100% Scratch-Built Angry Slug – A7V in 1/48!
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Wow! that is an epic project, just had a look a your build post.....very nice! There is one 1:48 A7V on the market, but your looks better, much better....
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Another masterpiece.
There is an A7V in Australia.
We Aussies are good at pinching, I mean acquiring things
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Thanks mates. 🙂
Wim: I wasn't impressed with the Gasoline range either and certainly not impressed with the prices. Mine cost probably 1/3 of what that kit cost and I enormously enjoyed the built – probably more so than any kit I've ever done.
Wilky: At least the Aussies had the sense to save one – I'm glad they did.
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Beautifully amazing 👍
Umbeliveble scratch work.
Not my scale but I'M without words. Incredible
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Thanks Rui. Coming from one of the best armour modellers on here, that means a lot. 🙂
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Holy s#*t Gorby. This is AmazIng! I am about halfway done reading the brexit thread and... the rivets, THE RIVETS!!! Very educational, and definitely very entertaining. Not surprised you left this boring lot for the "others"😉 😄. I am starting a scratchbuilding project myself, but it will be of kinder garden variety compared to your undertaking. Cheers 👍
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Wow, impressive work Gorby. The build log on Brexit is awesome. I'm going to use that rivet idea for sure! Oh and I did get the Kryten reference. I saw an episode filmed!
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Thanks very much mates!😉
The rivets were far from the most enjoyable part of the build but these early tanks would look naked without them. I'll look forward to your scratch-build Alec, no doubt it will be astounding.
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Thank you for your nice words gorbygould, but I think they're a bit exaggerated. I've still a lot to learn with Mates here, including with you 🙂
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With forums like this, there is always something new to learn - if you want to. 🙂
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Beautiful work, just finished one in 35th but doesn't compare well done
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beautiful work.. only thing that comes to mind is the floating of the tank on the barbwire... but very, very nice build and groundwork...
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Thanks very much mates. 🙂
Scott: I was well impressed with your build and I referred to your photos to help with mine, so thanks.
Bart: Yes that bugs me as well. I did put a load of lead inside the tank, but it isn't heavy enough to weigh it down sufficiently. I'm going with the experimental super extra heavy-duty barbed wire excuse.😉
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If need any more photos let me know, colleague just sent some from his museum visit of the original wh9ch he is happy I can pass on
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Thanks for the offer Scott but I've mentally moved on to my new project. 🙂
My workroom needs to be stripped and rebuild before that can start though. 🙁
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Tanks are not my metier, but this 100% scratched model is really impressive 😳 Very nice ideas in build report, and even the tracks are scratched 👍
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Thanks very much Frank, your praise has made my day! 🙂
Up until this, tanks were of little interest to me, but I thoroughly enjoyed this build, probably more than any model I've ever done. It kept my brain working right to the end. I'm not saying that there will be no more aircraft from me, but there will certainly be more AFV in my near future. 👍
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Wow! I missed this one, but the view from the trend is impressive, so real!
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What a great job!!!! I knew I was missing some great builds in those months that I was out of SCM
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Wow! The only thing that is missing are terrified soldiers running for their lives!
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Thanks Capt & Pietro.
I would have loved to add some figures Capt, but certainly at the time this was built there were no WWI British troops available in 1/48.
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Well done! Again, hats off to your scratch building skills Too bad there are no pictures of the building process.
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Thanks Bohrmann. 👍
I did do a full build report...on another site, a site which has now unfortunately died. It was only yesterday I removed the dead link to the report - I don't know if that pushed this post to the top of the feed, I though that just happened when you added more photos.
Thanks all for your comments and likes. 🙂
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Thanks Kesa. This was my first full scratch build - I only built it because there wasn't many WWI vehicles or tanks in 1/48 at the time. It sort of got me hooked on scratch building. 🙂
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Well man good for you. I assume scrach building is pretty hard so you've definitely outdone yourself. And with all the small details i assume you've got a pretty steady hand for a man your age (no offence ofcourse)
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It's easier that you think Kesa, although it probably best if you start with adding small bits on kits.
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What do you do if your favourite armoured fighting vehicles aren't available in your favourite scale? It would require Zen like patience to wait for a decent mainstream kit to emerge. This itch needs to be scratched.
Tracks I decided would be the biggest challenge, so I chose the A7V mainly because the tracks are a lot less prominent, but there were many challenges along the way one of which was that this is my first ever tank build – almost certainly not my last.
The base and everything on it is also 100% scratched – even the barbed wire. The base cost me £0.00 which is always nice.
I would have liked to use some figures (preferably in 'running away' poses), but of course none are available in this scale. I would also have liked to add a few more bits in the trench, but as it was built for a group-build on another site, there was a deadline.