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Armor/AFV: Braille Scale
1/72 and 1/76 Scale Armor and AFVs.
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mgdsign
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Posted: Sunday, June 24, 2007 - 04:29 AM UTC
Built from the Revell 1/72 scale kit, painted in Vallejo Model Air colors...

Hope you like it...

Best regards

Sven-Åke











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Posted: Sunday, June 24, 2007 - 04:51 AM UTC
Really nice build and paint work. You should re-locate the smoke grenades dischargers as they are ill-angled.
I can't see the vision blocks of the TC cupola. Maybe you could give them a bit of gloss paint.

Olivier
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Posted: Sunday, June 24, 2007 - 05:05 AM UTC

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You should re-locate the smoke grenades dischargers as they are ill-angled.



Thanks Olivier!!!

I was a bit unsure about the position of the dischargers and since
the manual doesn't show exactly how they should be placed I just
guessed the position... I will check some references later and see
if I can fix them...

The vision blocks is a bit tricky since they seem to reflect in orange
and I haven't yet decided on how to obtain that sheen yet.

Thanks for pointing out these things for me!!! Greatly appreciated!!!

Best regards

Sven-Åke
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Posted: Saturday, August 04, 2007 - 08:17 PM UTC
mgdsign,

Excellent build! Like your weathering job. Where did you obtain your figure and bedrolls?

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Posted: Sunday, August 05, 2007 - 12:40 AM UTC
Hi mgdsign,
That's a great looking build for any scale, but a fantastic effort in 1/72nd.
I'd go
Joe
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Posted: Sunday, August 05, 2007 - 05:24 AM UTC

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Where did you obtain your figure and bedrolls?



Thanks Eddy!!!

The figure is from Preiser and the bedroll I got from Tracks-n-Troops.
Not sure what brand it is since I store all those things in assortment
boxes.

Glad you like it

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Sven-Åke
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Posted: Sunday, August 05, 2007 - 05:27 AM UTC

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That's a great looking build for any scale, but a fantastic effort in 1/72nd.



Thanks Joe!!!

Well it's much thanks to the quality of the kits nowdays... It's almost
as doing 1/35 scale when it comes to the details and the paintjob
is pretty easy too since the mouldings are so good so the paint
just goes where I want it to go

Thank you very much

Sven-Åke





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Posted: Saturday, August 11, 2007 - 03:25 PM UTC
What a wonderful build, certainly inspirational!

cheers

Mike
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Posted: Saturday, August 11, 2007 - 09:38 PM UTC

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What a wonderful build, certainly inspirational!



Thanks Mike

Glad you think it's inspiring !!!

Best regards

Sven-Åke
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