Test fit of the cab, doors, hood. Touch-up painting required. Overall color used is Tamiya Olive Green. Perhaps a more yellow hue would be appropriate. The kit went together fairly readily with generally good fit, although getting the proper alignment on some of road wheels can be a little tricky because the attachment points could have been more robust. Overall, however, it was a nice straight-forward build with good detail but not an excessive number of parts. Without readily available references, not sure about accuracy issues other than the cab interior. The bench layout in the cargo bed might be suspect as well, but I can't tell - maybe ignorance makes for an easier build because you don't have to worry about correcting minute details. Need to figure out driver and something to tow . . .
Sunday, May 25, 2014
Trumpeter Komintern WIP
And now for something different . . . the Trumpeter Komintern. Quality seems much improved over the Trumpeter Marder I (H39), although the cab interior apparently is wrong.
Test fit of the cab, doors, hood. Touch-up painting required. Overall color used is Tamiya Olive Green. Perhaps a more yellow hue would be appropriate. The kit went together fairly readily with generally good fit, although getting the proper alignment on some of road wheels can be a little tricky because the attachment points could have been more robust. Overall, however, it was a nice straight-forward build with good detail but not an excessive number of parts. Without readily available references, not sure about accuracy issues other than the cab interior. The bench layout in the cargo bed might be suspect as well, but I can't tell - maybe ignorance makes for an easier build because you don't have to worry about correcting minute details. Need to figure out driver and something to tow . . .
Test fit of the cab, doors, hood. Touch-up painting required. Overall color used is Tamiya Olive Green. Perhaps a more yellow hue would be appropriate. The kit went together fairly readily with generally good fit, although getting the proper alignment on some of road wheels can be a little tricky because the attachment points could have been more robust. Overall, however, it was a nice straight-forward build with good detail but not an excessive number of parts. Without readily available references, not sure about accuracy issues other than the cab interior. The bench layout in the cargo bed might be suspect as well, but I can't tell - maybe ignorance makes for an easier build because you don't have to worry about correcting minute details. Need to figure out driver and something to tow . . .