Ok!

Photos are in, the kits look fairly decent for being resin (and I've never built one), just a few bubbles and a respectable amount of flash to clean out. Those tracks look intimidating though!

And let me say, unless you're one of the horde building a TK tankette, you won't truly appreciate how tiny these things are.


First up, the Kits with a TKS to show the scale. The boxes are small and professional.


The RPM TKS, a simple little kit, but still quite enjoyable. I do hope that someone does produce new molds for the subject though. Perhaps you could transfer the RPM armored top to one of the other Carden-Lloyd style chassis thats out there? This is my first time using Tamiya surface primer and I'll say that I do like using this product. I have a little more gap filling and filing though it seems.


Showing the C2P artillery tractor in all of its glory with its one page instructions.


Another shot of the C2P.


And the gun, which came with a vacu-formed gun shield and a resin one as well. Detail isn't terribly great on the shield, but hey, at least its out there right?

I'd say successful, too, Jeff!

Very nice. Looking good.

A definite exercise of patience. Looking good, Jeff.

Hi John,

Have to say I was wondering, too, what was up with the tracks while scrolling thru your pics before reading your dialogue.
How odd that a kit maker would produce an otherwise decently detailed model in this scale and then overlook such an obvious component of the tank!
Your idea of camouflaging the blunder with mud and weathering seems the logical choice and should do the trick.
I have to give you credit with a 1/72! I don't know if I would be able or willing to tackle that small of a project.
Look forward to seeing the decaling and camou scheme.

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Jeff - I like your rivets, a big improvement over the kit blank plates. Which Archer decal set did you use?

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Paul,
Set #AR88001, Resin Rivets, Various scales

I think I will go for an olive base coat with the tan and brown patterns by brush, freehand. Then I'm going to try a micro-tip sharpie marker for the black outline. Then the mud and dust to cover the glitches.

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If I understand correctly, Mirage now has the molds for the R35 I'm building. Just for curiosity, does your Mirage kit have treads on the exterior of the tracks? .... They also do a lot of vehicles not addressed by other companies.

John

"...Houston, we might have a problem"? I failed in my due diligence to read the following in the Rules and Regs. "but must have the markings used in the Polish campaign of 1939 rather than those that might have been used earlier or later." My instructions aren't totally clear but the camo on my kit version is the one with the black outlines separating the colours. There is an implication that this was a camo applied in 1935 and hence, the problem. From what I surmise, I can apply 1939 decals but felt this is a decision that must be brought to the Campaign Leader's attention. If this causes a problem I will withdraw my enlistment.