Airfix Crusader Mk III
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I was unsatisfied with the kit external fuel tank, so built a new one.
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Shovel retainers scratched.
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Light guards from wire, scratch tow shackle from styrene.
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This armor plate with it's rivets was missing from the kit.
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More to scale barrel counter-balance for the 6pdr; three prongs on plate were some sort of backup manual sighting device (not represented in the kit at all).
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Holes in road wheel rubber were just raised cirlces as molded. Each and every one, on each and every wheel, was drilled in by hand....
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2 23 July 2015, 18:39