Tamiya 1/48 Crusader Mk III AA

[Guest]

Yet another incentive to drag something out of the back of the stash. I'm in with "The Princess" which crops up in a few Normandy photos. I doubt this will turn into any sort of a dio, although it does come with half a dozen figures to put in and on it. This also means that no, I will not be scratch building a column of Stuarts to go with it. I will be building it out of the box and so will be depicting it after the wading gear has been removed (so that I don't have to scratch that either).

Andy M.

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[spanner570]

This looks like a nice kit Andy. Good luck with the build.

One thing worries me though...with all your talk of scratching, be careful it doesn't turn into a rash, might take some explaining away!!! lol

Cheers,

Ron

[tr1ckey66]

Interesting kit Andy I'm sure you'll make a cracking looking model out of it.

Cheers

P

[Guest]

Kit is falling together in typical Tamiya fashion. Running gear completed and ready to be removed for painting. Upper hull complete apart from a few odds and ends that will be painted separately.

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And so on to the turret. I know I said I was going to build this out of the box, but I couldn't resist these:

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If only they had included some instructions :emo6: ...

Andy M.













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[Guest]

Andy rather than go the whole hog and build a diorama I always think it is worth just making some sort of very simple base. This may be nothing more than a pine picture frame with some earth on it but it sets the model off withough all the work involved in a diorama. I think if you have a good set of figures it would be worth showing it off in a realistic setting.

[Guest]

Andy rather than go the whole hog and build a diorama I always think it is worth just making some sort of very simple base. This may be nothing more than a pine picture frame with some earth on it but it sets the model off withough all the work involved in a diorama. I think if you have a good set of figures it would be worth showing it off in a realistic setting.

Thanks Richard, I reckon I will have a go - probably just a bit of road and some verge. Meanwhile, I've assembled the guns, and very impressive they are too:

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The whole thing has been sprayed black for preshading, so it's time to break out the green paint.

Andy





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[tr1ckey66]

Hi Andy

Those brass AA guns look real quality and make quite a bit of difference to the detail of the model.

Looking great so far...

Paul

[Guest]

Nice work, cant wait to see the finished product.

Andy

[Guest]

Been away from the bench for a couple of weeks and, blimey, the dio builders have recreated half of the Normandy coast!

Anyway, finally done a bit more, time for some progress pics :-

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Now time to weather the tracks and screw it together.

Andy

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[Ian M]

Hi Andy. Its looking like a good little kit that.

Those Oerlikons are the beez whatsits, who make those?

Ian M

[tr1ckey66]

Looks excellent so far Andy. This is gonna be good!

All the best

Paul

[Guest]

Hi Andy. Its looking like a good little kit that.Those Oerlikons are the beez whatsits, who make those?

Ian M

RB Models from Poland. I got mine from modelsforsale, but RBM now offer them direct.

Turret is now basically complete:

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Time to weather the running gear.

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[Guest]

A bit more done in the last week. The running gear has been fixed and weathered and the lower hull joined to the upper. Also, a start has been made on the stowage and the figures :-

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Feeling a bit pressed for time now with all the things the other half is finding for me to do now the sun is threatening to come out!

Andy

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[yak face]

Fantastic looking tank andy, top stuff. Is it me or does the bloke on the far right look like one of the tetley tea folk!!!!? cheers tony

[Guest]

your right tony, it looks like stanley,poor fella was locked in a cupboard for years