Friday, November 24, 2017

AML 90

This is the Takom 1/35 scale AML-90 kit. Pretty straight from the box. This is completion #30 for this year.


A few things to be careful of.  This nice armored car was used by Israel, Jordan Egypt, Lebanon etc.  Research which version you are going to build first as thee are some dependent options such as the rear stowage rack, type of mussel breach, spare tire, etc.


The kit comes with real rubber tires. The pioneer tools look great as individual components.

Added some resin stowage bits. 

Be careful of the mirrors.  As with all of these, they tend to break easily when handling. I managed to carefully add a mirror shine.

Vince B. 11-24-17

Thursday, November 23, 2017

Panther A

This is the 1/72 scale Dragon kit. Get out the tweezers if you are going to tackle this one.

I did need to add a few details.  There were no spare track links given but would be typical hanging from the rear deck of a Panther. There was also no commanders machine gun provided.

Must have stowage.  I used  some personal equipment from a Preiser set.

AND added the necessary bucket on every German WWII tank. Be careful of the liable rubberized tracks. They are fragile and snap easily under stretching.

Painted with standard ModelMaster enamels an weathered with oils,

Vince B 11-23