Sailorman Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 When the dreaded AMS strikes and I find I can't complete anything I usually build a tank. Since I am not particularly into tanks I build them straight from the box and I don't get into extra details etc. That usually cures my malady. This is a pic of 50% of them. As you can see AMS is worse than Covid 19 as you keep getting re-infected!!/media/tinymce_upload/0695a0e92943e04e1e317dd394a7acfe.JPG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padefc Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 Nice!! tanks me becoming me second choice after ww2 planes looking to get a couple of 1/35 shortly both allied and German just done a king tiger in 1/72 or 76 nice lil tool it was got a couple of others done as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 Nice collection you're getting there Patrick. I'm currently building a SAM-2 Guideline - read and weep collectors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailorman Posted May 29, 2020 Author Share Posted May 29, 2020 Having finished the Titanic I'm in AMS therapy. Airfix King Tiger and Matchbox Jagdpanther! In the 70's I used to think Matchbox tanks were better than the Airfix ones ... but Wow!! the King Tiger is head and shoulders above the Jagdpanther! Shows how far things have come Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peebeep Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 Shows how far things have come You should try the Heller Shermans. Just about any of the 1/72 armour kits from Revell are worth a build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete44 Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 Making miniature kits is a great way of relaxing. I do a lot of metal and resin in 1/76th. Don’t mind spending hours at my modelling desk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailorman Posted May 30, 2020 Author Share Posted May 30, 2020 Actually the Jagdpanther was a Revell kit........ still nowhere near the level of the new airfix moulds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peebeep Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 1/72 or 1/76 Jagdpanther? I'm working on the Airfix Cromwell which is very nice, but I took a look at the King Tiger in the box and it got relegated to the loft stash. Moulding is OK, although not on par with a lot of other contemporary KT kits, but the tracks?! I'm hoping the new 1/72 kits will be much more like the Cromwell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padefc Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 1/72 or 1/76 Jagdpanther? I'm working on the Airfix Cromwell which is very nice, but I took a look at the King Tiger in the box and it got relegated to the loft stash. Moulding is OK, although not on par with a lot of other contemporary KT kits, but the tracks?! I'm hoping the new 1/72 kits will be much more like the Cromwell.The tracks in my tiger were the grey rubber type witch you fit one in an through the end making a loop quite tricky I found to fit as so tight it just pinged off a couple of the front cogs excuse my ignorance in nit kniwwing the correct name,I've also done a cromwell an had the other rigid plasic type track I'll post my tiger shortly in this thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padefc Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 /media/tinymce_upload/760cb3e355022fb7c0d17fa05cd7693c.jpg/media/tinymce_upload/6d6a033c867c93fc304626d47ebe8973.jpg/media/tinymce_upload/1f7b598d0e2e28f669c7ebb924e77885.jpg/media/tinymce_upload/22325c9407b4681d55cc72b0abdad88f.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailorman Posted June 2, 2020 Author Share Posted June 2, 2020 1/72 or 1/76 Jagdpanther? I'm working on the Airfix Cromwell which is very nice, but I took a look at the King Tiger in the box and it got relegated to the loft stash. Moulding is OK, although not on par with a lot of other contemporary KT kits, but the tracks?! I'm hoping the new 1/72 kits will be much more like the Cromwell.Its 1:76.Drat! I've lost the inner half of the front sprocket for the King Tiger ....... my wife sent re robot vacum cleaner into my room today and I think it may have sucked it up. Looked through all the bins but can't find it anywhere. In days gone by I would have consigned the kit to the spares box ......now I'll just mould a new one in fibreglass resin 😎 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailorman Posted June 3, 2020 Author Share Posted June 3, 2020 Well .... I've made the new sprocket ........The one on the left is the kit part and the one on the right is the new one I cast using the kit part as a master. Good enough methinks!/media/tinymce_upload/2a865218bb5496b67db70cb5f30921a2.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padefc Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 I've not seen that before patrick genius to me that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peebeep Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 The 1/76 Jagdpanther is the Matchbox tooling (same as all the 1/76 kits released by Revell). The 1/72 kits are more recent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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