Mark1's academy 1/35 lvtp 7.

[Tim Marlow]

Nice start, and a good save on the warpage. Well done Mark :thumb2:

[papa 695]

A cracking start.

[colin m]

Moving along nicely. Nice fix on the wobbly body.

[Mark1]

Cheers guys:thumb2: and thank you Jacko for the info, I may well try my luck with some weld seams and a few other bits.

[Dave Ward]

Mark,
I did the HobbyBoss AAVR-7A1 about 5 years ago ( this has a big crane on top ). Pretty much the same externally, but - It did however have a complete interior.........................

HB Top deck & hull You can tell it was a long time ago - that cutting mat is pristine!
Dave

[Mark1]

Mark,
I did the HobbyBoss AAVR-7A1 about 5 years ago ( this has a big crane on top ). Pretty much the same externally, but - It did however have a complete interior.........................
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HB Top deck & hull You can tell it was a long time ago - that cutting mat is pristine!
Dave

I have the hobby boss aavp7a1 in the stash, looks like a nice kit.

[JR]

Good to make that recovery Mark, happy days ahead then .

[Mark1]

Hi all, well I had slowed up a bit on this,reason being
These!
But I have managed to turn that lot into this,
that's one side at least!

[adt70hk]

That's a lot of links. They look ok with reasonable attachment points..... Although that looks like some horrible sink marks.....

Turned out well though.

ATB.

Andrew

[Tim Marlow]

The bane of the armour modeller writ large right there……slow and steady wins the race though Mark.

[Guest]

Separate-link tracks are always fun … That left one looks a little slack, though — can you still remove one link from it, or is everything stuck fast?

[Mark1]

That's a lot of links. They look ok with reasonable attachment points..... Although that looks like some horrible sink marks.....

Turned out well though.

ATB.

Andrew

Cheers Andrew, yeah they went together no problem but the sink marks are horrendous, they will most likely be filled.... with mud!

[Mark1]

The bane of the armour modeller writ large right there……slow and steady wins the race though Mark.

Getting there Tim, need to give myself a kick up the arse ! Mojo has been lacking a bit recently.

[Mark1]

Separate-link tracks are always fun … That left one looks a little slack, though — can you still remove one link from it, or is everything stuck fast?

Hi jakko, instructions show one pic with saggy tracks and one with tighter tracks so went for some sag! Wasn't sure how many links to use as all the instructions are in Korean which is useful!! Not worried to much with accuracy as this kit is lacking that in abundance,it's not even going to have the correct decals as I can't find any, have found two flags about the right size but minus the anchor.

[Guest]

Korean uses Arabic numbers Which makes me think you need 80:

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I thought I’d look up the real number, but Jane’s Armour and Artillery doesn’t mention it. AFVDB does, though: 84 links per side. Though, of course, whether the model also needs that many is the question — the kit parts may be too long or too short, and that number of 80 makes me think they’re too long. Which would not be unusual for Academy, their M113 track links are also noticeably longer than they should be.

As for the decals, maybe you could ask on some forums if someone has the HobbyBoss kit with the Argentinian decals, but built it as a Korean or Italian vehicle, and so has the decals spare? Long shot, maybe, but you never know.