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ABM 41/42

Hi Jarosław, Lovely work. I found myself almost expecting to see little piles of sand inside the vehicle. Rudi

he he - little piles of sand inside - very good idea - I have in workshop next Sahariana and I will use sand - thank you - very very much regards Gulumik

very nice and i like the weathering and paint job. i'll get me one. are those rubber vinyl tyres? ed

Hi Ed, Exactly, the rubber tyres, metal barel and several photoetched detals. Thank you regards Gulumik

Very nice. Great paint chipping effect! Well done.

Jarosław, I like your work very much and your paint skills are quite good, but considering how long these vehicles have been in service I think that the weathering is a bit too much. On top of that it looks to me that the tires are the standard ones from Italeri. The dimensions written on them are ok, but if you measure the actual width is, in scale, they are something like 1mm too thin. The tool boxes on the rear fenders never existed in the AS42 sent to Notrh Africa. You were right chosing the AS 42 configuration in NA , because the "Metropolitana" was equipped with the mod 39 instead of the mod 35 gun. The bottom jerrycan racks as found in the box have to be longer too, and the reinforcements on the the anti-sand plates are missing too. Last but not least, the seats look painted to me in some greenish colur, but from 1941 onwards the seats an all the new Regio Esercito's vehicles had to be black... Ciao Fabio

Hi Fabio, Thanks for you comments - I will pay attention building next Sahariana. regards Jaroslaw

That is really a cool vehicle. Nice build.

Well despite some kit shortcomings I like it and you've turned out a cool looking vehicle there. Decided to buy one after seeing your's with the Model Victoria Italian Infantry equipment set to go with it. Max

One of my favorite vehicles. Always loved the look of it. Turned out looking nice. If and when I ever get around to building mine, hopefully it will look as good.