Just finished up this little jem of a kit. I usually build large scale figures but couldn’t pass up this sports car of a tank as it has allways been a favorite of mine. Kit goes together very smoothly with no fit problems anywhere. I’d like to build another one but does anyone know of a replacement resin or white metal track to replace the rubber band ones from the kit? Has any manifacture produced any add ons for this kit? ( Not that it really needs any.)
Very nice! Sharp looking base, too.
If that’s the 1/35 Trumpeter kit, I do believe there are some link tracks available. Armour…Armour something or other…when I remember, I’ll let ya know![;)]
Eduard has a p/e set out for the S tank and FineMolds has a barrel out for the b/c variants. I haven’t seen anything out to replace the tracks. I built the “B” and was only disappointed in the quality of the tracks.
scanmandan:
that’s one sweet S-Tank ! i think they do look a lot like sports cars… maybe a prime canditate for NASTANK, or since it’s swedish, maybe a World Rally Tank series…
thx for sharing ur pix of one of my favorites !
frosty[:)]
looks very nice well done
when i went to Bovinton they had one there and on the top of the tank info sheet there was a photo of a S-tank painted in the Swedish flag, blue with yellow cross
i like the idea of the NASTANK and S_Tank Turbo rally tank
One of the guys from my club built this kit, but did it on a snow scene base. The result was very nice, but the stark white took a little away from the vehicle, whereas your simple black/grey base and title feature really compliments the vehicle; The black makes the weathering job on the tank really stand out.
Are you going to scratchbuild one in a later model with camo? That could be a challenge[:p]
Thanks to eveyone for the encouraging comments. I’d like to post more photos but I’m having trouble with my web site softwear.
The Trumpeter kit is a real beauty and I’ll build another B type soon, maybe this time with the dozer blade down… Always thought that the S Tank looked a bit like a ‘Mad Max’ version of a Lamborghini Countach. Not bad for a 70’s MBT with auto loader and active suspension which can be driven almost as fast in reverse. Sort of the ultimate Hetzer!
Nice job building, but sports car :^) ? The first time I saw an S
tank, I couldn’t believe how BIG the thing was! It was nose down
for mounting up and you reallly had to climb to get to the back end. Big, cool, tanks!!!