MkA "Whippet" - Deutsches Heer

Holger Kranich
Looks really nice! How was the kit? The 1:35 Version should be a pig to build.😢

R VG
Thank you. I hadn't expected a question that soon but I'm very new to this.
The kit isn't bad at all but also not perfect. The biggest problem with the fit on the main body is in front around where the machine gun "turret" meets the slope. I needed to fit the gaps with some thin strips of plastic card. Then there is the bent backplate. It is way too thick so I filed it and sanded it very thin. The two "tracks"are each composed of 2 pieces and they fit very well after basic cleaning up.
Before painting I did not glue these track pieces. I stuck tape on the main body and the track pieces where they should receive glue and proceeded with airbrushing them. I first gave a basic color of Revell 361 Green. After drying I airbrushed spots of Revell 314 Sand, then a mixture of Humbrol 157 with about 15% Humbrol 65 for the blue-grey spots. I finished with Humbrol 119 which is a brown-rust color. This was all done freehand. After drying I started here and there again because I wasn't happy with it. But I kept the same color combination.
I tried to get the effect like it was on the illustration on the back of the box. I used the decals from the box but actually these iron crosses are not correct. They should be like on the illustration on the box. I didn't bother getting different ones.
This is not a difficult kit. The Emhar MkIV Male and Female tanks in 1/72 scale which I'm also working on are far more difficult. And this kit is easier then the Airfix one.
But you still need to clean it up here and there.