I like the Challenger, I like the Tamiya kits, both Cr1 and Cr2, and have been adding both to my stash for a while. I’ve also been adding to my AM stash for both kits, and even a couple of Trumpeter Cr2 kits for parts. Being at the priming/painting stage on everything I have in progress and not feeling the urge to paint yet, I pulled one of the Cr1 kits out and pretty much all the applicable AM. I’ve got a lot of AM for these things. I also thought it would a good idea to build at least one before I get the urge to spend a bunch on the new Trumpeter Cr1.
Anyway, pic of the kit and a truckload of AM:
IMG_5170 by Russel Baer, on Flickr
The first couple of evenings at the bench and I had the hull well along, sponsons blocked off and some detailing and corrections begun.
IMG_5171 by Russel Baer, on Flickr
Another couple of hours and the Scorpion Model Miniatures (SMM) auxiliary fuel drum mounts were on and the running gear assembled.
IMG_5172 by Russel Baer, on Flickr
The SMM fuel drums and mounts are very nice, requiring only a little cleanup. I’ll be using quite a few more parts from them on this build, stuff that I had to scratchbuild on the first two Cr1’s I built a couple of years ago.
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This is the part of a build that always floats my boat, fitting tracks, Friuls in this case.
IMG_5179 by Russel Baer, on Flickr
I had a set of R-Model tracks ready to go but they had a lot of tweaked links. I’ll still use them, just not yet.
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