{"id":1550,"date":"2025-01-13T22:37:32","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T20:37:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tablearmy.com\/?p=1550"},"modified":"2026-10-07T07:19:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T04:19:38","slug":"achzarit-steps-5-and-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tablearmy.com\/en\/2025\/01\/13\/achzarit-steps-5-and-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Achzarit \u2013 Steps 5 and 6"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I had put project Cruella on hold, but I had not forgotten it \ud83d\ude0f Today it was time for it to be… let us call it restarted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

From this point onward, unless stated otherwise or obvious from the context, all abbreviations use the Latin alphabet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I last worked on this model\u2014or any model, for that matter\u2014at the end of October last year. Since then, right up to today, I have been too busy at work, too tired, too lazy… Just too much of everything. Today, though, I decided to get myself together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I came home from work, rested a little, and put some tagliatelle on to boil around 19:30. Elena came home around 20:00, we had dinner, cleared the table, and Nadya loaded the new dishwasher. Around 20:50 I had a little time to myself\u2014just enough for a little building before bed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, I picked up the steps in order from where I had left the model:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Step 5<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The only part left here was W1<\/strong>\u2014a photo-etched \u201cdamper\u201d for the troop compartment door. I expected it to be more difficult, but it was surprisingly quick and easy: one fairly simple bend (of course I bent it the wrong way the first time), two drops of superglue and… done!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Step 6<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Step 6\u2014the upper hull. A little cutting and filing away excess plastic, then gluing in the periscopes. It looks difficult at first, but after a little filing on each periscope, they all fit perfectly in their intended positions. Parts C11<\/strong>, D1<\/strong>, and D2<\/strong> are typical MENG<\/strong>: a little trimming and polishing, and they fit perfectly\u2014nothing complicated. The same goes for the two parts A17<\/strong>\u2014they fit perfectly into their designated \u201choles.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, after about 50 minutes of work, this is where I got to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The model is only partly assembled\u2014held together with a little tape and the fit of the parts. It will stay that way until I prime and paint it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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