looks good to me,just to fiddly for my digits lol,though i love the look
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I bought this tank to go on the flatbed or at least with the dio for this one, but im not impressed with this kit.
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I thought that if i bought a Dragon kit it would give me plenty of scope to play with ie engine bay open & someone working on it that sort of thing.
but to my dismay it's just a box with no inturnal workings, the wheels are glued so the trackes dont move.
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This is all the pe u get, track links are individual but i dont see the point if the wheels dont move.
The parts on the spruses meed to be removed with care as all the bits even the smallest parts have big bobbly bits attached to them.
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This pic is not a very good example of what i mean but i have almost finished building it & i thought of it to late.
I wont be getting a DRAGON SUPER VALUE PACK again.
John
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Those cyberhobby kits are the cheap versions of Dragon offerings, so I'm not surprised that it's not too good. I do like the crisp details that Dragon provide, but like you I'm often frustrated by their sprue mounting points & knobbly bits!
The Stug looks good, although is the gun a bit crooked? Unless it's my eyes!
Cheers
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Thanks Patrick for your comments & yes it is crooked, i have not yet glued it on as it would be difficult to paint behind the shield whan attached.
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Phew! That's ok then, nothing worse than finding out something's wrong after it's glued together!Comment
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Had a little play with this one to try one or two things out that i have never done before, one drivers hatch needs to be cut open as the driver is going to be a casualty of the anty-tank mine.
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A lot of work left to do but i got 7 days nightshift of 12 hrs to do so it should be done soon.
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looking like it hit a mine its nice
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Thanks 4 ur nice comment ole,
Glad i got the right effect just need a bit more work to get the hole effect ie a bit of blood on the drivers hatch (when i cut it out) should do the job.
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Looking good John, what was that laid on the kit to get the chipping effect? It wasn't salt, but i can't work it out!
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Hi Patrick, i use sandpit sand from Argos with diluted PVA & a dash of XF-10 (flat brown) & XF-56 (matallic grey).
Okies.
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Cool, I'll give that a try!Originally posted by \Comment
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If I may come with a few comments on your post #77.
With regard to the "why separate links if the wheels do not go round". The idea is that you get a lot better detail in the links, than if it was the rubber band type. Also it enables you to pose the tracks in any way you wish. You can get a nice sag in the top run, and can get the bottom run to follow the terrain. They can be a bugger to glue together but the effort pays X10.
Those agreeably irritating nobby bits are a part of the process of injection moulding. They are run offs to ensure that the detail part gets more than enough plastic in the tooling and is supposed to prevent short-shots, where the plastic does not fill the mould. The nibs are annoying but not as much so as a part that is only partially formed..
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Little more work to go.
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Well this one is all but done & dusted, wont be making a base for it as i've put it on evelbay as is.
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Enjoy it's been sold ends saturday & £50 squid to-date, this will go to my next project (schnellboot) 1:35.
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