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Posted: Friday, December 14, 2018 - 12:16 AM UTC
It has been a while, but finally got something off my bench. This is the Dragon kit, right out of the box, the only issue was I had to add spacers for the side rails, as Dragon would have you mount them flush. Painted with AK Interactive Real Colors, weathered with Ammo and AK.





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Posted: Friday, December 14, 2018 - 02:03 AM UTC
WOW, that's really an excellent build, and the paint job looks awesome
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Posted: Friday, December 14, 2018 - 06:08 AM UTC
Kevin,

If I may suggest, you may want to glue the front and rear bogey arms such that the tracks are flat all along the bottom unless you're putting the model in a bit of a depression on the base. The stiff tracks have caused the first and last road wheels to lift.

Paul
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Posted: Friday, December 14, 2018 - 08:05 AM UTC

Quoted Text

Kevin,

If I may suggest, you may want to glue the front and rear bogey arms such that the tracks are flat all along the bottom unless you're putting the model in a bit of a depression on the base. The stiff tracks have caused the first and last road wheels to lift.

Paul



Same disease as the Shermans by Italeri ...
I have saved the stiff Italeri tracks, maybe I will create a cat o'nine tails from them ....
/ Robin
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Posted: Friday, December 14, 2018 - 08:29 AM UTC
Looks well worn, though I contemplate that much streaking in NA.
MassimoTessitori
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Posted: Saturday, December 15, 2018 - 06:33 AM UTC
You could try adding some weight inside the hull, tracks and wheels should adhere better to the ground.
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Posted: Saturday, December 15, 2018 - 07:10 AM UTC
Extra weight or not the tracks will almost always lift the first and last road wheel. Need to glue those suspension units solid flat before adding the tracks.
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