2026 So.Cal.AMPS 12 Hour Build Challenge, Sdkfz.251/9

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Yup, it’s that time of year again… the annual So.Cal.AMPS 12 Hour Build Challenge- build a kit from start to finish within 12 hours in three separate monthly Zoom meeting four hour sessions. Session 1 was today, session 2 will be in May, and session 3 in June. The kit selected for me by fellow club members from the three submitted is this one, a Tamiya 1/35 Sdkfz. 251/9

Being Tamiya, the build has gone super smooth compared to ones I have built in previous 12 hour challenge GBs and I got much farther along than I had planned for or anticipated. I completed probably 90% of the construction, aside from getting the top and bottom of the hull together, along with a few small detail parts on the hull. I also was able to airbrush on a base coat of AK Real Colors Dark Yellow RAL 7028.

Stand by for the next update in late May :wink:

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You should have time to enter it in the Tamiya tribute campaign if you want too.

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I suppose that I could… :thinking: Although I have already built one kit for that GB… :smirking_face:

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Doh! I had forgotten that. I was looking at if you had time and not that at my list of completed builds for the campaign. More the merrier.

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No worries. I am putting this one on there too :wink: This build is reminding me of the joy of building a Tamiya kit. Are they perfect? No. Are they the best detailed? Not nowadays. But for a trouble free build… :smirking_face:

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