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Steven Van Dyckadded a new photoalbum.
4 24 January 2019, 23:42
TreehuggerAh, the hinges are sort of wrong on the molded kit. 🙂 (photo 36) Or, is the illustration wrong perhaps? Sort of looks like a photo, but also not.
6 October 2019, 09:47
Steven Van DyckThis is one of those typical military manual illustrations, but further was a picture showing the same construction. And then there are the Voyager parts that will only fit if you remove the plastic. Also compare to this Prime Portal walkaround: [img1]
6 October 2019, 11:51
Steven Van DyckI had to change two of the lion Roar fender plates to longer ones in aluminium, to make them fit on the hull.
4 November 2019, 23:47
Steven Van DyckI let this linger for a while, but now it should at least get built until I get my new paint jars. The ribs on the Lionroar fenders are fine, maybe too fine, because I felt like a character out of a comic strip glueing all these tiny bolt heads. [img1] At least they have the correct angle to the hull, unlike Eduard so probably the Italeri M24 hull is a few degrees off. After the ribs were all connected, I tried the Lionroar fender corner profiles but they are too brittle to use on a tank fender so I made my own.
15 April 2020, 23:37
Steven Van DyckLionroar seems not have copied the plans of the fenders very correctly, but they at least have the right sand shield height. They did not have the inside edges either, so I scratched these. The hinges were a tedious job and I almost mirrored the second part, discovring just in time that this is not made like that. The fender distal pieces only fit at the rear, so I will have to bend something myself at the front. Finally I added the hex heads but they are not abundant enough, I still need 70 to complete the fenders and I have only half that number.
17 April 2020, 23:48
Steven Van DyckI took it up again, replacing the telephone box with PE and building the turret. It looks great, but it's a bit overengineered. The barrel can kick back in the mantlet with a spring, but why would a modeller need that? On the other hand, the fit of the mantlet to the turret is quite weak. I build the version with the .50 in the front.
26 October 2020, 23:39
James CImpressive detail work Steven. Looks like a nice kit as well compared to the bloody awful Italeri/Tamiya offering. 👍
28 October 2020, 17:47
Steven Van DyckThanks, James. I also have the Eduard upgrade for the Italeri Chaffee, but I didn't use it. I expected some things not to fit on it. Now I built the .50 with Voyager PE and Lionroar turned brass.
5 November 2020, 23:31
