Opening it up, I found it to be part of a motorized kit...at least the chassis is. So, I think that I might try to track down the motor and gearing to make it happen that way. In all of my years, I have never built a motorized model.
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Panzer II Ausf F/G Build
HipKitty
Joined: February 14, 2011
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Posted: Friday, November 15, 2013 - 03:26 PM UTC
Folks, it's been a while since I've had any time to build. I happened to come across this Tamiya 1/35th scale Panzer II Ausf F/G kit at my local Hobby Lobby when I went in to pick up some thick super glue. It's ridiculously low price screamed "buy and build me"...so here I am.
Opening it up, I found it to be part of a motorized kit...at least the chassis is. So, I think that I might try to track down the motor and gearing to make it happen that way. In all of my years, I have never built a motorized model.
Opening it up, I found it to be part of a motorized kit...at least the chassis is. So, I think that I might try to track down the motor and gearing to make it happen that way. In all of my years, I have never built a motorized model.
AFVFan
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Posted: Friday, November 15, 2013 - 05:12 PM UTC
I had one of these in the "old" days with the motor. If I remember correctly, the gearing is high and the tank moves way to fast. The novelty wore off rather quickly. For what you're going to pay for the motor and gear set, you'll probably be able to buy another kit.
HipKitty
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Posted: Saturday, November 16, 2013 - 09:18 AM UTC
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I had one of these in the "old" days with the motor. If I remember correctly, the gearing is high and the tank moves way to fast. The novelty wore off rather quickly. For what you're going to pay for the motor and gear set, you'll probably be able to buy another kit.
Thanks for the insight! Off to a diorama as originally intended then.
HipKitty
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Posted: Monday, December 02, 2013 - 03:48 PM UTC
OK...back at it after the Thanksgiving stuffing. Here I've got the idler wheels on and am planning out how I am going to detail the inside. Though I don't plan on having a bunch of the hatches open, I'm wanting to challenge myself (with my eldest son's pushing) and see what I can do from scratch.
ericadeane
Joined: October 28, 2002
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Posted: Monday, December 02, 2013 - 05:39 PM UTC
Frankly if you've not completed a model in a bit, you should avoid the scratch interior proposal. Finish the basic kit and enjoy the completed work. If you get into cobbling together the internals (beyond what's already in the kit), you'll risk getting bogged down. Since you've not been building much recently, that'd be my advice.
HipKitty
Joined: February 14, 2011
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Posted: Tuesday, December 03, 2013 - 04:13 PM UTC
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Frankly if you've not completed a model in a bit, you should avoid the scratch interior proposal. Finish the basic kit and enjoy the completed work. If you get into cobbling together the internals (beyond what's already in the kit), you'll risk getting bogged down. Since you've not been building much recently, that'd be my advice.
Though I appreciate the advice, I've decided to have fun with moving forward with scratch building some of the interior. Though I can't call myself more than a hobbyist at it, this won't be my first "rodeo".
Here I measured out what will be the floor, leaving some of the rear alone as I won't be doing the engine.
SDavies
Joined: January 09, 2010
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Posted: Monday, December 09, 2013 - 09:03 AM UTC
Welcome back,
I actually built this kit many years ago and it looked quite good. Its long since departed to model heaven though
S
I actually built this kit many years ago and it looked quite good. Its long since departed to model heaven though
S
pablo_g
Joined: October 21, 2003
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Posted: Tuesday, December 10, 2013 - 05:16 AM UTC
Recently I built this model. Despite the passage of time everything fits together well and made it very well. I built it straight out of the box, the only downside are the tracks.
Paweł
Paweł
HipKitty
Joined: February 14, 2011
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Posted: Wednesday, December 11, 2013 - 04:46 PM UTC
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Welcome back,
I actually built this kit many years ago and it looked quite good. Its long since departed to model heaven though
S
Steven, this made me chuckle.....and wonder what my Mom did with all of my models I built as a kid when I moved out of the house
So...I started on trying to locate parts around the house and shop that I can use to "convert" into the interior goodies. Here I have the brake housings and portions of the floors started.
robw_uk
Joined: June 22, 2010
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Posted: Wednesday, December 11, 2013 - 08:58 PM UTC
this kit got me back in to armour after coming back in to aircraft when i restarted the hobby - not looked back since... mine was OOB so looking forward to seeing what you add to it - and yes it builds nice and simply into a decent looking rendition
HipKitty
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Posted: Sunday, December 15, 2013 - 04:24 PM UTC
Well, I had to dip further into some old train pieces to adapt and use as the transmission. It might not end up "spot on", but I hope the example I set for my eldest son pays off (I think it will).
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