Medium Tank M4A3E2
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Hull front with a missing hinge for the gun travel lock, because it pinged away and wasn’t to be found anywhere 🙁 Luckily, it later turned up on the floor — when searching for something else that flew out of my tweezers …
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Exhaust deflector in place, with some plastic offcuts behind it so it can’t swing upward (it’s really only glued by its hinge pins otherwise).
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Hull rear mostly finished, with AFV Club T48 track blocks because the Asuka ones are hollow on the underside.
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Mudguard mounting brackets with the holes drilled through.
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Entire suspension, with dish-shaped wheels on most stations.
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Turret with textured filler to get rid of scars from mould part lines and seam between turret halves.
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A Tamiya commander’s cupola was used, for no reason I can remember anymore …
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Rear of mostly complete turret.
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The mostly complete model from above.
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M2 HB machine gun as supplied in the kit, with its cover open.
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Royal Models crew figures in the turret.
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Finished model from the right. The tracks are the kit parts.
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Model painted in Mr. Paint olive drab, highlighted with a lightened version, then given a wash of Games Workshop Devlan Mud and drybrushings with lighter shades of olive drab.
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Rear deck with markings applied, from Archer dry transfers.
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Suspension painted to appear very muddy, using earth-coloured base coat all over, plus darker washes and lighter earth-shade drybrushing.
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Machine gun travel bracket had broken off when the turret fell from the workbench, so this is a plastic card replacement cut to the approximate shape.
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Dirty rag (from tissue paper) to hide replacement machine gun travel bracket.
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Finished model from left front.
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Finished model from left rear.
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Finished model from right rear.
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Finished model from right front
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Finished model from above.
Hozzászólások
11 14 May 2021, 18:16
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Building a Medium Tank M4A3E2, early 1945.