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The kits are simple: resin cast hull and turrets; injection molded sprue with tracks, guns and hatches, white metal bits. The injection sprue is standard for Sherman and variants and has VVSS instead of HVSS.
I painted the hull and tracks overall OD. I painted the tools molded on the hull with a brush: steel heads and brown handles. The gun and mantle for the tank are white metal and are attached with superglue. The turret was also painted OD, and then I weathered hull and turret as I described previously by over painting with a waterbased black pain and scrubbing off the excess with water.
I assembled the model (all 4 pieces…) and added markings. The decal sheets are sold separately but are thin and tolerate Solvaset well. I sprayed some tan “weathering” along the tracks on the bottom of the hull. I also over sprayed the top with the brown, but very lightly.
Final Verdict: These are nice little kits. They are detailed without going overboard and the company does provide a separate pack of “stowage” if you are interesting in adding track links, bedding, etc to the outside of the vehicle. The 15mm scale doesn’t match standard modeling scales: 1/122nd compared to 1/144th is 18% too large. See my review of the M4A1 (105mm) for size comparisons to 1/72nd and 1/144th models. But the kits are an easy build, represent the subjects well, and have an increasing line to choose from. |
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