United States
Joined: November 25, 2007
KitMaker: 96 posts
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Posted: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 - 02:26 AM UTC
Correze, France
Joined: June 10, 2004
KitMaker: 5,329 posts
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Posted: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 - 02:43 AM UTC
Nice and clean build Jeff.
You could consider adding the glasses to the empty vision blocks on the turret and the vehicle commander station and having the upper tracks resting on the roadwheels. I know these are rubber band ones but it is possible to do this by either gluing them or fixing a bit of pin in the hull.
I also suggest you paint the padding inside the hatch another color than white.
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North Carolina, United States
Joined: February 22, 2002
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Posted: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 - 05:11 AM UTC
Agreed, nice clean build. The construction is very good, overall the finish is good.
My trick for getting rubber band tracks down is with a small wire loop on a few road wheels. Lace the wire up from below and thread it just around the axle of a road wheel so it's hidden by the wheel. Up and over and twist below the bottom track.
My critique is the lower part of the bow. The dark stain below the round drain on the front left tells me that it's been driven through the water quite a bit. That doesn't match the weathering on the bottom front, I personally would have added some more water staining.
Florida, United States
Joined: May 16, 2002
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Posted: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 - 07:07 AM UTC
Overall, it looks realy good. A few tweaks and it will be even better. In addition to what the others have said, the tail lights are off as well. Only the left side, upper oval should be red. The lower left and both upper and lower on the right should have small black slits as part of the blackout drive light system.
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California, United States
Joined: October 01, 2011
KitMaker: 96 posts
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Posted: Monday, January 23, 2012 - 07:36 AM UTC
Looks good Lat-G. I love the tamiya kit. Dont get me wrong Hobbyboss did a good job, but if tamiya would have put there aav out with interior and the different variations like Hobboyboss. they would have destroyed Hobbyboss. My opinion.
Yat-Yas
New South Wales, Australia
Joined: July 29, 2005
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Posted: Monday, January 30, 2012 - 02:07 PM UTC
Very nice build mate, I love seeing these built up. I have about five different types of this kit and haven't built any...well done.
Your photos look great
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Posted: Monday, January 30, 2012 - 02:41 PM UTC
Very cool. Love the look of this vehicle. Wingman out.
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