gamevender Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 Since they are mainly aimed at the war gamer, many of The Plastic Soldier Company's kits each have multiple vehicles in them. I wanted a decent small scale Valentine as the very old Fujimi and ESCI kits were quite dated, and the PSC offered what they call a "Reinforcement" Valentine, which is just one bagged Valentine, so I decided to try it. What I got was one complete lower hull and two one-piece suspension units, but two different upper hulls and three different turrets. So, you really only had enough parts to build one, complete, tank, although with a choice of three different marks. However, with a little ingenuity and a pretty big box of spare parts, I was able to put together a second lower hull and suspension, so I got two kits out of the deal. The donor kit parts are from the ESCI offering and are also in 1/72 scale. However, their 1/72 must be somewhat different from PSC 1/72 as the ESCI lower hull was a full 5mm longer and needed to be cut down to fit, but the actual suspension units and tracks fit fine. Go figure. I added a few bits and bobs of detail parts from the spares box to each, but much more could be done in the way of removing molded on handles and replacing them with wire, etc, but I was not up to that as I just wanted a decent looking Val in my collection. The green one is a Mk IX with the 6 pdr. gun and three man turret as used by the 6th Armoured Division in Tunisia before they got their Crusader Mk. IIIs. It has the one piece PSC suspension and track units while the other is a Mk. III with the 2 pdr. gun and three man turret as used by the 23rd Armoured Brgd. in the Western Desert and has the ESCI suspension and track. They are nice little kits and fun to build as there is a low parts count, very nice molding and little clean up. 28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 That's superb job that you've done on both of them. They could easily be mistaken for 1/35th scale. Nice work. John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sardaukar Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 Nice work, have considered cross kitting PSC parts with the ESCI kit myself, as what you have done has turned out great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milan Mynar Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 Great work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 Congratulations on two fine models well done 👏 all the best for the new year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairtrigger Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 Fantastic results.... Yes, as previously highlighted could be mistaken easily for 1:35 scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 A nice pair of Vallys there. Stuart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carius Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 You did a beautiful job, my favorite is the desert version. Happy New Year, Cesar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 Outstanding small scale work. I don't know how you manage to operate so well in the tiny scale. WWell done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanC Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 Excellent little models. Nice to see! All the best for 2022. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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