A Vickers Tank

[The Smythe Meister]

Joining the party!!!

Have you got your Tankfest tickets BTW?

Welcome along Andrew :thumb2:,
.... and,OH YES,we have them,Saturday afternoon.... although we`ll be there from 9am until late on!!
Andy

[The Smythe Meister]

ive done a couple of mirage hobby kits and enjoyed all of them

have fun, look forward to seeing the end result

Paul,
Firstly mate,it`s great to see you back around the Parish ..... it`s been too long:dizzy:!!
I have another 3 of their`s in the stash,and judging by this one,(although not perfect... more of that in a different post!),they seem a decent,and fairly, quick build,stuff:thumb2:
I actually like `em
Andy

[The Smythe Meister]

Andy,
I seem to remember the little road wheels and bogies are a real pain to assemble - I did a single turret version ( 6 ton? ), Mirage did quite a few variants, including the licensed built version, the 7TP
Dave

Hi Dave!!!
Yep.... the Road wheels are SOOO much of a pain..... but i have done worse,,,,,, not often mind:surprised:
If you did that,then you`re right.... it would`ve been for the 6 ton!
Andy

[The Smythe Meister]

Looks an unusual beast Andy, I'll pull up a chair.

Always good to see you looking in Graeme:thumb2:
How the devil are you mate?!!:hugging-face:
Andy

[The Smythe Meister]

I'll sit with Cohan and share my biscuit Andy .
Nice looking tank with the twin turret.

Cheers John!!...
..... I actually quite like the look of this Tank too...... despite it being pretty useless!!:flushed:
Nevermind.... Cohan likes it,so that`ll do for me!!
Andy

[The Smythe Meister]

ALLRIGHTY THEN .....
I`ve done some more.... however,as Dave Ward said.......
... The Wheel type assemblies are not only tricky,fiddly and awkward.... but ..... REWARDING!!!....


I know,i know.... looks a little excessive with the clamps there!!.... HOWEVER,Dave was SPOT ON!!... The bits themselves ain`t too bad... but they do need some gentle persuasion!!
As a bit of an interlude,(and don`t get me wrong.... it`s a very enjoyable build :thumb2....... but,i do like to add a bit of the "Human element" into my builds.... this will never be part of a large Dio,but at least ONE figure will give it a bit of a more natural touch,(In my opinion anyway!!:rolling,......
... I`m not even sure that the little,stunted guy,in this set will work,... but i bought them a while ago to go with these Polish Tankettes

.... We`ll see... but i`m sure i can work something out?!!..... Mind you,the actual kit has NO angle at having the Hatch open/driver looking out....
... Looks like i`ll be Hacking bits of plastic apart soon!!:thumb2::thumb2:
Thanks for looking in... and i hope i haven`t bored you too much?!!
Andy

[David Lovell]

Great work Andy ,also good to see someone giving themselves a pat on the back stepping back from the bench and telling it who's the daddy now , the best part of the hobby. Mind thoes units in 72nd I give my self a slap on the back and a trip to the drinks cupboard, enjoy that self satisfying warmth I find it makes the next nasty much easier to get over. Dave

[The Smythe Meister]

Great work Andy ,also good to see someone giving themselves a pat on the back stepping back from the bench and telling it who's the daddy now , the best part of the hobby. Mind thoes units in 72nd I give my self a slap on the back and a trip to the drinks cupboard, enjoy that self satisfying warmth I find it makes the next nasty much easier to get over. Dave

HA!! Cheers Dave... I COMPLETELY agree:thumb2::tears-of-joy:
Some more "Alterations" were required,and duly butchered administered!!
Andy

[scottie3158]

Andy,
I'm in mate. I think this is the first AFV kit I have seen moulded in white.

[The Smythe Meister]

So then....
The handles and some of the TEENY WEENY bits are so bad that i had to visit the spares box,no biggie,and luckily i had some sacrificial lambs...



Next up,a few probs with the running gear......

had to drill those out to fit THESE.......

BUT!!.... They should be hollow like THIS......

So tghat will be done shortly,however,i also needed to drill out the exhaust as it was solid......

..... and here it is under the initial cover of Primer........

.....Don`t get me wrong here,it sounds like i`m moaning about the kit...... "Oh no i`m not"!!... Yes,it needs work in some areas,but hey!!.... You get what you pay for,and to be honest ,these kits are pretty damned cheap to pick up in 1/35th that i reckon they`re excellent value:thumb2: ,
They go together,in general,quite well,the detail isn`t too shabby,and,while never going to be "Top end" type quality,it doesn`t really take a great deal of chopping about/additions to get quite a pleasurable result:hugging-face:,
Also,to be honest,after being spoilt with the build quality of my recent subjects,it`s kind of a sadistic refreshing pleasure to get back to an old style "Traditional" build,with flash,seams and flaws!!!:thumb2::tears-of-joy::tears-of-joy:
Andy

[The Smythe Meister]

Andy,
I'm in mate. I think this is the first AFV kit I have seen moulded in white.

Nice to see you Scottie,(Dawg!!),
Yep.... VERY white indeed actually..... could`ve just left it as "Winter Camo" i guess eh?!!:tears-of-joy::tears-of-joy:
Andy

[David Lovell]

Great stuff as I said its that self satisfying warmth and smugness that makes it enjoyable ,dont know about traditional as I've only ever built the cheaper side of the market but enjoy it the same. So on with the paint tri tonal or mono . D

[Guest]

I think this is the first AFV kit I have seen moulded in white.

The Dragon BTR-70 with peacekeepers was as well, probably because its main scheme was UN white. I think I also have a TKS tankette that was moulded in white.

[adt70hk]

Coming on nicely Andy!!!

ATB.

Andrew

[The Smythe Meister]

Great stuff as I said its that self satisfying warmth and smugness that makes it enjoyable ,dont know about traditional as I've only ever built the cheaper side of the market but enjoy it the same. So on with the paint tri tonal or mono . D

Yep,it is very satisfying indeed ....
.... For better,or for worse.... I`m gonna be going for the Tri scheme:astonished::thumb2:,
Andy