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    1/35 Diamond T 969A Wrecker

    in Armour/AFV Reviews

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    Nige don't get my wrong! love your reviews!

    I still love the subject and i will buy one... But i was quite dissapointed about the tyres... Because i just hate vinyl tyres and half pieces....

    The injection Looks better that the first release and with the Resin tyres it would be just great!

    GB Eindeckers rules.

    in Eindecker GB

    Posted

    Guys, in order to give more time to all the WIP, I decided to extended the GB deadline for more TWO months! So the GB will close down at June, 31th.

     

    :D So still lots of times to finish them!! I will do it!! :)

    1/35 Diamond T 969A Wrecker

    in Armour/AFV Reviews

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    Is a financial and economic strategy with which I disagree is because down the bar on the quality of the kit just to produce AM to sell.

    But we are talking about a short-run kit, multimedia one that for me, as a multi-media kit should have resin and all the stuff (PE) to make it quite good with no need of more AM.

    The first release has a very good packing!! Love  the resin and the PE!! It was a fantastic release.... Now is a plastic, short run model kit... equal to all other sort run, like Ace in 1:72...:(

     

     

     

    I agree, strange indeed?? However, the company have launched an aftermarket set of Resin wheels for it now.

     

    I have begun assembling this one, and straight away have discovered there is a small gap between the two halves of the wheel rims. I've added a piece of 0.010 card to one half of each wheel which will take care of it. You could sand the 0.010 off one half, but I am scared of making the tyres too skinny??

     

    So, one may wish to buy the resin wheels rather than do the work I've done?

    See... you already having problems with the tyres! a strange problem? The best option: AM resin tyres made by LZ Models (sister brand of Mirror) ....going to pay more for an already expensive model kit (short-run one)... All brands should have a quality standard and Mirror start by have resin tyres in their kits...Giving that up, for me, they drop the quality of their kits just to have an AM set to sell. 

    I would love to get my hands on this one before your review....now, I really have my doubts....

    1/35 Diamond T 969A Wrecker

    in Armour/AFV Reviews

    Posted

    I don't think wheels "in half" are that unusual really? many older kits had them this way before the manufacturers decided to use vinyl tyres. Even the old Italeri 1/24 truck kits were this way. I prefer this to vinyl tyres if I'm honest..

    Nigel I also prefer these ones to vinyl tyres! Just saying that is a strange option coming from Mirror because the CMP C15TA (Ref. 35100), the very first release from Mirror came with resin tyres... much better option! 

    Panzer Kpfw. 38(t) Ausf. E/F

    in Eastern Front Armour GB

    Posted

    Wahahahaha! Mig.... It's not "La Escuela de Español" but "A Escola de Português".... So we should call him Sukhoi.... ;)

     

    Francesco, all fun aside, great subject!! The Pz.Kpfw. 38 (t) was widely used by the Germans in the invasion of the Soviet Union.

     

    Hahahah!! Sukhoi Studio!

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    Renault R40 - 1:35

    in 1940 Group Build

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    Thanks guys for the words!

     

     

    Ah! Great! Looking forward how it goes together! Are we going to see the Portuguese School of painting as opposed to the already established Spanish School?';)

     

    Iberian Duel! Throw pigments, washes and oils to each other! :)

    We are a small country with no many modellers... However there`s some fantastic armour modelers that, in my point of view, try to mitigate the weathearing effects with the paint job... 

     

    Mig Pardelhas?

     LOOOL!  

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