GETTING THE RIGHT FRAME OF MIND

SUMMARY

Building the frame wasn't that hard, but much, much longer than I expected. I had to drill several hundreds of holes. I also had to be very patient and very cautious with positioning and maintaining the profils while welding. Since I am no professional welder, I had to improve some weldings after the polishing step revealed weaknesses. The most difficult part was to cut and weld the angled profiles properly.

CONSTRUCTION

And it was a bad idea :

welding of the screws for engine mounts

Then i welded the left and right wings + turret mounting + rear section :

After a few improvements on the fly, the frame is now complete. I then added a rust protection coating on every single surfaces. Just like real tanks, this one will have a long, and rough life. Let's protect it from the start.