John Posted August 22, 2020 Share Posted August 22, 2020 I'm taking a break from 50 year old kits I built as a kid, so when this showed up in Rubicon Models UK's webstore the stars aligned. I'm not really an armour modeller but I have a small collection of Rubicon's 1/56th scale kits because they offer a nice relaxing build and I like the size of the finished article.They're also very high quality products. The first time I'd even heard of the Comet was when Matchbox released their 1/76th scale kit in the 1970s. It's still not that well served in the modelling world so this new kit is especially welcome. So, what do you get? A very high quality end-opening box: Rubicon provide comprehensive but generic decal sheets. The quality is usually good: 2 sprues in ABS, rather than polystyrene: Very high quality instructions: More shortly. John 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted August 22, 2020 Share Posted August 22, 2020 Odd scale but a nice subject, so, crack on. Stuart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted August 23, 2020 Author Share Posted August 23, 2020 21 hours ago, Courageous said: Odd scale but a nice subject, so, crack on. Stuart There's actually a large number of military vehicle kits out there in this scale, but only a few are in the scale modelling mainstream - Italeri manufacture for Bolt Action and box these kits themselves too. Anyway, to work. The turret shows some of the innovative engineering often found in Rubicon kits: Meanwhile the running gear gets some paint thrown at it. This is a first undercoating: There's some very nice detail here. The colour used here is: ...part of a batch bought from Jamie's stand at the Perth show a couple of years ago. Fantastic stuff. I also bought the Rubicon Commonwealth Tank Crew set. I didn't realise at the time that the kit came with a commander figure, so now it can have a loader too. John 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niall Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 A comment on Courageous' post - 1/56th scale is to match 28mm wargame figures. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted August 30, 2020 Author Share Posted August 30, 2020 The inner road wheels are connected by a spacer, which I trimmed off and added the wheels individually: The completed running rear looks quite good. The tracks are a bit simplified but by the time there's a bit of weathering on them they'll be fine: By some process that mystifies me, I managed to lose part A26. I've replaced it with some EMA ABS sheet. I'll add the prise bar later: John 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaastav Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 First law of modelling, if you have parts, one is guaranteed to get lost... Great work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted September 13, 2020 Author Share Posted September 13, 2020 The front and rear skirts don't have big contact areas so the heavy weaponry was brought out: Fit at the rear of the hull is OK but needs a bit of persuasion - more heavy weaponry deployed: Most of the basic construction done and the basic markings for the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry applied: Next steps are tidying up the paintwork and starting some basic weathering. More soon. John 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted September 22, 2020 Author Share Posted September 22, 2020 A bit of weathering, in this case well thinned Humbrol 94 Brown Yellow: The Commander's vane sight is a cage-shaped contraption to the front of his cupola. The kit supplies it as a solid part, so a bit of careful painting will be called for: I cut off both the overscale Besa muzzles. I'll replace them with turned brass 1/48th scale parts, which will still be a bit too big but should look finer: Next job is to tidy up the finish of the tracks. John 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 Coming along very nicely John. Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted September 27, 2020 Author Share Posted September 27, 2020 The metal Besas should be here shortly, when I'll complete the finishing touches: John 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted October 4, 2020 Author Share Posted October 4, 2020 Brass Besas Almost a shame to paint them... John 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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