Long term Tamiya KT build
Posted: Sun May 17, 2009 12:45 pm
Hi fellas,
Been model making for over 30 years, but have never been able to improve my skills, especially in the painting department.
I've had many a model meet the wall/floor at high speed, just because one bit didn't go right.
At the moment I've many plastic kits at various stages of build, all of them pre-painting stage. I need to get my finger out, make that spray booth, and get practicing with the air brush, because I am in the middle of the mother of all tank builds (well it is to me anyway)
Bought the Tamiya KT (Full Option), just after it came out, in what? 2002? Anyway, built it straight from the box, and painted it in a ambush paint scheme.
Then disaster struck, I dropped it 4 foot off a bench! Luckily the only damage was a snapped front turret roller post. This meant a new hull, as try as I might, any repair didn't work. Back in the box for a year or two.
Then I found Schumo, Wecohe, and Tankzone on the net. So began a period of buying and fitting a lot of exterior detail, track hangers, grills etc and the recoil system internally. Then the electronics went screwy in about mid 2006. It was put back in the box and to the back of a very long list of things to do. Just trivia like get posted (I'm in the RAF), buy a house, do the house up, go to Afghanistan, start looking for a civvy job etc..
Then I saw the Washington Model Club at the Temple Park show, went along to the club, and Tony and Chris goaded me into resurrecting the KT.
I bought a lot of stuff from Welsh Dragon, tracks, suspension, etched brass and the proper barrel etc. and have started to put the kit together, properly this time.
Just need the improved metal gears (3:1) to get it running right, weld seems need finishing, the etch needs adding and then it's onto the late war hard edge ambush camouflage.
I'll keep you posted
Darryl
I'll start to take photos of the kit before the exterior details disappear under the Halfords red primer, so you can see the trouble I've gone to.
Been model making for over 30 years, but have never been able to improve my skills, especially in the painting department.
I've had many a model meet the wall/floor at high speed, just because one bit didn't go right.
At the moment I've many plastic kits at various stages of build, all of them pre-painting stage. I need to get my finger out, make that spray booth, and get practicing with the air brush, because I am in the middle of the mother of all tank builds (well it is to me anyway)
Bought the Tamiya KT (Full Option), just after it came out, in what? 2002? Anyway, built it straight from the box, and painted it in a ambush paint scheme.
Then disaster struck, I dropped it 4 foot off a bench! Luckily the only damage was a snapped front turret roller post. This meant a new hull, as try as I might, any repair didn't work. Back in the box for a year or two.
Then I found Schumo, Wecohe, and Tankzone on the net. So began a period of buying and fitting a lot of exterior detail, track hangers, grills etc and the recoil system internally. Then the electronics went screwy in about mid 2006. It was put back in the box and to the back of a very long list of things to do. Just trivia like get posted (I'm in the RAF), buy a house, do the house up, go to Afghanistan, start looking for a civvy job etc..
Then I saw the Washington Model Club at the Temple Park show, went along to the club, and Tony and Chris goaded me into resurrecting the KT.
I bought a lot of stuff from Welsh Dragon, tracks, suspension, etched brass and the proper barrel etc. and have started to put the kit together, properly this time.
Just need the improved metal gears (3:1) to get it running right, weld seems need finishing, the etch needs adding and then it's onto the late war hard edge ambush camouflage.
I'll keep you posted
Darryl
I'll start to take photos of the kit before the exterior details disappear under the Halfords red primer, so you can see the trouble I've gone to.
