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    • Mark Deliduka
      1/35 B-4 203mm Howitzer 12 Hour Build Challenge

      By Mark Deliduka · Posted

      Nice start Carlos! ACE makes a 1/72 scale version of this that I hope to get soon.    I'll do my first four hours on mine and will hopefully make all other meetings to stay in this.
    • Stikpusher
      1/35 B-4 203mm Howitzer 12 Hour Build Challenge

      By Stikpusher · Posted

      Thanks Robert. The Trumpeter kit was a bit more expensive than my budget allowed when I bought this one. This one does have me questioning myself for putting this one forward for a 12 hour build candidate.
    • IPMSUpdates
      Review: U.S. Howitzer Motor Carriage M8

      By IPMSUpdates · Posted

      Reviewed by: Steve Zajac Company: Tamiya America I've previously built two of the 48th scale Tamiya tanks: the M-10 Tank Destroyer and the M1A2 Abrams, and they are great for a non-armor buff like me, both in size (not too big for the display cabinet) and part count (low to moderate, can be built in a week or two).  The M8 Howitzer Motor Carriage was a variation of the Stuart M5 light tank, powered by twin Cadillac V-8s with a 75mm M3 howitzer.  Production yielded 1788 units from early 1942 to January 1944, and M8s served in Italy, Western Europe and the Pacific theater.  You get decals for two tanks: 106th Cavalry Reconnaissance Group, operating in Germany February 1945, and 758th Tank Battalion, Fifth Army operating in Italy, April 1945.  more...View the full article
    • RobMorales
      1/35 B-4 203mm Howitzer 12 Hour Build Challenge

      By RobMorales · Posted

      You're a brave man! I much preferred the Trumpter version of the 203 SP...
    • Stikpusher
      1/35 B-4 203mm Howitzer 12 Hour Build Challenge

      By Stikpusher · Posted

      Yes, it’s that time of year again. No not some silly game of grown men chasing a ball up and down a wooden floor. But it’s time for the annual So Cal AMPS 12 Hour build challenge. Yes, build a model from start to finish in three monthly four hour sessions during online Zoom meetings. Last month we presented our three candidate kits for the participants to vote on. This kit is what my fellow members voted for me to build- a 1/35 Eastern Express kit of the Soviet B-4 203mm Howitzer. The tracked carriage really gives it a look all its’ own. During today’s first four hour session, I was able to get most of the carriage base completed, All of the breech and barrel assembly completed And I was able to get a good portion of the gun cradle assembled And of course, I had to test fit it all together Next month we will have the next session and I should have most of the basic assembly completed…  

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