Wow, Ian! I had no idea the G6 were that big.
Nice progress. How is the quality of the kit?
Looking forward to see more.
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Posted: Tuesday, February 21, 2017 - 10:17 AM UTC
ArtyG37B
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Posted: Wednesday, February 22, 2017 - 08:15 AM UTC
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Wow, Ian! I had no idea the G6 were that big.
Nice progress. How is the quality of the kit?
Looking forward to see more.
The quality is pretty good. the detail is nice and it's a fairly straight forward build. no real issues so far. I'm not a big fan of the mitered joints though. be careful with the steering linkages they are meant to be workable. you melt the pins, but if you press a little too hard you can melt the 2 parts together then it won't work. like mine grrr.
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Posted: Sunday, February 26, 2017 - 02:04 AM UTC
Posted: Sunday, February 26, 2017 - 02:10 AM UTC
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Posted: Sunday, February 26, 2017 - 07:43 AM UTC
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Posted: Thursday, March 02, 2017 - 06:32 AM UTC
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Posted: Thursday, March 02, 2017 - 08:06 AM UTC
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Posted: Friday, March 03, 2017 - 03:17 AM UTC
First off, this kit is reminiscent of the old LifeLike kits - big seams, sink marks, HUGE sprue connection points...not what I was expecting.
Some parts (seats and frames especially) were quite fiddly. I expect the shield-to-gun-frame to be the same.
All in all, it did go together pretty well. The instructions are not really clear where some parts go...only because the pictures are dark.
Mike
Some parts (seats and frames especially) were quite fiddly. I expect the shield-to-gun-frame to be the same.
All in all, it did go together pretty well. The instructions are not really clear where some parts go...only because the pictures are dark.
Mike
Posted: Friday, March 03, 2017 - 12:53 PM UTC
Nice progress, Mike. Looks good so far.
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Posted: Friday, March 03, 2017 - 11:35 PM UTC
Posted: Saturday, March 04, 2017 - 12:27 AM UTC
Looking very good, Timothy!
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Posted: Saturday, March 04, 2017 - 05:48 AM UTC
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Posted: Sunday, March 05, 2017 - 03:45 AM UTC
Posted: Sunday, March 05, 2017 - 04:15 AM UTC
Looks like a restored museum piece, Mike!
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Posted: Tuesday, March 07, 2017 - 03:06 PM UTC
I tried four times yesterday to upload these 3 pictures-showing my progress over long weekend.In vain...as the log shows.
Lucky for me-I have a brilliant IT, who did it for me...
Note: the gun is borrowed from another project.
Posted: Tuesday, March 07, 2017 - 05:21 PM UTC
Hey guys,
Lots of cool builds coming together here! Anyway, I’ve started with my PLZ05:
Progress might be slow over the next few weeks as I’ll be painting my T-72B for the Trumpeter campaign (I have no idea whatsoever how some of you manage to complete 15-20 campaigns a year…a goal to strive for, I guess .)
Jerry
Lots of cool builds coming together here! Anyway, I’ve started with my PLZ05:
Progress might be slow over the next few weeks as I’ll be painting my T-72B for the Trumpeter campaign (I have no idea whatsoever how some of you manage to complete 15-20 campaigns a year…a goal to strive for, I guess .)
Jerry
Posted: Wednesday, March 08, 2017 - 08:50 PM UTC
Just finished my Improvised Ingenuity campaign build. Ready to begin my next one. Nothing fancy this time. The Tamiya Wespe SPG.
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Posted: Friday, March 10, 2017 - 11:34 PM UTC
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Posted: Saturday, March 11, 2017 - 05:27 AM UTC
Posted: Saturday, March 11, 2017 - 11:56 AM UTC
Cool kit, Brian. I did not even know that kit existed. It will be interesting to follow. I have never build one of the amusing hobby kits before.
Timothy, the weathering is coming along nicely.
Timothy, the weathering is coming along nicely.