I seriously just said "Oh wow!" Out loud. That is impressive!
When I grow up I hope I can do an interior that well!
I hear you. It looks real. And that's one of the reasons I put away my tank with complete interior. I started working on the interior and didn't have a clue as to what I was building. I know airplanes. I didn't know anything about tanks back then. So I told myself you are not ready for this. Put this away and save it for a rainy day
Ooh dat's nice! Just wanna crawl in there...
That's when I buy a cheaper kit to build my skills on. I had originally planned on building my Wingnut kit for the GB but as I looked at the details in the kit and saw some of the aftermarket options I decided to save that for when I can take my time with it.
Not busting your balls but pretty sure no one painted their gas cans lavender. Jit's sayin'I have finished applying the tools, parts, and pieces on the exterior of the lower hull.
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Those PE straps really tested my patience, but in the end I think they are worth the effort. Respect for you guys that mess with these in 1/35.
I was originally going to paint the tools before applying to the model like I usually do, but I changed my mind once I realized what a project the PE straps were going to be. I didn't want CA glue all over painted parts. I figured it was going to get messy.
Next step is to spray on some Tamiya primer, but just enough to cover the PE and bare plastic parts. I want it to be blotchey on top of the OD green already on the hull. My goal is strong color modulation of the OD. I will not touch the lower half since I already have some "pre - weathering" going on before the wheels and tracks are fixed.
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Hopefully my plans are achieved, if not there is always plan B, once I think of one.
Straps look strapping! Way better than my simple straps without buckles!I have finished applying the tools, parts, and pieces on the exterior of the lower hull.
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Those PE straps really tested my patience, but in the end I think they are worth the effort. Respect for you guys that mess with these in 1/35.
I was originally going to paint the tools before applying to the model like I usually do, but I changed my mind once I realized what a project the PE straps were going to be. I didn't want CA glue all over painted parts. I figured it was going to get messy.
Next step is to spray on some Tamiya primer, but just enough to cover the PE and bare plastic parts. I want it to be blotchey on top of the OD green already on the hull. My goal is strong color modulation of the OD. I will not touch the lower half since I already have some "pre - weathering" going on before the wheels and tracks are fixed.
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Hopefully my plans are achieved, if not there is always plan B, once I think of one.
It was an ANTIFA gas can that I repurposed.Not busting your balls but pretty sure no one painted their gas cans lavender. Jit's sayin'
Well Andy's closed the main spot i usually go to. I'll be lucky to hit the main store once a month now- it's a good 45-60 mins from my house. The closest hobby shop is now 30 mins away with no traffic and it's not as good of a shop. I guess I'll be doing more internet shopping now.It was an ANTIFA gas can that I repurposed.
It's a resin aftermarket gas can I found on Andy's website. It's a quality product, but the most notable thing to me is that is says " made in Spain ".
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Spare track links are supposed to go there, like on this side.
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The kit comes with the hedge row cutters that were welded on the front of the hull. My understanding is that these were field modifications on vehicles in Normandy. I figure if those boys could do that, mounting a gas can holder wouldn't be a problem.
Besides, I like browsing Andy's website and buying anything I think could be useful on a build. I'm jealous of you guys that can go there in person. My nearest hobby store is a hour and a half drive one way, but run by an older couple that give you a 20 % discount if you pay with cash.
That's a … somewhat usual description of FC Model Trend products
How is this notable?
They were. When US tanks had trouble getting through the very thick hedgerows of the bocage country of inland Normandy, after a while they developed these things that would stick into the hedges and allow the tank to push through instead of climbing up on top. (What you should know here is that bocage is not straightforward hedges like you would see in a garden but centuries-old hedges that basically grow on top of the remains of their predecessors, basically forming a semi-living embankment with a thick hedge on top.) The device is usually ascribed to one Sgt. Curtis Cullin, so they're commonly known as "Cullin devices", "Cullin hedgerow cutters" or similar. There were several main designs, but nearly all of them were made by cutting up things like German beach obstacles, welding them together and then to the tanks.
It's the first time I have seen or purchased anything from this company. I can't recall buying anything made in Spain before, over here ( US ) pretty much all you see is made in China or Mexico.
... same here... Though I do browse European online model stores, and with the most obvious modeling outfit being Vallejo for paints and books.
I have two sets of theirs, plus a third that was sold in a MIG box. The latter is American antenna bases, and they're pretty good. The other two are figures and heads, and I almost felt ripped off when I got them. The figures are kind of usable, the heads are nearly unusable, IMHO. From what I've read, this seems fairly typical for FC Model Trend
Ah, I see now
I must admit I don't exactly buy Spanish products daily either, but of course, here in the EU doing so would be much less rare than in North America. A good deal of fruit comes from Spain, for one thing Come to think of it, I ordered some kits from MIG a few years ago, including that set of antennas, but that's the only time in my life I bought something directly in Spain.They were also fitted to M5 light tanks, as well as (obviously) M8 75-mm HMCs — since the same ones would fit on that as on the M5. This is most likely an M5:
I believe cullin was a farmer. I'm not sure if I read the story or watched it on YT but it was cool to hear how he developed the device and then when the brass saw it worked they wanted it done on all of the tanks.That's a … somewhat usual description of FC Model Trend products
I call them the Verlinden of 3D printing: it will look like what it's supposed to be, but with details wrong, shortcuts taken, things not as sharp as they could be, etc.
How is this notable?
They were. When US tanks had trouble getting through the very thick hedgerows of the bocage country of inland Normandy, after a while they developed these things that would stick into the hedges and allow the tank to push through instead of climbing up on top. (What you should know here is that bocage is not straightforward hedges like you would see in a garden but centuries-old hedges that basically grow on top of the remains of their predecessors, basically forming a semi-living embankment with a thick hedge on top.) The device is usually ascribed to one Sgt. Curtis Cullin, so they're commonly known as "Cullin devices", "Cullin hedgerow cutters" or similar. There were several main designs, but nearly all of them were made by cutting up things like German beach obstacles, welding them together and then to the tanks.
As an aside here: many kits of British Cromwell tanks include a hedgerow cutter, but don't fit that unless your goal is to model one of the very small number of tanks that were fitted with it experimentally in the UK. The British used exactly none — on any kind of tank — in Normandy, because the country they were fighting in didn't have the extensive hedgerows the American sector did.
