Mark1's academy 1/35 lvtp 7.

[Jim R]

Hi Mark
Well done with one side of the track. The number of links needed does vary. Sometimes one side needs one less than the other but both look identical :rolling:
Jim

[colin m]

Having seen all those track links, I'm so happy to be an aircraft modeller.

[Mark1]

Korean uses Arabic numbers :smiling3: 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.

Hi Mark
Well done with one side of the track. The number of links needed does vary. Sometimes one side needs one less than the other but both look identical :rolling:
Jim

Having seen all those track links, I'm so happy to be an aircraft modeller.

Thanks guys, I'm not even counting the links,if it look OK to me then that'll do!
Don't blame you Colin I think my next build will have wings or tyres, no more track links for a while.

[Mark1]

Hi all, well after an absence for a while I've managed to get some done on this now, made a new gun barrel,not perfect but the plastic one wasn't good at all.
It's all primed and will be getting some colour soon:smiling:hoorah.

[scottie3158]

Mark,
This is coming on nicely mate, the paint has lifted it.

[colin m]

Looking good Mark. That first bit of primer is a bit of a mile stone in any build.

[Jim R]

Hi Mark
Nice to see some primer on this. It's been a bit of a journey and is looking the part. Gun is much better than the kit part.
Jim

[Tim Marlow]

Looking good. Primer is very smooth.

[Geoffers]

Good stuff Mark :thumb2:

The replacement gun barrel is a big improvement on the original.

Geoff.

[Mark1]

Cheers guys.

[Mark1]

Hi all, bout time I posted something so I've got a few touch ups to do and then matt coat it followed with probably some weathering with sand pigment, then when it's done it'll be put somewhere so I ain't gotta look at again! Five minutes into this I knew I wasn't gonna enjoy it but didn't want to bail out of the GB,got a track that's struggling to stay together,squeeze a vallejo bottle to hard,blew the top out and covered it in paint! That was a fun clean up not to mention the living room wall which was freshly painted the day before:loudly-crying:.....still this where I'm at,the numbers where white decals painted over yellow and the flag was from a 1/ 72 plane,a tad small but I can live with it,will be missing the white anchor which should underneath them though.

[scottie3158]

Despite your woes that is looking good mate.

[Geoffers]

Looking good in the pics Mark :thumb2:

Geoff.

[Tim Marlow]

Amazing how some builds fight back isn’t it Mark. Looks like you’ve got the upper hand now though. Sharp job!

[Mark1]

Thanks guys,at least it's nearly there ,then I won't have to look at it any more:smiling3: