Builder Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Hi all, This is my completed Tamiya 1/35 Type 90 Tank with Mine Roller. Build Summary I built this pretty much OOB, with the exception of stowage, the wires on the smoke dispensers which were scratch built using thin wire and the antenna, also made using slightly thicker wire. The visors on the hatches were made by mixing Microsol Klear and Tamiya X-23 clear blue. I decided to keep the tank clean and weather it very slightly. The tracks, and mine roller were weathered a bit more but the tanks as a whole has a clean look. This is how I like it. I built the tank first and the mine roller second, as I prefer to build in sub assemblies. The mine roller tow cables broke off and so look slightly bent in the final model. With the stowage I added a few civillian Jerry cans to add some colour and a brief case carrying the launch codes! The colours on the tank are slightly off as I decided not to use the Tamiya JGSDF colours as I do not like to paint with acrylics, so the tank was painted using Humbrol enamels, with colours that were eyeballed to match but also to create more of contrast. Finally the panel lines were highlighted using Copic Multi liner pens - Black using the 0.03mm tip and the 0.05mm tip. I prefer using these to washes as it gives me more control and also helps create that clean look I was going for. The paint was faded slightly in areas and preshaded in others to give that ever so slight weathered feel. Kit Details (from www.scalemates.com) Brand: Tamiya Title: Japanese Type 90 Tank with Mine Roller Number: 35236 Scale: 1:35 Type: Full kit Released: 1999 | Rebox (Updated/New parts) based on Tamiya Kit 35208 released in 1996 Final Video Type 90 with Mine Roller Type 90 without Mine Roller Final Photos I hope you all like it. All comments welcome. 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D1fuN0 Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Very Nice indeed, well done... Mad Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheezburger Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Pretty cool. Makes me want to think the tank commander is a militaria collector who found a M 24 hand grenade case at a local fleamarket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 That looks very impressive. Well done. Kind regards, Stix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard E Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 (edited) Very smart - it looks a bit like the German Leopard 2's long lost Japanese cousin and was clearly designed by a man who only had a ruler and set square to hand Edited February 18, 2017 by Richard E Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
celt Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Very impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Very cool! Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrancisGL Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 As it looks like Leo2A4, I wonder how different / similar they will actually be Cheers mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUNchazer Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 Great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Superb build and finish,great to see something rare too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spruecutter Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Great looking model! Nice groundwork too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Builder Posted March 10, 2017 Author Share Posted March 10, 2017 On 18/02/2017 at 2:46 PM, MAD STEVE said: Very Nice indeed, well done... Mad Steve On 18/02/2017 at 7:39 PM, Cheezburger said: Pretty cool. Makes me want to think the tank commander is a militaria collector who found a M 24 hand grenade case at a local fleamarket. On 18/02/2017 at 10:14 PM, PlaStix said: That looks very impressive. Well done. Kind regards, Stix On 18/02/2017 at 10:23 PM, Richard E said: Very smart - it looks a bit like the German Leopard 2's long lost Japanese cousin and was clearly designed by a man who only had a ruler and set square to hand On 19/02/2017 at 4:23 AM, celt said: Very impressive. On 19/02/2017 at 9:23 PM, MikeR said: Very cool! Mike. On 19/02/2017 at 10:00 PM, FrancisGL said: As it looks like Leo2A4, I wonder how different / similar they will actually be Cheers mate On 21/02/2017 at 6:24 AM, SUNchazer said: Great! On 23/02/2017 at 9:41 AM, stevej60 said: Superb build and finish,great to see something rare too! On 24/02/2017 at 5:09 PM, spruecutter said: Great looking model! Nice groundwork too. Thanks all for the kind words! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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