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Hello all, Today I have the start of a build that I don't know why I am attempting, as frankly, it is vastly beyond my skill level. It is the FROG / MSD 1/72 Vickers Vimy Commercial / Vernon. So far, I have added some bulkheads to the (attempt) at a cockpit, as well as a few for the walls of the troop / medevac compartment. Tail surfaces and the upper wing have both been built, as well as the engines, one of which has been misplaced somewhere. So far, only a little filler has been needed at the joins of the wing sections and on the engine nacelles, but I suspect that far more will be needed once I actually glue the fuselage halves together. For now, here is the dry-fit fuselage and (part of) the tail surfaces: Next up will be finishing the engines, finding / scratching bench seats for the interior, and then completing the tail. Thanks all, Wish me luck, Tweener
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T-34 Chevron Type. Mod 1942 Track Links MSD 1:35 To go with the replacement turret reviewed HERE MSD have also released a set of individual track links for a T-34 Mod.1942. The nine sprues of light grey styrene each contain 20 links half with control horns, half without, to produce the Chevron style tracks shown in the box top picture. Unfortunately these are not the nice user-friendly snap and click type, but the glue together type, with no real positive lock. That said with a bit of patience and forward thinking these still look like they will assemble into a good looking set of accurate tracks. Personally I would treat them as you would link and length and assemble as such before fitting to the model. The attachments to the sprues are on the inner and outer edges so clean up is pretty simple after removal, and with no sign of flash, good clean joining points, it shouldn’t take too long to assemble Conclusion Whilst not the easiest method of achieving an accurate length of track, these links do look like they will be very effective. Recommended Review sample courtesy of
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T-34 Cast Turret 1942-43 MSD 1:35 With the number of factories churning out T-34s by the hundreds there were naturally variations of design throughout production. This new update/conversion set provides a single cast turret as built by the Krasnoe Sormovo, or Factory No112. The attractive box, with a simple CAD drawing of the completed turret on the top, actually contains slightly more than just the turret. There are three sprues of quite hard light grey styrene the majority of which are for the turret, but there are quite a few parts not mentioned in the instruction sheet, which I presume can be used to modify the rest of whatever particular model you’re building, although, since there are no notes as to which model this set can be used on, the modeller will have to make the parts fit should they choose to use them. The main turret part is very nice, but it seems to be lacking the roughness that a cast part generally has. Apart from the upper turret, the kit also supplies a complete new mantle, new trunnions and mount, turret turntable, and new waist armour. Then there is a new hatch, grab handles, periscope bulge, lifting eyes, two piece barrel, plus the vision and pistol ports. Conclusion MSD are new to this reviewer and I’m not really sure about the provenance of this set. It’s nicely moulded, but not knowing which kit the turret is supposed to be replacing, I can’t really say whether it’s an improvement or not. Although it could certainly be used in a diorama setting fitted to a bunker, or one of the armed river corvettes used by the Russians. Review sample courtesy of
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