OCD Builds.... Research Tanks in 1/35th 8O

[ALPHA]

holes .........

....If I could find all the little tiny bits that went Awol....I'd like to send them those

ALPHA

[ALPHA]

PICTURES BEFORE PAINT:

HA GO




Turned out to be a very cool tank...tedious as tedious can be in the assembly department

ALPHA

[ALPHA]

PICTURES BEFORE PAINT:

CHI HA





AND BOTH TOGETHER


On to paint..haven't done this complex of a paint job in a long time...hope luck is on my side lol

ALPHA

[PainlessWolf]

Alpha,
That is nice, clean and detailed work on those tanks. I love the details, including the stars on the glacis and the beautiful bolt and rivet work in the kits. Looking forward to paint, my friend!
regards,
Painless

[ALPHA]

Alpha,
That is nice, clean and detailed work on those tanks. I love the details, including the stars on the glacis and the beautiful bolt and rivet work in the kits. Looking forward to paint, my friend!
regards,
Painless

Looks nice now lol...You should have seen the fit and the amount of flash on the Ha Go...it would have driven any model builder crazy...I suspect that's why the owner of the Ha Go put it up for auction
If you notice all the white on the Ha Go...that's where the body didn't line up nicely...huge gaps in that one...had to fight with myself from throwing in against a wall lol...in the end it turned out ok though

ALPHA

[ALPHA]

OK...So I got lazy lol....didn't pull out any frisket tape or silly putty...just pulled out ye ol airbrush and set to work

Research Tank : HA GO PAINTED







Remember...I haven't done camo in decades....I could have used the hairy stick..but after a bowl of dry ramen...said heck.
..I just want to see what happens

CARPE DIEM Gents

ALPHA

[ALPHA]

Research Tank : CHI HA PAINTED







Good enough is good enough lol...OK...didn't paint the wheels ...But I painted the machine guns...which is more than I did on the others
I also forgot to take a photo of them together...Sorry about that..maybe later


CARPE DIEM Gents

ALPHA

PS. Might repaint the two later..after the movie comes out and I get to see how the paint is organized

[ALPHA]

This is gonna be GREAT!





ALPHA

[ALPHA]

Didn't get the pattern quite right....but at least it's recognizable as Japanese lol...Still wondering what the significance of that yellow cross they all wear...I thought it might be for aerial recognition...but I don't think that's it....the interesting thing is if the tanks were lined up in a formation...the lines would form a net...but like I said...what that means....I just don't know lol

ALPHA

[ALPHA]

Next up:
CARRO ARMATO P 40

I just got this one in the mail....had won one previous...the flaw with the kit in my mind were the tracks...they are the glue on type ...this second one I won came with those fruimodel metal tracks...which I was contemplating getting for the first one...got a pretty good deal on it...paid about the price of the tracks alone with ship...so since I got the first one for a good price too...it's like I got one model for free

ALPHA