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Showing posts with label 1/48. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1/48. Show all posts

6.9.12

A Magazine; Military in Scale, November 2010

























The US Marine Shermans just keep on coming, like the Alvis Stalwart did before! This is an amazing build including a number of different kits and scratch built details. I had never heard about Iron Division (sorry!) who have made the upper hull for this conversion but googled it and found a number of Sherman products via Toadman's site.



16.4.12

What's in the Box? Schwimmwagen Tamiya, 1/48



















Like all Tamiya's models in 1/48 the box top vehicle is portrayed in a realistic setting.




















You get 35 pieces of sand coloured plastic, no figures. I think the wheels might have too round a shoulder, check your references on this. This is almost as detailed as the bigger sibling in 1/35 from Tamiya. You get a separate hood for the rear mounted engine but there is nothing to show if you keep it open. How about nicking this part from Bandai's model in same scale?






































Clear glass and decals in a separate bag.




















Still have this to build, might even do it in three colour camou for the sake of the challenge in this scale.



8.4.12

What's in the Box? Schwimmwagen Bandai, 1/48



















This is in a scale that was a bit forgotten in general till Tamiya started a new trend producing armour and soft skin vehicles for the masses a few years ago. Bandai's now old kit is rather heavy and thickly cast in dark grey plastic. All in all you have 50 parts to assembly before done. A prominent gap will be visible on the inside of the mud guards after assembly I can tell after dry fitting the parts. The delicate front bumper is molded to the upper body part so be careful when handling it. German eagle holding a swastika on box top is showing this kit's age. Call in the archaeologists!



















Separate seats in front and parted seats in the back. Wheel hubs are very finely detailed.


On photo above you may spot the very simple folding top, it is almost like a toy version of the real thing. Maybe a good reason to use the raised one instead? On the left you can see the engine and hood, great if you want to super detail och make a diorama more interesting.



















Three small men in green plastic, 11 parts.



















A wide assortment of markings for this one. Wind shield includes a wiper.



I think this little car can be just fine if one is a bit careful when building it. A general advice is to thin all edges to make it a bit more delicate looking. However, a Tamiya it is not but it have its points.