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Doubtingmango
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Hanno Kleinecke
Beautiful ships and excellent water effect !

Thomas Bischoff
I completely agree with Hanno!

Christian Lehmann
Beatiful models and presentations.

CHRIS HEWITT
Thanks

Holger Kranich
Some mighty fine Vessels you made there!

Burkhard D
Awesome! More so as for a while I failed to grasp that I am looking at 1/700 👍👍👍

Lex Jassies
Compliments and more compliments for the litlle gems!

Christian Bruer
Very nice collection and excellent work 👍 Would be fine to see more work from your ship modeling yard here on Scalemates🙂

Neuling
Very impressive fleet!

CHRIS HEWITT
Thank You

Rui S
Beautiful collection, well done 👍

Treehugger
Photo 23 was awesome I think, mind boggling.

Jean-Christophe Zeus
Nice! Watch out for the orientation of the steerable (front-most) road wheels. The hubs didn't rotate with the wheels - the flat bit should be horizontal.

Lenny V
Thank you Jean-Christophe! You saved me just in time, I had already glued the wheels together but with a bit of force could tear them apart again. Luckily they weren't glued to the model yet.

As you suggested the two bolt on the central hub should be pointed upwards!

Its a fun to build model, not to big, not to small. Overall fit and detail is good. There is room for some tweaking of details, but it's not mandatory

Jean-Christophe Zeus
Glad to help! What you wrote is a better way of saying it.

I just noticed the box art is wrong in this respect.

Thanks for the tip, I think I'll build one too someday. One of my planned projects is a BT-7 from Tamiya, converted to the BT-7M (the Diesel variant) with the conversion kit from MR Modellbau.

Lenny V
Haha the boxart was the first thing I too checked, after reading your comment. Luckily the internet had the answers.

I can recommend to build the hobby Boss kit, it's fun. I'm now working on the tracks, less fun more repetition. But I'll get there, one link at the time.

I have the Tamiya BT too, but haven't build or compared it to this one. My plan was to convert it to a BT-7a with the help of a russian aftermarket kit. Mr. Modellbau has some great aftermarket sets, always tempting when I see them on a fair. Looking forward to see your take on the BT tank Jean!

Ben M
How did you glue the links together?

Lenny V
I used Tamiya extra thin, just lined them up against a metal ruler in pairs of three. Till I had about twelve together, then fixed the pairs together and plied them over the wheels. Glue stuck perfectly and I had enough time to fold them with some sag.

They aren't glued to the wheels yet, for painting purposes.

Doubtingmango
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Robert H.
very nice 👍🏻

Doubtingmango
Great work! Excellent painting and weathering can make an old kit look current!

gorby
Lovely end result from an ancient kit. More photos would be good.

Robert Podkoński
I fully agree with Gorby!

Neuling
So do I !

Steve K
Thanks. Yes, I'm pleased with the results. Here's a couple more, including the crew...