Well, I am almost finished with this one. Almost because when I looked at pictures of BC2’s I see some small parts that are not included in the kit. I might need to scratchbuild such parts in the days to come. For the meantime, here is what it looked so far.
I could not resist the temptation to get it muddied up so it looks really dirty.
Sorry, the pics are not too clear and the lighting may have caused the pics to looked whitish or something.
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Looks great
nice weathering and it looks a nice kit
Nice Job, Dwight. Who makes that kit? Looks like a fun one to bulld.
Thanks guys and sorry for not describing the kit a bit more.
It’s a 1/35 kit from Trumpeteer. I think it was released late last year or early this year (I am not so sure). Actually the workbench reviews did a review on this kit and that’s how I got to know about it.
Well, I don’t know if I am qualified to review it but if you ask me about how it went I would summarize my comments as follows:
A. Negatives
1.) Lots of molding lines, sink holes and molding excesses to be cleaned up. Even the smallest parts like handles, locks need to be cleaned up in one way or the other. The rubber tracks also need clean-up. Not that it is impossible to do, it is just that it takes lots of time.
2.)The rubber tracks are too tight. Needs extra effort (and care) to install.
3.) Decals for unit numbers are separately/individually cut. Example if the unit number is 412, you have to put together this number from the individually provided numbers 4, 1 and 2. Takes extra time to fix especially to align them.
4.) The instructions for the setting of decals is good only for one unit. No mention of how to set the others which are also provided in the decal sheet.
B. Positives
1.) Lots of details even down to the smallest ones.
2.) Fit is fine except for the gap between the turret and the upper mantlet.
Lastly, it is still a fun kit to build.
Great job Dwight.
mark956
Good looking beast Dwight !!!
Nice all around work on this one. Can’t see a thing that needs fixing from here.
Good use of dirt and dust, just enough.
Thanks for sharing as always.
Nice build! Got a question for you tho… the side mirrors thing? how does the turret rotate around them? are they spring loaded to bend downwards or something (I mean in the real thing)…
Sherm: Thanks
Ex949: I have the same question myself. Tore off the right side mirror 3 times already when I turned the turret during installation and painting. The connection details suggest that it can swivel down and up. I am not sure about it though. Thanks.
Looks real sharp Dwight! The dust effects look particularly good.
Nice build, looks great.
Thanks for the comments guys. Appreciate it very much.
Looks great, Dwight. Can’t wait to see it completed!
hey dwight,
looks v cool![8D]
i fancy building this tank, but want to do it in iraqi freedom colours…is that version coming out soon? i normally do WWII stuff so i’m a bit out of the loop on all this modern stuff.
regards,
nick
Looks great. I like the look of it in the first picture, staring down the barrel.
DJ: Thanks
nmayhew: I heard that it will come out soon. Thanks
Tigerman: Yeah. And it has a very long gun, too. Longer than that of an M1.
Great stuff Dwight! Having seen a few of these beasts tooling around Bovingdon and Salisbury Plain, the dirt and dust on the skirts is absolutely perfect!
Beautiful, Dwight!
Great Job Dwight!
Looks real good.
Nice dwight . i bought one myself of this beast.
I think someone did come up with a desert amour version of it with complete side skirt and so on. But i don know the manufacturer name .
I haven start mine ,well u did give a push for me to do one . By the way how did u manage to settle the tracks ? i mean it does too tight on the model as i know .
Do u plan to do some camo netting on it ? wow really exicted here nice work bro
Very nicely done Dwight. Great weathering too.