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Wz.34 Armored Car
CReading
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Posted: Sunday, July 05, 2009 - 06:00 AM UTC
This is the 'Encore' Wz.34 Polish Armored Car. It is a dog of a kit. Soft detail, poor molding, huge mold lugs, poor fit etc. etc.
Anyway, I found myself in a 'modeling funk' and didn't want to mess up a good kit and I had shelved this one a while back due to the issues mentioned above.
I have no idea if the kit is accurate or not because I have very limited resources on this subject but I decided to go with what I had and replace the rivet detail and improve it where I could without getting too obsessive.
Here it is so far:








Cheers,
Charles
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Posted: Sunday, July 05, 2009 - 09:22 AM UTC
I don't know whether it's accurate or not either but it looks great Charles. What did you use for replacement rivets?
martyncrowther
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Posted: Sunday, July 05, 2009 - 10:06 AM UTC
Nice work Charles.
CReading
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Posted: Sunday, July 05, 2009 - 10:49 AM UTC
Hi Pat,
I have one of the Small Shop's "Nutter" which is a tool system for making a variety of different sized nuts and rivet heads. It's a great tool.

Thanks Martyn for the comment, hopefully I'll progress and be able to post further photos

Cheers,
Charles
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Posted: Sunday, July 05, 2009 - 12:19 PM UTC
Looks cool Charles. Unusual model ... donīt think Ive ever seen the original. Great job with the rivets.
newfish
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Posted: Sunday, July 05, 2009 - 01:11 PM UTC
Mr Reading it is great you are still model building! I thought you had packed it up
Nice work with the bolt heads and rivets, You seem to have your work cut out with the kit.
Keep it up mate


05Sultan
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Posted: Sunday, July 05, 2009 - 04:21 PM UTC
Charles! Nice work! Something tells me it should have Russian knock-offs of Michelin white-walls!
Cheers!
Rick
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Posted: Monday, July 06, 2009 - 07:23 AM UTC
Frank, Jaymes and Rick,
Thanks for the comments. I'll post more when I can
C.
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