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Bruce Probstis eigenaar van dit item
T-35 The Soviet "Giant of the Eastern Front" - Development, Produ...
Soviet Special Nr. 2012
Jochen Vollert
2020 8 July, 01:28
Tim Powellheeft een nieuw fotoalbum toegevoegd.
7 July, 15:42
Tim PowellI agree. I built this car when I lived in Japan in 1987....nice to revisit the kit after all these years
8 July, 01:27
KHOVIis eigenaar van dit item
Morris C.8 MkII & 17pdr Gun & Willys Jeep
Matchbox 1:76
PK-172 1983 Nieuwe doos Meervoudig onderwerp (3)8 July, 01:26
Ron GarciaI didn't really want to build this kit. I don't care for the way it looks. It looks like a proper lower hull with a giant cube on top of it. I remember buying this a long time ago from Squadron. It seemed it was on sale cheap for a long time, so one day I added it to an order of some other stuff that I really wanted. Being the last French vehicle in my stash, I bit the bullet and finally built it.
The kit has a complete turret interior with poseable hatches so you can see the inside in it's full glory. You could also probably get away with not gluing the top of the turret so it could be popped off for a full view of interior. Since I was just building this to get it over with, I didn't bother with the building any of it and closed up all the hatches. Saved me a lot of time because of all the painting required.
With one exception, the build itself is pretty straightforward. The PE is reasonable, there are choices for optional parts, and everything fits together with no putty required.
The exception is the tracks. They were very time consuming! Cutting them all out and gluing them one by one took a lot of patience. Yes, gluing them. They are designed to be workable, but in reality, that won't happen. They will pull apart pretty easily as the pins are tiny and weak. There is a jig to help put them together, but if you decide to glue them - and almost certainly you will - you can't use the jig since it's made of styrene and you'll end up with a big mess. I used a slow setting cement (Testors) and was able to drape the tracks nicely around the wheel assembly with no issues. After the glue set, I was able to pop off the tracks, thanks to the polycaps, and paint them separately. Since the real tracks are taut, I would have been totally okay with a set of vinyl tracks. Heresy, I know, but the individual tracks added nothing to the enjoyment of the build. Yes, the suspension is workable, so if you were building a diorama it might be worth it (you'd still have to put a screw through the bottom or some hefty weight in the lower hull to pull it off). Anyway, I just wanted to warn you ahead of time before you decide to build this kit.
So, in the end I have a boxlike vehicle in my collection, and one less kit in my stash. It's not a bad kid by any means, it's just not something I would normally build. Note to self, don't get sucked in by kits on sale you don't really have any desire to have!
8 July, 01:26
Pascal Van Ackerheeft een nieuw fotoalbum toegevoegd.
4 28 March 2023, 12:53
Pascal Van Acker@ Andreas. I used the conversion kit from Legend Productions and used the copper wire.
6 July, 17:31
Pascal Van AckerGluing, and it was my first experience! It was not easy, I even bought UV glue to get the parts together faster. Then I could hold it while my wife hardened the glue with the UV light. It was my 5th model after a 35-year break.
7 July, 20:28
Alejandro Caballeroheeft een nieuw fotoalbum toegevoegd.
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MIRAGE F.1BE "LAGARTO"
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Project: Mirage F.1B/BE Ala nº 14 "Lagarto"
17 9 March, 17:14
Jeramy Boileauis eigenaar van dit item
Lockheed Hercules C-130 Allison T-56 Engines for Minicraft kit
Bra.Z Models 1:144
BZ4052 2015 Nieuwe mallen 8 July, 01:23
Chrisheeft een nieuw fotoalbum toegevoegd.
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Sd.Kfz. 232 Armoured Radio Car
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Project: Sd.Kfz. 232 Armoured Radio Car
1 7 July, 23:14
Bruce Probstis eigenaar van dit item
The Tankograd Gazette October 2001 T-64A Model 1979/80 Main Battle Tank
Tankograd Gazette Nr. 14
Jochen Vollert
2001 8 July, 01:22
Kelik 1:72
Cristian Aheeft een nieuw fotoalbum toegevoegd.
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Italeri UH-1B "Huey" Vietnam War - build progress 
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Building this basic Italeri kit takes me back to my childhood in Bucharest, where I built it before in my family's old a...
Project: UH-1B "Huey" Vietnam War
9 2 July, 21:48
Paulo Fonsecaheeft een nieuw fotoalbum toegevoegd.
1 8 July, 00:52
Mickyheeft een nieuw fotoalbum toegevoegd.
25 7 October 2023, 13:16
Michael KohlYou really wanna know! Anxious to see what you achieve from this pretty crude base.
13 January, 23:36
Łukasz GlińskiI have to follow this 👍
The molding quality reminds me of my AMX from the early 1990s
18 January, 09:40
DerMattesI too have to follow this, never saw anything like this. Keep up the good work 👍
18 January, 09:49
MickyThanks Lukasz, DerMattes and Michael and all the likes. Never spent so much time in the building process. The painting job will be a easier. I also have to buy rocket launchers in the aftermarket
19 January, 15:36
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