Egyptian Sherman

This is the latest DRAGON kit in the "Six Day War" series.  It is coincidental that I was going to scrap build this when I found the picture on line, then I saw that Dragon was issuing the kit.


It seems that the French had put their AMX-13 turret on these old Shermans (M4A4), changing from 76mm to 90mm guns. As you can see they added more armor plates to the hull sides.


Though this was probably done to various M4 Sherman types, the lower engine (back end) differs from the exhaust configurations I found in my research.


I did make some minor corrections as the kit did not include the correct parts for mounting the spare track links horizontally across the front hull plate.


I also added the canvas cover under the front  turret mount. I am not entirely sure the Egyptians maintained all the tools on the tank, but I put them on anyway as well as some additional stowage.



Vince B.  4-22-18

Tamiya Stug III in 1/48 scale

I am really liking these 1/48 scale Tamiya kits.  Some of the early ones like this Stug came with a cast metal hull.  The lower hull plastic parts need to be secured with cyocr..... (super glue).  The upper hull is secured to the lower hull with two screws which are hidden under the hatches. The tracks are length and link with the built in sag on the upper runs. Not necessary if you use the side skirts (Sechwan?) Schurzen.



Black dog makes great resin stowage sets.  There is usually enough to spread over two kits so I have been coordinating these around the other German 1/48 scale kits.



The details on these kits is as good and fit as well as with the Tamiya 1/35 scale kits. Surprisingly, I started on this one at the san Antonio show, bought it from Eric.  Should have bought the others before Kern and Moon got to them.


I was able to complete the lower hull separate from the upper hull. Once completed, I set the lower hull into the base groundwork and screwed it down.  Afterward I screwed the upper hull to the lower hull and glued in the hatch plates.

Vince B 4-17-18

Egyptian T-55A

This is the T-55A in 1/35 scale by Tamiya in Egyptian colors circa 1967. I put a metal barrel on and the Fruimodel tracks.

Here are some more shots....

Ukrainian T-84M OPLOT

This is the Ukrainian T-84M OPLOT in 1/35 scale by Trumpeter. It is a modernized version of the Ukrainian T-84, which is itself an upgrade of the Soviet era T-80U.

The detail on this kit is pretty good, however the instructions are in many places too vague. There are some fit problems and some parts that are not included in the instructions at all. But at the end of it all, it came looking pretty decent.

I muddied her up with some products from Vallejo and the camo job was freehand.

"Still Standing 1946" in 1/35 scale.

OK.  Here is my biggest combo. Not a happy meal but this MAY have been Hamburg in 1946.
I had to find a place to fit it in a case as it is 12" tall.



These are the Takom, Maus and Zwilling kits set on Dioramas Plus, Base and Building ruin sets, as well as some Tamiya Figures and other accessories.

I also used the laser cut broken windows and inserted that into some old frames which I broke down to match.


The Zwilling kit fits perfectly in lieu of the Maus Turret mount. Since I used the Maus Test version, I didn't waste an actual turret.

Vince B.  4-3-18