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They certainly were a work horse, and something I knew very little of.
Quite complicated, but a well laid out set of instructions made it really easy to build.
Four differentials. !
All the seam lines you see here are now all gone. 🙂
A gap or two with the deflection frame, but that is easily covered up.
The inside of the wheels I was not all that concerned with getting paint on the rims, but on the face of the other side was different, masking off with Parrafilm 'M'.
Parrafilm is brilliant for masking all kinds of detail, especially these wheels.
The results speak for themselves.
The turret turns under the arial frame, with the arial frame resting on a pivot point mounted on the turret
There are two types of driving lights, I assume one type for the desert and the other for the home front.
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1 8 August 2019, 09:27
Kerry COXIt's a snappy and beautifully detailed little kit Holger, and with a minimum of clean up as you go. 🙂 👍
8 August 2019, 09:50
Holger KranichIs on my wishlist for a Long time. I like These "Spähwagen" very much. So i will Peak over your shoulder.😢
8 August 2019, 10:49
Holger KranichInteresting: Gerd von Hohendorff was a luitenant in a recon Regiment and died very early in the war.
8 August 2019, 10:57
Kerry COXI like that there are two variants and the parts that apply. 👍
Heaps of seam lines to get rid of, on every part unfortunately. 🙁
And though you get heaps of access doors and hinges, there is zero internal detail. 🙁
But it is a 'dated' kit, and the interiors like we have now from Takom and such were just not available.
The only 'extra' detail stuff is a gun barrel and some PE lifting lugs and headlight covers. !
8 August 2019, 11:11
Bryn CrandellWhat a unique vehicle. A lot of interesting detail which is typical for a Tamiya kit. I agree some internal deatil would be cool. I would like to see a drivers interior and enging compartment that could be diplayed open. I may have to hunt one of these kits down.
8 August 2019, 11:19
Holger KranichHey the molds are from 1974. I wasnt even Born back then. So be Kind to this kit-grampa. 🙂
8 August 2019, 11:27
Kerry COXWhat's that you say sunny. ? Wah. ?
Hehehehehe. All is gently placed in position and totally devoid of any offending seam lines and flash. 😉
Only two crew members in 'tropical/desert garb and should be easy to "paint", doing just a single coat of matt clear and weathering the dried result. (just for kicks) as the colour of the plastic will allow me to avoid having to paint the sand colour, only to then 'dust' it in the colours of many miles on dirt. 🙂 43c in the shade. Make it look sunburned/bleached and thirsty. 😉
8 August 2019, 12:03
Kerry COXJames. That goes for both of us mate, having only ever done one with just the matt clear and then weathered.
8 August 2019, 20:37
Slavo HazuchaNice job on the wheels 👍 the masking really worked flawlessly, top!
8 August 2019, 21:01
Kerry COXSlavo. The 'trick' to getting a good result after painting was to remove the parrafilm as soon as possible after painting. As it will still be a little damp, but soft enough to help over come the paint flaking and feathering on the demarcation line where the rim meets the rubber. 😉
Letting the paint dry to total hardness creates problems when the masking is removed. But if one was to 'score' a line with a sharp blade along the demarcation line, that is the way to get dry paint to not shatter or 'feather'. 👍
8 August 2019, 21:36
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A week end build with no bling or major effort, just something as a 'speed build' to clear the cob webs of the F-111. 🙂