really like the staining on the fuel tanks and of
course the leather seat. Really good progress, my friend.

Cheers,
Ernie

[jknaus]

Thanks guys. Yes this is the little know tracked version for muddy airfields. The Russians got the only surviving model and took the technology for the tracks to use on a much later IS chassis tank saving countless hours of research and development lol
Its funny, everyone I've shown the seat to likes it while I'm not thrilled with it at all. I used Scale 75 leather and wood set for it. I think its kind of flat but will leave it. By the way I found that the ecru shade looks pretty darned good as seatbelt  colour.
Again thanks for the encouragement and hoefully I will have more to show in a couple of days.
James

[lcarroll]

   That seat really looks the part James, and the earlier shots of the instrument panel are nicely done. I'm amazed again at how large this beast is, the taped together views with the local Newspaper really jump out at you! Have you got a scheme in mind yet? With this morning's unseasonal "dump" of snow, still in progress, you should get a really long bench session in on her today!
Cheers,
Lance

[BigBlue]

Interior looks great, and I will echo the others that your leather seat looks like leather.  Well done.

Chris

[jknaus]

Again thanks. Lance I am doing the first scheme on this one. Unfortunately I'm at work today and seeing as I'm encasing wire bundles in snake skin I'm not thinking any modeling will get done tonight. The roads are really bad so if you go out be carefull. Ahh 3 hours down and 8 to go.
James

[coyotemagic]

Excellent start, James!  Really looking forward to following this one.
Cheers,
Bud

[Dave in Dubai]

James, your AEG is looking good.

It is nice to see someone else tackling this subject, as not many are being shown online so far.

There are a couple of nice builds on the WNW site.

It is great to see an early version too. The model goes together quite quickly and the build is very straightforward.

As an aside,

Have you got a copy of the Windsock AEG special as a reference?

There are some good building tips inside along with some great archive pictures. Ray did a really good job with this special, and it is an interesting read, including the forward by Sir Peter Jackson himself.

[Des]

You are making excellent progress with this build James and what you have achieved so far is looking really good.

Des.

[jknaus]

Thank you everyone. Dave, yes I have both of the Windsock refs and am using them quite a bit.
James

[radio]

Very fine work James.
Cheers
Martin

[jknaus]

Thank you.
A little done today. Cockpit tub is almost done and then I loosely fit it all together in the fuse. Its kind of dismaying how little will show. I'm trying to decide if I should use the excellent Aviattic linen in the aft of the fuselage or just weather the base I have now seeing as so little will be seen. But I know its there so thinking I should just go for it. Seat belts need a bit more work and then firmly attaching.













James

[Des]

You have done a superb job with the build so far, looking forward to seeing more.

Des.