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Bronco A34 'Comet' pt 2
Clanky44
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Posted: Sunday, July 09, 2006 - 08:17 AM UTC
Here are some photos of the A34 'Comet', almost ready for paint. Please let me know if there is anything that needs to be changed or added prior to painting.....

thanks,
Frank







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Posted: Sunday, July 09, 2006 - 09:07 AM UTC
Hi Frank

Don't know enough about the spec, but this looks excellent to me.

Look forward to seeing the painted version.

Nice build sir.

Cheers

Al
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Posted: Sunday, July 09, 2006 - 09:35 AM UTC
Looks great to me Frank

Nice work on the PE , the split cowl and commanders cage site look fantastic

One thing that I was wondering though , is why did Bronco feel the need to include resin front wheels , their plastic moulding looks pretty good to start with ?

Ian
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Posted: Sunday, July 09, 2006 - 01:44 PM UTC
Looking great! Could you tell me what PE fret did you use in the kit? Thanks in advance.
Cheers and happy modelling!
Prato
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Posted: Sunday, July 09, 2006 - 01:58 PM UTC
Looks really good, I must admit that I am tempted.

John
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Posted: Sunday, July 09, 2006 - 02:09 PM UTC
It definitely looks ready to me.
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Posted: Sunday, July 09, 2006 - 02:52 PM UTC

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Looks great to me Frank

Nice work on the PE , the split cowl and commanders cage site look fantastic

One thing that I was wondering though , is why did Bronco feel the need to include resin front wheels , their plastic moulding looks pretty good to start with ?

Ian

Reportedly, Bronco used a Comet on display in Hong Kong as reference, which was fitted with the postwar pattern idler wheel. Since the greatest interest would be for a wartime vehicle, they added the revised part in resin (as a start-up, they may not have the funds to retool the styrene molds).
Clanky44
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Posted: Sunday, July 09, 2006 - 03:28 PM UTC

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Looking great! Could you tell me what PE fret did you use in the kit? Thanks in advance.
Cheers and happy modelling!
Prato


Hi Prato,

The P.E. comes with the kit, you get the vane, the split exhaust and a couple of post war parts.

Frank
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Posted: Sunday, July 09, 2006 - 03:37 PM UTC
Looks like a nice clean build there.
I've got this one sitting waiting to go, so have appreciated the hints and tips.
Nice one!
MC
Prato
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Posted: Sunday, July 09, 2006 - 04:51 PM UTC
Thanks a lot Frank! I just bought the kit via internet - I'm waiting for it at any moment now - and I was just curious to know what I had to buy! Thanks once again!
Cheers and happy modelling!
Prato
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Posted: Sunday, July 09, 2006 - 05:33 PM UTC
Nice work Frank, any reason you didn't use the PE for the turret antennamount ?

Othervise your addition of handles etc. really lifts the allready high standards of this kit.



Clanky44
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Posted: Sunday, July 09, 2006 - 08:05 PM UTC

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Nice work Frank, any reason you didn't use the PE for the turret antennamount ?

Othervise your addition of handles etc. really lifts the allready high standards of this kit.





Thanks for the comments, as far as why I did not use the PE antenna mount supplied in the kit...... It's a great looking piece of PE but one that I'm hesitant to use.... I'm not very comfortable using PE at the best of times, and any part that needs curving just adds to my stress,..... you should of heard the stream of vulgarities coming out of me, trying to shape the split normandy cowling!

Frank
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Posted: Monday, July 10, 2006 - 12:42 AM UTC
That is one nice looking tank, it will definetly be on my get to list.
Bill
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Posted: Monday, July 10, 2006 - 02:30 AM UTC
Frank,
Good looking build so far! After spending about 10 hours climbing inside and out of a restored Comet , it appears to me that Bronco has captured the look of the Comet very well in plastic. Detail wise it looks quite nice.

Chris "toadman" Hughes
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Posted: Monday, July 10, 2006 - 04:11 AM UTC

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Frank,
Good looking build so far! After spending about 10 hours climbing inside and out of a restored Comet , it appears to me that Bronco has captured the look of the Comet very well in plastic. Detail wise it looks quite nice.

Chris "toadman" Hughes
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If accepted Chris, I have just submitted a review of your very impressive photo walkround and would suggest that if you have the Bronco Comet it is well worth the small sum to show the real tank in the flesh.

John
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Posted: Monday, July 10, 2006 - 04:48 AM UTC

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If accepted Chris, I have just submitted a review of your very impressive phot walkround and would suggest that if you have the Bronco Comet it is well worth the small sum to show the real tank in the flesh.

John

Hi John,
I look forward to seeing your review. I haven't bought the kit yet as none of my LHS's have it. After seeing Frank's build up of the kit, I hope to get one real soon.

Chris "toadman" Hughes
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