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Hello peeps. Well its a New Year and I Needed a break from my 1:16 T-34/85 build. Its a cracking kit, but very intense, so I decided to do a 1:35 scale in between. And this is what I decided on! Now in their infinite wisdom, Tamiya made this a bit different by giving you cast metal wheels, which is a nice touch and adds some nice weight to the kit. :D But it has PE in the build, but this doesn't come with the kit and has to be purchased seperately :evil: !!!! Not one of Tamiya's brighter moves!! I ordered 2 and got refunded because they couldn't find them!! So I bought 2 aftermarket PE sets which covered the Tamiya set plus loads of extras and also got a metal and resin barrel set for it. Tamiya added a nice touch by giving you jigs to align the suspension arms!! Hopefully I can use them again on other builds!! Cast wheels add some weight and are nicely detailed. I was going to get some Bronco tracks until I researched them and decided against it!! :D The kit ones are really good and use normal plastic glue to secure them. The barrel set is nicely detailed and a lot better than the 2 piece kit one!!   PE sets are nice and as I said I can now add some extra detail as well. I added the fuel lines with some copper wire.
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Fantastic work and nice extra's
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 Nice work and the extra's are doing her proud Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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Great looking build, brilliant. Keep up the fantastic work.
Wilfy
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Great build coming along here and it's moving fast. I have not gone in for buying extras as yet but I am watching your choices with interest. I think I may have to give it a try next time. John
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Looks good so far, like the details
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Looks great, not a model often seen
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 Rank: Pro Groups: Joined: 24/08/2009 Posts: 48,827 Points: -13,348
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Ready for some primer.   Loads of grey bits!! 
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Base coat of NATO Green done. Brown and black next.   
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Wow this one's moving along fast. Nice job with the base coat, now let there be rain, mud, rust and fading. John
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Camo done 
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Great work there! Looks fantastic.
Did you free hand spray the camo pattern?
Wilfy
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The camo pattern is done with an airbrush following the Instructions. No masking all done free hand.
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Got my new light tent and lights for the pics, so here is the first try. My series II LeClerc.       
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Very nice indeed Nem and that Tent does the photo's a world of good and the Model justice... You will have to let me know where to get the tent so I can improve on my photoskills.. Expensive camera but have noooo idea how to use it lol Spence
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I got the tent for £14 and 2 lights for £8.95 each.Ebay. No flash was used, the camera is a Cannon Powershot A550 7.1 mega pixels, nothing clever, my phone is higher!!  here are the item no's. 290845768516 130831290288
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Nemesis wrote:I got the tent for £14 and 2 lights for £8.95 each.Ebay. No flash was used, the camera is a Cannon Powershot A550 7.1 mega pixels, nothing clever, my phone is higher!!  here are the item no's. 290845768516 130831290288 Cheers matey... I'll have a butchers and get me one
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Looks fantastic! Think I'll need more than the tent to improve my photography! Wilfy
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