i do a lot of warwheels and \trucks in 1/35. this is my first truck in OTS. i got it to practice on Aoshima before getting others which, of course, did not work out as planned as i stare at my Aoshima OTS stash which includes a PATRIOT, TANK TRANSPORTER, 2 TYPE 74s, and the 8x8 AFV. OTOH i could build an OTS JASDF aeroplane to park next to my tanker. Plus an annual local is coming up and i have done quite well in this scale.
plastic one piece wheels which are hollow on the inside as are the bottoms of vehicle cargo boxes. wouldn’t be seen on a base but i will fill them in. shouldn’t be all that bad. it isn’t camouflaged so that’s good. i have Tamiya JSGSDF OD but will look for an MMA or Vallejo match so i can brush touch up easier.
Holy cow this Amodel 128 is a bad kit The fit is bad and the parts are full of flash. It will not be the shake and bake kit I was hoping for…will take allot of work to get right.
I might have to substitute it for a fast easy build to get some build mojo back.
If you like Amodel, you’ll love Mach 2. Unfortunately, like Amodel, the kits they produce are usually the only game in town. Wayne, put me down for an ancient (raised panel lines) Hasegawa F-14A. Now to find me some Jolly Roger decals to go with the Zero I’m building for the Pearl Harbor build.
pics don’t show it but everything is now primed and ready to paint. chassis is black, exhaust is metallic gray or aluminum, upper body is JGSDF OD at least the Vallejo AV equivalent, and cab top is canvas so a slightly lighter OD for contrast. wheel hubs should be black but will be OD for wash effects. this won’t be dirtied up much.
painting looks better. ready to start putting the big parts together. started with mounting the tires, applied too much pressure and snapped a differential in half. that created a 15 min fun fix and now the right front tire is just a bit too high. not going to try to fix it but it looks like this will be parked on dirt instead of concrete. looking for a 1/72 JASDF helo now. there are some CH-47s but all seem to be back ordered.
painted. upper is Vallejo olive gray which ls close to Tamiya JGSDF od. chassis is black. canvas top is a Vallejo german green which also looks close to Tamiya JGSDF green. mirrors wont be on until after decals and most of the weathering because i know i will knock them off. learned a lot for the next OTS builds
one thing i will do in the future is paint the edge of the windows black so the thickness is hidden a bit.
decals were amusing maybe because i don’t like doing them and get impatient. one slipped on me and i damaged it moving it back. not too badly as it’s a Japanese character at 1/72 so there is more forgiveness with broken “text”. also some silvering again my fault. first time i airbrushed a flat coat and, like Vallejo paint, it looks much better after it dries. now for the fun part, washes and weathering. i think one front tire sits .5mm off the ground after fixing the differential i broke so a base is due. if i can find one of the JASDF or JGSDF CH-47s i will use that and dust up the truck from rotor wash.
Wayne, that is a cool idea with the window’s edges.
Here is the T-6 sofar. The kit has one mistake though, the arrow shows the starbord elevator to have the tab actoator on the top. This should be on the bottom.
The t-6 has only one elevator that gets swapped arround.
Hey Wayne! I now have a model (or three) to add to this that I got at the Nationals. First is a Modelcollect T-90 with welded turret; then I have a tractor and trailer for my V-2 rocket. Gonna see how many I’ll be able to finish.
The fit is bad and the parts are full of flash. It will not be the shake and bake kit I was hoping for…will take allot of work to get right.
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