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Posted: Thursday, October 08, 2015 - 05:38 PM UTC
My first try at a Mirror Models kit.

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Posted: Thursday, October 08, 2015 - 06:15 PM UTC
Don’t know from personal experience, but I hear that the Mirror Models kits are a real monster to put together, especially in the cleanup and detaching of parts from the sprue trees….but they are the only game in town for some of the more interesting US WW2 trucks…..
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Posted: Thursday, October 08, 2015 - 07:40 PM UTC

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Don’t know from personal experience, but I hear that the Mirror Models kits are a real monster to put together, especially in the cleanup and detaching of parts from the sprue trees….but they are the only game in town for some of the more interesting US WW2 trucks…..


OK, so there's a lot of clean-up. I'd rather deal with the clean-up and fiddly parts removal than not having the vehicle kit available at all. If it comes down to having patience with this, I'm willing to put my patience to the test... MIRROR MODELS is the only kit manufacturer with the stones to market the less well-known WWII US/Allied stuff. Who needs yet ANOTHER Tiger I, besides the guys that want to listen to the same old song over and over again..?
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Posted: Thursday, October 08, 2015 - 08:34 PM UTC
Certainly looking forward to more from you Chris. AND a good choice to build as well!



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Posted: Thursday, October 08, 2015 - 08:57 PM UTC

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Don’t know from personal experience, but I hear that the Mirror Models kits are a real monster to put together, especially in the cleanup and detaching of parts from the sprue trees….but they are the only game in town for some of the more interesting US WW2 trucks…..


It's not Tamiya! It's been a slog so far but the details are nice and hoping to have another US softskin for the collection.
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Posted: Friday, October 09, 2015 - 10:14 AM UTC

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Don’t know from personal experience, but I hear that the Mirror Models kits are a real monster to put together, especially in the cleanup and detaching of parts from the sprue trees….but they are the only game in town for some of the more interesting US WW2 trucks…..


It's not Tamiya! It's been a slog so far but the details are nice and hoping to have another US softskin for the collection.


If it had been TAMIYA, you wouldn't have HALF as much detail...
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Posted: Friday, October 09, 2015 - 10:30 AM UTC
A couple of in progress pics. As you can see the rear axle assy needed some mods. The overall fit leaves a lot to be desired but can be made to work.





One thing I ran into was that Tamiya Extra Thin was not really bonding the plastic together especially when working from sprues that were a different color shade. I used Ambroid and it seems to weld better than Tamiya



A couple of pics of the engine assy. Needs a little clean up before hitting it with primer. Too bad it will hidden under the hood.



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Posted: Saturday, October 10, 2015 - 10:31 AM UTC
A little more progress. About finished with the rear suspension & chassis. Lots of tiny parts but they look the part once cleaned up and assembled.





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Posted: Tuesday, October 13, 2015 - 09:30 AM UTC
Not quite ready to bin this thing. Not sure what the issue is with the plastic but the joins are coming apart using both Extra Thin and Ambroid. Started using 5min Epoxy Now deviating from the instructions to overcome some of the fit issues.







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Posted: Friday, October 16, 2015 - 12:33 AM UTC
I like the look of the cab. Have you tried superglue gel?
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Posted: Saturday, October 17, 2015 - 09:15 AM UTC
No not yet. The epoxy seems to be doing the trick. The problem only seems to be gluing the two different shades of plastic together (a few sprue trees are darker than the others). Never encountered this before.
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