Tuesday, 24 November 2015

Italeri 1/35 Flakpanzer 38(t)

I started this kit thinking it would be a reasonable kit, not your Dragon or Tristar but it would be OK. It would be built out of the box with all its inaccuracies and clunky parts and having built a few italeri kits over the years it shouldn't be too bad. How wrong can you be. It has been a fight all the way. My advice to anyone who is thinking of building one is this. Spend the extra money on the Dragon or Tristar kit and if you have one of these in your stash, sell it as quickly as you can or be prepared to lose your hair as well as your sanity. Oh and invest in lots of filler.   
I decided I would like the hatches to be open as you get a bit of an interior so painted it up as per the instructions.         
                               
The problem arises when you come to fit the spare track holder along with the track in stage 14 of the instructions.The track is too wide and over hangs the hatch opening. So don't bother just glue the hatches shut. Well enough moaning for now time to do some sticking. I will win......

Wednesday, 18 November 2015

Tamiya 1/48 Steyr 1500a

Tamiya 1/48 Steyr 1500a Grossdeutchland Division Russia 1943

I am enjoying these 1/48 scale kits, this was a dream to build










Sunday, 13 September 2015

1/48 Hobbyboss Sherman M4A3

HobbyBoss 1/48 Sherman M4A3 Winter 1944/45

I was planning on this Sherman being in dusty Olive Drab. I had purchased the Lifecolor Olive Drab
Set with the 3 shades of paint consisting of base colour, mid colour and then the highlight colour.
 I had seen some fantastic results with these paints...... seems I need a bit more practice my efforts left a lot to be desired and the model looked awful. Thank goodness for AK Chipping Fluid, white paint and mud. The model itself is not entirely accurate, but who cares it looks like a Sherman.