I stopped by a hobby shop in Mass today and they had the M110A2 in 1/35. Start building this evening. Actually they had a lot of Italeri and “Airfix” spelling may be wrong.
Sorry for all the posts but have to tell you all this. I opened up the box and the decal sheet had a arty units stencils.I was in the 6th BN 14thFA 1st AD and lo and behold the decals are for that unit. Kind of weird huh.
That’s a very fortunate coincidence!
Sounds like you were in luck Privateer . By the way , if you ask me, the more post the better .
Affraid not,I’v had enough of trying to make this pile of crap fit so it’s been binned lol
I’ll now be doing a Trump 1/35 AS 90,at least I know they go together well.
LOL I tried to do their Panzer IA 2 years ago… took me 2 days and I ditched almost everything. I keep a few things like the turret (came from Zvezda kit), but I don’t think I will ever again try. I saw some reboxed from Alan on E-Bay, like Panzer IID. I wonder if it is still the Alan kit. At least you have a plan B.
Academy M12 Report #3 - A few photos
Made some more progress and snapped a few photos. I stopped building for a few days because the mess in the “building” in my home office had gotten completely out of control - looking like the aftermath of a tornado strike. While cleaning I decided to upgrade the facilities, so bought a few tables and storage units from Wal-Mart. I’m nearly finished and expect to continue building by the weekend.
I’ve also hit a real challenge point for me on this model. I’m supposed to wind the supplied thread on this little wench device, then weave it through these microscopically small pulleys on the hull.
Yann - was this part as difficult as it appears?
That looks really sharp cross. Nthing new with mine, still cleaning up the suspension from time to time. Most of it spent on the road wheels… geee, I even wonder if those sink mark would be visibles… oh well, I like to make them look alright! I’ll take pics when its completed.
Looking real nice cross!! I got back from a weeks holidays today! [:D] oooh, smileys back, different format though [soapbox] [bow] [#ditto]
Will
The build’s looking great so far plastic cross.
I aint started on the AS-90 yet but will get into it pretty soon.
Late arrival here, mark me down for another Revell 1/35 PzH2000 w/ Eduard.
NTM
Ok, your down. [#welcome] to the build!!
Will
Thanks a lot for the good words guys. This M12 is a really great kit. It is also the biggest challenge for me to date. The back section with the recoil spade and pulley setup stopped me in my tracks for about a week…mental obstacle. I finally worked through it this weekend and got it licked. I should be able to get to the big gun this week.
I can’t wait to see your AS-90 materialize Comet. I really like the looks of that vehicle.
Best of holidays to everyone.
Larry
Upper hull after being viciously attacked with a Dremel tool.
Ready for painting.
It has to be said, although it’s an impressive kit, it’s not actually a particularly good kit. The fit leaves a few things to be desired, there’s a fair bit of flash, I had to fill in sink-holes in the nice big flat turret sides, and I could not call the detail ‘crisp’.
NTM
Looking pretty good Manic. Is that barrel part of the Eduard PE set, a kit item, or another AM item (I don’t mind, i’ll just ad that to the list
Will
Whoa! That’s a real monster you have there NTM [wow]
Came with the kit. You get an option of the metal barrel, or the usual split-plastic.
It’s a very large model, no denying that.
NTM
Thats cool, i’d go of rthe metal any day of the week. Its definitley a monster!!
Will
NTM - that’s a tremendous vehicle. I may have missed it in an earlier thread…but, what is it called? I don’t believe I’ve seen anything like it before.
And it’s looking fantastic so far. Your skill is quite evident.
Larry
Sorry for that very late reply. Yes it was very difficult. To be honest, I broke one of the pulley and I had to cheat as for the number of pulley in the whole system. But don’t tell anyone.[:)]
Very nice progress Larry, I love this kit. You’ll enjoy the assembly of the gun.