In danger of repeating myself from the previous post however.....one of the more dull tasks in making a model AFV. Drilling track link pin holes. At first glance you'

d think this is pretty brain dead work but actually it isn't. Drilling aluminum can be treacherous to the drilling apparatus as alloys vary in their "chewy_ness", without proper care and sensitivity, proper lubricant one of the very thin( .055" and .059") drills can snap off in an instant making for an annoying removal task. I've revised my drilling fixture a few times and I now actually have been able to make some decent progress. For the approximately 200 ( including tests) holes that these 91 links represent I've broken two drill bits. So the work continues. My old StuG here, I began it in 1989 ( ) is sort of a special case. I already have a set of Geisswerk's Ost Ketten for her but I want a 'normal' set as well. I've begun preparing the links for the second chain and hope to be finished this week. Then it's back to return rollers, (I'll likely revise those on this old girl), aligning the entire running gear on the other 4 models and track tensioners for all. When all 5 of these models have fully realized running gear and a few other bits I plan to take a break from them for a time. I want to finish my KT and there are two others including one I hope to make into a pre-prod with Porsche turret.My ultimate goal is to get all these models that have been in my building queue to much the same level: the lower level detail phase so I can focus on 'mass- producing' details that are more or less common at the same time. All in all I have 9 tanks that are in that pool.