Reini78 Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 After some pause my dad started his newest little armour project, the recently released new 1/48 Tamiya Abrams. Even in that scale it´s a beast. DSC_0008 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0009 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted January 1, 2018 Author Share Posted January 1, 2018 one of the best things about building tanks....so many wheels to paint, yeah! DSC_0022 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted January 2, 2018 Author Share Posted January 2, 2018 as usual with Tamiya´s 1/48 kits, there is some metal added as weight DSC_0002 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr wheels of fun DSC_0003 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr some track painting DSC_0004 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James B Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Great start. Impressions of the kit so far? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted January 3, 2018 Author Share Posted January 3, 2018 8 hours ago, James B said: Great start. Impressions of the kit so far? typical Tamiya quality regarding fit and engineering, enough detail for 1/48 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted January 5, 2018 Author Share Posted January 5, 2018 some black painting preshading, rubber skirts and track pads DSC_0006 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0007 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0009 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted January 6, 2018 Author Share Posted January 6, 2018 wheels done, sand colour is a mix of paint rests of Gunze H313 and Tamiya XF-57 DSC_0005 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr also started to work on the turret DSC_0006 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted January 8, 2018 Author Share Posted January 8, 2018 tracks mounted turret almost done 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted January 11, 2018 Author Share Posted January 11, 2018 already some paint on DSC_0004 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0005 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0006 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted January 12, 2018 Author Share Posted January 12, 2018 decals mostly done DSC_0005 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0006 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr Tamiya was so nice and provided decals for periscopes and sights DSC_0007 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0008 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0009 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted January 15, 2018 Author Share Posted January 15, 2018 last decals done all of them small little pieces DSC_0006 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted January 21, 2018 Author Share Posted January 21, 2018 washing done DSC_0003 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Delta 210 Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Great progress. I'm looking forward to seeing the finished model. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k5054nz Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Me too. I've never cared much for modern (last 20yr) armour but this is a great build and I'm enjoying it. This may be a silly question: was the weight included? I've only built a handful of armour kits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted January 22, 2018 Author Share Posted January 22, 2018 7 hours ago, k5054nz said: Me too. I've never cared much for modern (last 20yr) armour but this is a great build and I'm enjoying it. This may be a silly question: was the weight included? I've only built a handful of armour kits. In their earlier 1/48 armour kits Tamiya included full metal lower hulls for the tanks. Since some time now Tamiya moved back to plastic hulls and therefore metal pieces are provided in the kits. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted January 23, 2018 Author Share Posted January 23, 2018 turret almost done DSC_0005 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0006 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0007 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted January 27, 2018 Author Share Posted January 27, 2018 finishing the last pieces DSC_0004 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted January 29, 2018 Author Share Posted January 29, 2018 upper and lower hull glued together had some tension in the front area and my dad used a clamp to get it together there, some glue was squeezed out, gonna do some rework DSC_0014 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0015 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soeren Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Nice accents in the paintjob. The color looks very close to the tan plastic, so the paintjob is les indistinguishable. The mark of squeezed out plastic would have not have been easy to recognize until you made us aware of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted January 31, 2018 Author Share Posted January 31, 2018 added antennas with plastic rods, some final touches here and there and it should be finished DSC_0007 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0009 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted February 1, 2018 Author Share Posted February 1, 2018 finished and RFI 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 wow! this is great! how long is this one already available?!?!!? got mine yesterday and thought that this was early.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted February 2, 2018 Author Share Posted February 2, 2018 11 hours ago, exdraken said: wow! this is great! how long is this one already available?!?!!? got mine yesterday and thought that this was early.... since about 2 months, ordered it at HLJ, was a Christmas gift for my dad 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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