Ron Bell Posted September 15, 2016 Report Posted September 15, 2016 This kit dates from the 60's. For you non-grey hairs or that even have hair, that's over 55 years ago. In many ways, it aged better than I did!. All detail is molded in with the exception of the jerry can. You can build the kit as an f1 or f2 (short 75mm, long 75mm). For it's age, it has good proportions and fits pretty well, but the tracks are tragic. Stiff and little detail on the inside and in my example about three links too long, so I had to cut them down to fit. Plus the entire suspension does not fit under the fenders, so you need to move everything in or I guess you could make the fenders wider. I chose the former. It's missing some "stuff" like an antenna and other little trifles, but I fought off my AMS and did it purely OOTB.
Dick Montgomery Posted September 15, 2016 Report Posted September 15, 2016 A classic kit from the "Golden" era.
ghodges Posted September 16, 2016 Report Posted September 16, 2016 I'll give you and every other armor builder props (ironically) just for painting all those road wheels! The crispness of your painting on all of the molded in hull detailing is what catches my eye. Also, for the chipping, did you do it by brush, or perhaps by sponge? Yet another great build Ron, wringing the most from an old mold! GIL
Ron Bell Posted September 16, 2016 Author Report Posted September 16, 2016 Wait a sec....does "old mold" refer to the kit or me? Eh, doesn't matter as either way is correct. Chipping was done with a short old paintbrush and some steel paint in a dry brush kind of method. I tried to just suggest chipping and wear rather than reproduce it in detail. Easy way to do road wheels is get a circle template. Find the opening that matches inside the rim. Paint the whole thing black or whatever color you use for road wheels, then hold the wheel up to the far side of the template and hold it close against the opening you chose centering the hub in the opening. A few quick shots from the airbrush in the hub color and you have a nice, neat road wheel. Now, you're going to be holding three things at once, so I put a tape loop on one finger and stick the wheel to that when I press it against the template. Or, you could just tape the wheel to the template, but then you have to stop after each one, put everything down, remove the road wheel and put in another, then pick everything back up and go again.
Mark Deliduka Posted October 6, 2016 Report Posted October 6, 2016 Thanks for the memories Ron! I built one of these so very many years ago! Well done on such a venerable old kit!
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