Hi,
For some time I wanted to do a tank. That is what I first tried papermodeling with, well didn't end well :rolleyes:.
So after following some build, crusader by tim, firefly by roman to name a few, I decided to give a try, something not too difficult.
So here the new kit I choose and started working on for a couple of days:
T37A from modelik in 1:25 . I will also use laser cut and track from modelik, bolds and rivet of several sizes too (modelik or gpm, not really important).
A classic modelik kits, printed on A4 paper (180g) :
* 2 pages with history and instructions in polish,
* 3 A4 with parts,
* 1 more for the tracks, should not need it,
* 1 to glue on 1mm cardboard (80g), again won't need it,
* 2 pages with instructions, few 3d diagrams, 2D views for the gears - thanks I found a good external doc ! -
* a 2 sides view of the tank - not in scale (!?), I would say 1:20
* and a full A4 page with 8 black and whites photos of a model (in blank no camo) a little tiny but still welcome.
A good point for this kit, all circles are centred with axis. That's really nice for cutting compass.
A bad point, the colour : let's avoid a debate on how green Russian really looked like, but thought it's not that horrible it feels not right, too much magenta/brown (Not easy to catch with camera) -at least for the kit I got-.
Thankfully, the kit scan/print well, so I was able to adjust colours. For the rest of the build this is my own scan (and not download) and print. Black parts come from a different print where I push contrast to get deeper colours. An other good point of this solution is to be able to print back some parts, and yes, already happened !
For track it's the single elements type. Might order the stripes one for the final build, will see.
Laser cut. I should really kept track of what I'm buying ! I was sure to got them but since I didn't found any I buy one... more time. Then - and of course after cutting the gear parts - I found it while checking my kits.
So there's 2 types, the modelik one, with all parts including gears, and drafmodel (?) with only the 'blank' parts. If both match, the main interest of the modelik one is the engine gear, not an easy part to do.
I already started working on the gears. No real issues. The axis make the job mush more easy. Just the outer rim (30d), it's' too narrow. I cheat a little bit. Instead of cutting the parts I print the bottom of the tank (part 1) few times and cut them off of it.
Gears are almost finish. Will post soon with full report.
some reference :
Char T-37A - WalkAround - Photographies - fr
Bye.
For some time I wanted to do a tank. That is what I first tried papermodeling with, well didn't end well :rolleyes:.
So after following some build, crusader by tim, firefly by roman to name a few, I decided to give a try, something not too difficult.
So here the new kit I choose and started working on for a couple of days:
T37A from modelik in 1:25 . I will also use laser cut and track from modelik, bolds and rivet of several sizes too (modelik or gpm, not really important).
A classic modelik kits, printed on A4 paper (180g) :
* 2 pages with history and instructions in polish,
* 3 A4 with parts,
* 1 more for the tracks, should not need it,
* 1 to glue on 1mm cardboard (80g), again won't need it,
* 2 pages with instructions, few 3d diagrams, 2D views for the gears - thanks I found a good external doc ! -
* a 2 sides view of the tank - not in scale (!?), I would say 1:20
* and a full A4 page with 8 black and whites photos of a model (in blank no camo) a little tiny but still welcome.
A good point for this kit, all circles are centred with axis. That's really nice for cutting compass.
A bad point, the colour : let's avoid a debate on how green Russian really looked like, but thought it's not that horrible it feels not right, too much magenta/brown (Not easy to catch with camera) -at least for the kit I got-.
Thankfully, the kit scan/print well, so I was able to adjust colours. For the rest of the build this is my own scan (and not download) and print. Black parts come from a different print where I push contrast to get deeper colours. An other good point of this solution is to be able to print back some parts, and yes, already happened !
For track it's the single elements type. Might order the stripes one for the final build, will see.
Laser cut. I should really kept track of what I'm buying ! I was sure to got them but since I didn't found any I buy one... more time. Then - and of course after cutting the gear parts - I found it while checking my kits.
So there's 2 types, the modelik one, with all parts including gears, and drafmodel (?) with only the 'blank' parts. If both match, the main interest of the modelik one is the engine gear, not an easy part to do.
I already started working on the gears. No real issues. The axis make the job mush more easy. Just the outer rim (30d), it's' too narrow. I cheat a little bit. Instead of cutting the parts I print the bottom of the tank (part 1) few times and cut them off of it.
Gears are almost finish. Will post soon with full report.
some reference :
Char T-37A - WalkAround - Photographies - fr
Bye.
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