Good evening, gentlemen …
Another one (I’ve been quite productive recently 
.). This time, the french EBR-11 from HobbyBoss. Easy to build, with one exception: the wheel mounting points are terribly tiny and wobbly. You can’t do it without a lot of superglue; it feels like the wheels fall off at the slightest thought of the model (in reality: almost every time you touch it). It’s funny when the wheels scare you more than the aerials…
Anyway, I hope you like the result.
Roger
Nicely done.
Your aerials are awesome. Giving me inspiration to try them. Do you drill and stuck the wires way into the model?
My holy grail is to be able to do the wires on WW 2 fighters that go from tail fin to body or wings to body, I just don’t see how people use actual string and get tension.
Nice result. It’s a pity Hobby Boss made some many mistakes on this one.
I have listed them in my own build at my site.
For your information it is not a EBR-11 as HB calls it, it’s a EBR mod 1951 with FL11 turret or simply EBR FL11.
Olivier
Nice! Are the road wheels aftermarket?
Dave 
That is a beautiful model of a seriously ugly vehicle. That thing is the Fairey Gannet of the armor world.
Thanks. And no, they’re the original wheels from the kit
Hi Olivier
Thanks for the informations. I’m familiar with your article, but to be honest I wasn’t sure whether the errors/adjustments only applied to the version you built.
Thanks. The solution is simple. The tension wires (correct translation ?) are the key. A sort of thin fishing line that I stretch out (hanging it up somewhere with a weight attached) and then soak in superglue – in my case, Zap-a-Gap. The aerials themselves are from a German manufacturer; I’ve forgotten the name just now. They’re thinner and easier to bend than others. They’re attached to the aerial mounts with just a tiny bit of superglue. In this case, one of them actually snapped off, but everything was still ‘in place’ because the tension wire was supporting everything… 
Most of the remarks concern the hull and apply to the both versions with the FL11 turret.
Concerning the turret, the one I depicted is the early one and differs a bit from the late with the 90 mm gun.
Olivier
Great job on a very unique looking vehicle. I have this kit and will get to it at some point. I can’t recall exactly but there are a few companies that make replacement wheels.
What color did you use on it? Again great job !
‘Love this vehicle; I have one in the stash - inevitably. ‘Hope to do it one day though as part of FR forces in Germany. Always thought this was quite a quirky design, the fore and aft approach and that cheeky MG installed in the lower glacis. Very cunning!
Excellent build this - just love it!
