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Armor/AFV: Braille Scale
1/72 and 1/76 Scale Armor and AFVs.
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Gaz-67B & IS-2
sabredog
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Joined: July 22, 2007
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Posted: Monday, December 15, 2008 - 08:50 PM UTC
These are the main elements of a small vignette I am working on. Both are almost finished (99%)

Calibri (Fort) 1:72 Gaz-67B Jeep, which went together remarkably well. I have yet the add stowage, which you can see at right of the image.



Italeri 1:72 IS-2 which is another kit that went together well, though it had it's moments. Italeri 1:72 kits are nice but do not come up to the Dragon Pro 1:72 releases detail or quality wise.









I apologise for the quality of the images. These were taken at my workbench, not where I normally take images with my good digicam, lights and tripod.

Figure and base is next.

Cheers

Mike
Panther64
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Posted: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 - 01:19 PM UTC
Nice looking kits Sabredog, can't wait to see the vignette.
Braille
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Posted: Wednesday, December 24, 2008 - 05:25 PM UTC
Michael,

Both vehicles look fantastic! It looks as though you are now using oils to enhance the finish on your models? I like the slight shine on the upper hull surfaces and turret on the tank and fenders, hood and headlights on the jeep, this gives these models the effect of paint over a metal surface.

I also like the weathering on the wheels of the jeep and tank tracks - excellent job! Super job on the decals or are the numbers on the tank really painted on?

Thanks for sharing your builds again Micheal, and your pics are good to go!

-Eddy
DaGreatQueeg
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Posted: Thursday, January 01, 2009 - 07:43 AM UTC
Two really nice builds there mate. Havent seen that Gaz kit before and it looks pretty good. The only things with the Italeri kits is that I wish they'd supply some spare track or enough to allow a sag to be built into the top run.

cheers
Brent
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Posted: Sunday, January 04, 2009 - 02:02 PM UTC
Excellent work, I just finished the PST IS-2 myself.
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