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Post by jkb on Jun 13, 2023 14:25:39 GMT
Hi again ppl This time i decided to have a go with a difficult kit and a difficult subject. Bronco's A 13 has a lot of parts and the tracks are an absolute nightmare. Extremely small and the two tracks need 480 pieces..... Hope i can do that without becoming an alcoholic. The tank i will attempt to depict is from the expeditionary force in Greece in 1941. Unfortunately that was a defeat. That means, the only available pics from the tanks come from German cameras and are either from abandoned or destroyed tanks. Now regarding the camo options, there were a few plain sand colour ones and most with Caunter camo scheme. The later is definitely the most interesting, but find it really hard to do. We'll see.  
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Post by Paul B on Jun 13, 2023 16:29:13 GMT
Oh yes, I am defo in for this one  |
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Post by Si B on Jun 13, 2023 19:12:23 GMT
Has my interest too  |
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Post by Snipersmudge on Jun 14, 2023 18:16:40 GMT
watching with interest, you are braver than me with the bronco kit John!
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Post by jkb on Jun 15, 2023 9:20:39 GMT
watching with interest, you are braver than me with the bronco kit John! Not a matter of bravery Pete! Rather of stupidity...... A badly engineered kit. PE with no actual reason to exist, items that are broken down to a lot of parts to be assembled for no good reason. Warped big parts like the front upper hull. Mating it to the mid and lower hull and keeping it attached to the sides was a real pain to do. Fit is mediocre between big parts with no actual positioning places and vague instructions on the matter. If i didn't like the subject it would be placed back in the box and shelved. Anyway, this is the progress so far. It is a slow process.     |
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Post by tommygunn on Jun 15, 2023 12:27:17 GMT
Troubles but great progress.
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Post by bwilt on Jun 16, 2023 10:44:34 GMT
Sure sounds like a difficult kit....
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Post by nito74 on Jun 16, 2023 11:49:28 GMT
Difficult build this one... PE, bad fitting, impossible tracks... But judging by the photos it doesn't seem like it.
Nice progress so far !!
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Post by jkb on Jun 16, 2023 19:19:47 GMT
Difficult build this one... PE, bad fitting, impossible tracks... But judging by the photos it doesn't seem like it. Nice progress so far !! I guess i have to say thanks? I have built a lot of very old and bad quality kits. So i know how to get around their issues. Am i a pro or a guy that reviews kits on line? No. Yet i felt the need to tell what i saw with this one. This kit has very good detail but for sure is not for the not experienced modeller. I should have taken pics of the clamping sessions and how that front end looked regarding the warping, but i got caught in the process and neglected it. Anyway the building part is finished, except for the tracks that is..... Next step, primer.... Rivets to be cut from sprues and glued, and other really small parts. Nice details. Hope they will still be in place after painting.             |
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Post by nito74 on Jun 16, 2023 20:09:12 GMT
Well you turned it around, by these last photos you made an excellent job of it !!!
Congrats on such a good looking kit so far, I bet with paint on it , it will turn into another perfect build like your Elephant or StuG.
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Post by Ian H. on Jun 17, 2023 10:28:19 GMT
Excellent work on the A13, John!
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Post by jkb on Jun 18, 2023 10:21:45 GMT
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Post by jkb on Jun 20, 2023 20:11:13 GMT
After some weathering, not finalized though, started working on the tracks. If you are convicted for murder it is a good way to do your time. 😛 You will be finished about the end of your time inside.... So after about 3 hours of non stop work, the first lengths are assembled.   |
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Post by Armorguy on Jun 20, 2023 20:24:52 GMT
The tank looks bloody marvelous!the track lengths look good as well, awesomeness in the making.
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Post by bwilt on Jun 21, 2023 8:42:42 GMT
Very nice and unusual model, looks really different 👍
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Post by Paul B on Jun 21, 2023 9:39:26 GMT
The colours look good to me John As for those tracks, well I hope you enough whisky |
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Post by tommygunn on Jun 21, 2023 12:48:32 GMT
Great colour scheme.
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Post by jkb on Jun 24, 2023 15:32:07 GMT
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Post by Paul B on Jun 24, 2023 16:01:06 GMT
And another outstanding build you have bought us again  Fantastic my friend |
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Post by nito74 on Jun 24, 2023 20:37:33 GMT
I agree with Mr. B
Outstanding !!!
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