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Work continued today on another very nice Tamiya kit. With the exception of a few misplaced injector pin marks the kit has been trouble free. I really do enjoy these armor builds, lol!!

Good Lord I can't wait for my skills to reach this level!! You are a true craftsman Jim!!

My wife has been visiting her sister here in Atlanta so I had all day Tuesday to myself. I spent the whole wonderful day playing, lol!!

Thanks Black. It was great fun!!

Building the suspension and lower hull parts. It's amazing to complexity of the German tank suspension over the American and Russian tanks.

Starting my 1/35 Tamiya German Sturmgeschutz sdjfz163 today.

My Tamiya 1/35 Russian T-62A Tank is complete. What a great build!! Highly recommended.

I saw several kits yesterday with new styrene tracks! What are you thoughts on those? Also how about the snap track system?

Decals installed. Let those setup for the afternoon then spray the matt coat and I'm done!

Sprayed a coat of Future on the turret and hull to seal the weathering and to apply the decals.

Oh thanks Wayne. I really do enjoy building armor kits but I'm an aircraft builder at heart, lol!!

Yeah No.245 Squadron served with Fighter Command from 1939 until 1943, before joining 2nd Tactical Air Force to take part in the D-Day invasion. The squadron was reformed on 30 October 1939 at Leconfield, and was originally equipped with Blenheim fighters. In January 1940 Battles were issued for training in single engined aircraft, and in March the squadron converted to the Hurricance. In January 1943 the squadron converted to the Typhoon, and in June 1943 it joined the new 2nd Tactical Air Force. Attacks on targets in France continued, but now with communications targets as the main priority. In April 1944 the squadron began to use rockets as its main weapon.Several aircraft including Typhoon IB MP197 MR-U has Sharkmouth nose air!

I painted the rear fuel tanks with Tamiya XF-62 Olive Drab and then weather them with the Flory washes and Vallejo Pigments to break up and highlight them. I like the mud effects of the pigments.

Excellent review! What a great kit!

Building and installing road wheels. Oh boy, lol!!! The T-62A has tracks. Love this build so far!! Dry brushed with Tamiya XF-9 Hull Red and XF-16 Flat Aluminum. Applied Flory Dark Dirt and Brown wash to the tracks and hull sides with the addition of Vallejo Burnt Umber Pigment. Love the look!!!

Priming and pre-shading the turret and hull using Home Depot rattle can grey auto primer and Tamiya XF-1 Flat Black. Base coated with Tamiya XF-26 Deep Green and post shading with a mixture of Tamiya XF-26 and XF-2 Flat White.

Thanks everyone for the kind comments. Being retired has it's building perks, lol!!!

Thanks Grant. I've been modelling aircraft for years but recently lost my "armor virginity" and really enjoy Tamiya armor builds, lol!!

Primed the turret and hull with Home Depot rattle can grey primer. Also primed and painted the road wheels black with Home Depot rattle can flat black. Hand painting road wheels with Tamiya XF-26 Deep Green.

The Revell 1/32 Hawker Typhoon takes its place in The Basement Air Force. Great kit and a fun build. Oh and if you ever want to know anything about D-Day and Identification stripes please don't hesitate to ask, lol!!!

Decals are set!! Once that all dries I'll attach a few small bits and give the Typhoon it sealing matt coat.

While waiting for the Future coat to cure on my Revell 1/32 Hawker Typhoon I slammed away at the T-62A. My hats off to Tamiya as this is a very well engineered kit making the fit perfect! Very fun build!! The turret. The Hull. Machine gun and gunners hatch. Commanders, gunner and drivers hatches. OOB wire engine vents. Nice touch!! Rear turret looking forward. Working on the road wheels and will prime/highlight the turret and hull today after I decal the Typhoon!

No Ted no 1/24th kit for me at this time. Not sure where I'd display it, lol!!!

Slamming through this Russian T-62A. What a great build. Highly recommended!! I guess some will say the detail is missing on the Tamiya kits over other manufacturers but this simple armor guy could tell detail missing from one tanks to another. Others will say the rubber one piece tracks are trash but I find they finish well with washes and pigments and look great. I'm going to order a Meng kit and forgo suffering through a Trumpeter kit as my friend Richard did to gain experience with another kit manufacturer! But for now I love me some Tamiya armor, lol!!

Did I tell you how much I enjoy armor!!! Started the hull on the T-62A this afternoon. This should be a fun build!