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Rivetcounters builds

Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 12:07 am
by Rivetcounter
The first model I had built in 25 years was a 1/35 Tamiya Tiger
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Then came a 1/25 Academy Panther A which was RCed  and had Zimmerit this was the first time I had used an air brush
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Then very shortly after came an Academy 1/25 Jagdpanther again with RC and Zimmerit
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Next as the bug bit hard came the first of a long line of 1/16 Tamiya’s this was a Tiger II this had working head lamp smoke and etched grills all when there wasn’t anything available for this tank
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Then came the late Tiger I with a full Aber PE kit and a lot of other scratch built parts
And a paint job that was amongst the first to be done and also started a line of Tigers painted from the same Abteilung
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Then I got my hands on this Gepard and rebuilt it with turret rotation and gun elevation, sold it to a guy in London
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Then at the same time as the Gepard came the Stug IV one new the other second hand
The one with the skirts was new and was sold to a guy in Ulster the other was sold to a guy in Spain
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I have also painted another Stug IV for Robert which he still has
Kubelwagen one for me and another for a mate of Robert both RC though mine has proportional RC
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Bought a very rare Pro models 1/15 Pak 40 for some reason I cant find any pictures of it pained sold this to a guy in the US
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Also had a Bandai Hummel sold, a Tamiya Sherman M4A3E8 sold, another Tamiya Sherman early clutch type sold, Verlinden Flack 88 sold, Verlinden Panther sold, two T34/85 sold another Tamiya Tiger II sold, Hen long Tiger I knackered gearbox
This is the Andrew Design SDKFZ 222 this was an assessment kit supplied by the importer
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Also have a Tamiya Sherman and Pershing the Sherman still needs finishing off after 2 years got no pictures of these yet.
This is a picture showing 2 of the 3 Dragon 1/6 Kubelwagens I have built with RC only 1 belongs to me
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And a 1/6 DID Kettenkrad built RC as a commission
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Second 1/6 Tiger that I have owned notice the camo pattern from the same abteilung, sold to a guy in France
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Last is the latest 1/6 Tiger that I’m working on which is far from finished
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There are a few other tanks that I have build or painted for friends but haven’t got pictures.

Re: Rivetcounters builds

Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 12:10 am
by septon
nice  tanks i would love a 1\16 222 but cant afford one at the moment

Re: Rivetcounters builds

Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 12:25 am
by Rivetcounter
More pictures of the late Tiger build parts in white or pink are scratch built parts in sand are Tamiya Tiger II
http://www.modelwarfare.co.uk/graphics/Rivet01/
http://www.modelwarfare.co.uk/graphics/Rivet03/

You will get to see the 222 at the indoors meet

Re: Rivetcounters builds

Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 7:15 am
by Mackem
This collection should have gone straight into the 'Masterclass' board. Brilliant!!!!!!

Re: Rivetcounters builds

Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 9:19 am
by grompix
Absolutely fantastic builds!

If I had a collection like that I couldn't bear to sell any of them!

Chris
:o

Re: Rivetcounters builds

Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 8:53 pm
by Dandare01
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Here you go Mark I believe this was your PAK all painted, sorry for the quality, but it was early day digital photography  ;)

Re: Rivetcounters builds

Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 8:58 pm
by Matdragon
thanks for showing dandare01

and nice tanks rivit!!

cheers,

Matt

Re: Rivetcounters builds

Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 12:18 pm
by Militarymight
how did you make the buildings and when did it snow

Re: Rivetcounters builds

Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 7:35 pm
by Rivetcounter
Buildings are just plywood cut painted and screwed together they can easily be dismantled and are strong they also have brick printed paper in places and the ones with a roof have printed tiles

Snow pictures where taken about 4 years ago, the Jagdpanther has the very rare Tamiya DMD and gearbox installed

Re: Rivetcounters builds

Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 9:22 am
by adin
Really nice tanks and such gorgeous paintwork too Rivet counter. Love the 1/6 Tiger hopefully I'll meet it in the "flesh" one day(I really am dead jealous of anyone who has a 1/6 tank lol.

Thanks for showing us these matey