hello to all
here is a small assembly scrach-resin with the old box HELLER
that everyone knows

I get to the heart of the subject




The openings are clogged with the resin

the tamya putty is applied then sanded

the sander at work

Reinforcements are installed


to be continued

For the future I made different elements of the tracks of caterpillar

I give the shape of the caterpillar using a guide equipped with wheels


Road rollers are modified by adding bolts made of resin

that is a lot of work your doing on an old kit ,cant wiant to see it finised .

I often work with the old kit to remake my modified parts, it gives a touch of youth to these kits that have despite rendered service to all! The current editing is not done by following the plan to the letter, quite the contrar

Speaking of old kit, there is always a correction to make on the bottom box that is distorted

I use glue 21 for all my work

after I put the casings

I stay on the crate by creating openings

after installing the fan block, I installed the parts complement

I put the batteries in their housing

I take the opportunity to make a coating with the putty
The bottom of the box is modified and correct.

all elements of the rolling gear are positioned

a test with the caterpillar

I changed my mind about the rollers, I install Meng, those resin will go on another model!


Mise en place des différents éléments

all the metal parts are made with the falls of the photo cutout
the cable is made with the electric wires and the door of a chest is fixed.

skate supports are plastic cards and résin

the grid support is made of resin

great work well done .

thank you for Roy's encouragement!
after the crate the most important work was to remake the turret with some modification such as the hatch ejection hatch that is converted into exercise simulator for exercises.

this opening fits on both brands of the AMX30

The turret is fully equipped


To be continued

Following the assembly of the turret, the photos speak for themselves

Wow. You are very patient to put all that work into the kit. Looking good.

patience is one thing, the most important thing is to make some pieces and to reproduce them in resin. Following the assembly with painting, I used the Humbrol 102 is the reference that comes closest to the French army green. Then I make touches of micro paint to make the armored user and aged by weather conditions.






You can see the history and the full photos on :
http://sampieromodels.blogspot.com/2016/06/lebd-en-detail.html
The complete editing of both versions: Gulf War and Europe:
http://sampieromodels.blogspot.com/2015/06/amx-30-ebd-1991.html

great work on the kit ,very well done .

thank you