Dragon Sdkfz 265, kleine Panzerbefehlwagen I build

Fragile!

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Must be Italian…

Is it a Bowling Alley?

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Almost!

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95 done. Very fragile and I broke quite a few. One small pin is molded on each block and you are supposed to rock it onto it’s neighbor and then add a pin. I found out quickly there is no play in the rocking motion so I trimmed that cast in pin.
We will see how it handles being put on the suspension.

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That was difficult…

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This side went very easy and I hardly broke any blocks.

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Now painted.

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Tracks are on. If I drank, I’d be drinking now. SO BRITTLE!



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Put some decals on.
Cartograf and Solvaset solution. I don’t use gloss coat when using these this combo.


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Some extras have been painted.

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That’s some great work Dan !!
I finished mine this year, and I also used the T-rex tracks.


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Thanks, I like yours! Did you find the track brittle?

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A little, I broke maybe 12 to 15 links.
And it took me awhile to get the correct number of links.

But they are way better than the original from Dragon.
I had also some issues with the decals besides that it’s a very nice kit from Dragon.

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About the same number for me.
I think it’s just because it’s so small.

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I think so too Dan.
I worked on a set for a Panther and I might have broken only a few pins, track were all good.

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I’ve done a set of their T55 tracks with no problems and I don’t want to appear to be saying its a poor product.

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Put a dot filter on a few days ago and added the extra gear.
I hope to put a figure on it.

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That is a really nice job Dan. Nice war booty of Bordeaux to boot. A figure would add a story.

A slight observation, should the road wheels have a black rubber band?

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They should, and I think I added a very thin black wash over them. Thanks for the heads up.

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Or dust the vehicle down. Enough road dust and you’ll barely be able to tell the color difference. Or mud.

But then you’ll need a base…

And once you make a base you’ll need a name plate…

And once you make the name plate a mouse will come along asking about cookies…

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