Bear Paw Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 This is the third AFV model I have made. I have got to a sticky patch with the kit I am building at the moment and so have been distracted by this half track. As far as I can see this kit is a 45 year old kit and it is very simple. I have made it straight out of the box with stores. very enjoyable build 26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nenad Ilijic Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 Very nice. Which kit is this? Cheers, Nenad 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear Paw Posted January 1, 2021 Author Share Posted January 1, 2021 22 minutes ago, Nenad Ilijic said: Very nice. Which kit is this? Cheers, Nenad It was the Tamiya Hanomag Sdkfz 251/1 1/35 item 35020*2200. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bish Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 Nice job on this old kit. Despite its accuracy issues, it makes a good practice piece. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 There is a lot to be said about these old kits, yes they don't have all the bells and whistles of the newer kits.When i was a young lad in the 1970s ,these were the kits everyone wanted ,and if you wanted to add extras to the kit you had to make them yourself out of anything to hand .You have done a fantastic job on the old girl ,well done 👏. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear Paw Posted January 2, 2021 Author Share Posted January 2, 2021 Thank you Bush and Homer, I am new to building armoured vehicles but not modelling and so I have seen these kits around since I too was young. I bought this mail order for £20 including postage and so decided to have a go. It is a very simple kit and exactly what I was looking for to develop skills. It has been very enjoyable using all the weathering mate and techniques. I have enjoyed it so much I now have the Tamiya 1/35 Sdk.fz 223 armoured car to build. 👍🏻 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swralph Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 Great looking build Bear.😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 You should do more of these things, it looks great. I just won the upper hull from one of these on the bay. It will be part of a Sci fi build. I'll try to watch the 223 build. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear Paw Posted January 2, 2021 Author Share Posted January 2, 2021 Thank you Swralph and Pete, I will make sure to post the 223 on here when built. Tbh there are a lot of these old Tamiya kits to go at! 👍🏻 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 Excellent job you've done there. Nicely weathered and loaded. John. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear Paw Posted January 2, 2021 Author Share Posted January 2, 2021 Thank you John, it was a good opportunity to load up the vehicle with everything! Photos that I have seen show them with so much stuff on them. Here is a colour photo from the time with the crew giving their vehicle a posed wash down. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear Paw Posted January 4, 2021 Author Share Posted January 4, 2021 Thank you all for the feed back and I have learnt a lot from this kit - have a more modern Dragon kit of the same vehicle so I will have a go at this when I have completed my Tamiya sdkfz 223. I am not too happy with the spare wheel on this as it too large. The stores and sandbags look a bit large too, so I may have a go at making my own. The tracks on this old kit are awful but I didn’t want to splash out on the metal set. I have now glued the tracks down on to the top of the road wheels to try and represent the characteristic sag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 I found one of these on Amazon warehouse at just over eleven pounds so put it in the basket. I looked the next day and they said they'd lost that one, so here was another at fourteen odd pounds. Pressed cancel! I'll do without for now. Customer service? Yeah right. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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