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Takom 1/35 AMX-13/75

Jeeves

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Building this for a Six Day Way Anniversary build...
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Assembly is going pretty smoothly-- some delicate parts to be sure...I've been careful to relieve stress on the sprues before actually cutting the part out. Here is my work through the first few steps:
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And a nice touch by Takom- the tires for the road wheels are separate which makes them hella easier to paint!
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Thanks for looking Luiz and Mike!

Some progress despite the oppressive heat as of late...
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Thanks James-- the Indy links in the kit look to be pretty easy to assemble but I could be way off...we will see...
 
Pretty much all fiddly bits on and paint sprayed. Need to add the tires to the road wheels and assemble tracks yet...then finish assembly and start weathering...
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This will be the next bit to work on...
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Now which will steady the hands better...coffee or whiskey? Both!!!!
 
Thanks all...I can with all honesty say I did NOT enjoy these tracks ;) Not much holding them together...and when I brushed on the cement to try to weld them together initially, they still fell apart when fixing them on...every time I tried to fix something, another part came free...needless to say, I am happy it's done...it's not perfect, but its done. Now that everything is set I may try a bit more fine tuning...
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Calling this one done...tracks were no kind of good to work with. Hope all Takom kits aren't like that...although maybe it was because they were so small?

Here we go:
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Want to buy/build this one so much, but I've read elsewhere that the tracks are a little 'troublesome'... Nice build, matey, hey are those boxes on the rear of turret part of the 'structure' or something that you've added ??


Ian.
 
Thanks Bob and Ian!

Ian- the rearward rectangular box is part of the kit, but the Israeli Jerry can and the other oil can is from a supplies kit.
 
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