Ron Goins takes us through a "filler" build project using the Maquette T-37A amphibious light tank kit as his subject.

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Thanks!

Nice little article, on a cute little vehicle.

Took the words right out my mouth.

Cute little fellow is it not

Couldn't agree more, a great little article.

I'm exactly the same with builds, after putting a lot of time and effort into something I love nothing more than just building something quick and easy without too much hastle, a 'filler' build is a good name for it and it's a great excuse to do something out of the ordinary.

This is an excellent example of just that and it's great to see others think along the same lines as I do!

Cheers,

James

I got one of these a little while ago (I have a Winter War calendar hanging up at work and this was the featured afv for January) and I was very pleased to see just how good one of these kits can be done up. Of course, when I do get around to building mine, I will have it mostly buried in the snow...

Ron -

I really enjoy your Russian builds, and this is a perfect example!
It's beautiful. Kinda funny for me to see it called a "filler build", though.
If I could put a finish like that on a vehicle it would be 'Front & Center' on my shelf.

Thanks for your continuing inspiration!

Lee

Well, since others already said it I won't say nice little tank. I am planning to build the Maquette OT-26 so i was happy to hear this kit was decent. It was also good to see where some of the "fixes" were needed.

Thank you for sharing!!

After a long, tough armor build, I find that old airplane kits (from the 50's & 60's) work real well as filler kits for me. Simple, not many parts(less than 20 usually) but enough challenges to keep the modelling skills at a good level.
capnjock

Hi all, i appreciate the interest in the article and taking the time to comment, one of the reasons i wrote this was out of curiosity to see if others did the same thing and i guess the answer is yes, i believe many people build these "fillers" but dont bother posting about them fearing lack of interest, thanks again.
Hi Lee, i really take more pride in making these kind of builds look good it definatly takes more effort, thank you for the great compliments.

Ron.

I do these builds, too. I call them "cleanse the pallette" builds. Usually a 1/48 Monogram plane, OOB, and hung from my son's bedroom ceiling when done. Very theraputic.