Slater Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 I have this Trumpeter kit on order as I thought the Ariete was a little-noticed and fairly interesting topic. Anyone familiar with this particular kit? This evidently depicts an uparmoured configuration: http:// Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massimo Tessitori Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 I've built one years ago, it is fairly good, but I had to work on the front of the turret that is missing of a slot, besides all the bolts of the front have to be cut away and remade using those printed on one sprue. The tracks were too long, I had to shorten them but the joint was hidden by the skirts. Besides I had to close some gaps inside the lot of the gun and a small recess inside the rear plate of the rear bustle. Paint (humbrol, if I remember well) peel off the tracks when they are deformed to be mounted on. The suggested paint is Mr Color 303, so a relatively light green; this can be when the vehicle is faded, new paint instead should be a bit darker and a bit more olive, more or less as Humbrol 86. The uparmoured version was seen, for what I know, in Iraq only. If one wants to omit the additional armour, he has to rebuilt part of the shirts. An earlier kit without th additional armour is availble, but it has a prototype style gun barrel that should be replaced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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