Just finished it. Bought it last Saturday after foolishly going to a hobby shop with buddies $$. Typical Tamiya kit and I replaced most tools with Dragon’s versions from the spare parts box. Stainless steel for the exhaust mesh is a bit foolish I think.
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Looking really good.
Hope you’re watching the AusArmour guys assembling their Pz1 Ausf. B too.
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No, I haven’t.
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Oh; you’re missing on a great build. It’s quite a treat.
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They’re building theirs from some surplus sprues they bought online so a lot of it is scratchbuilt.
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If you think that’s scratchbuilding. You should see their Sd. Kfz. 221.
That one’s practically completely scratch built.
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I have the same kit in my stash they are using as a guide for this restoration. I have a feeling my build won’t be as exciting.
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I have bothe an Academy Pz1 Ausf. B and a Tamiya 222 panzerspahwagen in the stash as well. Make for some fun building.
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I think the Academy kit is probably better detailed than Tamiya’s going by their directions.
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are the tracks molded as a single piece for each side?
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No, they are length and link.
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Had a mishap with the kit and it is no more. In hindsight, I wish that I hadn’t bought it as I think the Takom kit is a better kit detail wise.
I blame Bob!
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Poor kid!
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That is not surprising. Tamiya will typically sacrifice detail over “easy of construction”. They leave the uber detail kits to others. You do typically see their kits built more than the uber detail kits. Up to the modeler to decide what is important to them for that project.
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