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1/72 Challenger finished!!!
clausen
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Posted: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 - 08:55 PM UTC
This is the result of my first try in small scale models for at least 15 years...
I scratchbuild the turret storage box and added some minor details - And even though I only completed this project to try out the small scale, I'm actually quite satisfied with the result!

Any comments will be highly appreciated!

More photos at: http://www.howitzer.dk/cmodellingchallenger.html




Bjoern
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Posted: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 - 09:08 PM UTC
Nice build nice weathering in the small scale , but the decals have played you some trick i think. in some cases they havent stick very well and they show a colouring difference. Nice beast in generall
clausen
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Posted: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 - 11:48 PM UTC
Actually I didn't have any problems with the decals... Although they were a little oversized if you compare them to the one shown on the instructions!
Any color difference is due to the weathering or the photo itself...

No - The real problem I had with this kit was the fitting of the tracks - But that is not Revell's fault! - Those problems were cased by my own stupidity and the fact that I'm not use to work in this scale!



Bjoern
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Posted: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 - 03:43 AM UTC
I'm very impressed! The weathering is great, even made better by it being such a small kit..

My only criticism....not enough pictures!!!


Oops, missed the link.
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Posted: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 - 03:54 AM UTC
Looks good, I've got the RoG KFOR Challeger that I will some day build.How well did yours go together? Is that scratchbuilt turret stowage box a mandatory fix?
WeWillHold
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Posted: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 - 08:18 AM UTC
Bjoern

Beautiful job on this Challenger sir, nothing to criticize,--- paint/weathering is very realistic and not over done, the construction (including your box work), looks solid---all around a very pleasing model. Well done.


Steve
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Posted: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 - 02:30 PM UTC
just one thing, if you had not said that it was 1/72 I wouldn't have noticed
clausen
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Posted: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 - 07:40 PM UTC
Thanks for all the comments....


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Looks good, I've got the RoG KFOR Challeger that I will some day build.How well did yours go together? Is that scratchbuilt turret stowage box a mandatory fix?


It went together quite well - No problems at all!
About the stowage box - I'm currently building the Tamiya Chieftain with Accurate Armour's Chieftain MK10 conversion set. That set have a couple of those stowage boxes - So I measured one of them, and scaled it down to 1/72!
It's difficult to get it completely accurate... My stowage box is probably a little to wide!
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