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Thanks Jeff. I do like the Dragon kits, though out of the 5 i have built so far the AFV club are my first choice and they make up the majority of the 27 i still have in the stash.

I am really liking this 251 kit, its going together nicely. Quite a bit of filling but thats for the locations points for parts that will be repleaced by AM. I have also fitted the resin seat mounts from the MR Models set.



And finished puting together the front wheel suspension.



And all the inside parts for the upper hull fitted. One minus is that there are no clear parts for the vision ports, just solid plastic. The Eduard PE set replaces these and i'll just have to add some clear styrene.





And everything else added to the lower hull.





And some of the items to be fited after painting. This includes holders for 10 spare MG barrels. Thats seems a bit excessive but i'll fit them anyway.



Then time for some paint. After some Pz Grey, i did a very light dry brush and a couple of coats of Alclad Aqua gloss.





Next up will be some very light weathering, a wash and some streaks. 251 production only begain in June 39 so this vehicle would be 3 months old at most, so nothing to extreme. Also got plenty of smaller items to finish off.

And i have made a start on the figures, 10 in all. A mix of Dragon, Tamiya, Tristar and Miniart.

Looking very sharp so far!

I can’t wait to see how you add the figures to this.

Very interesting and looking good Bish!

Indeed, me too, curious to see where those figures will be put. And curious to their heads as well!

- Kari

Cheers guys.

This is the most figures i have used in a 35th dio's, beating the previous by 1. I leave the heads off and paint them seperatly where possable, so headless bodies around the bench is a common sight.

Makes sense!

- Kari

I'm liking the build so far Bish. 10 spare barrels seems like a awful lot to carry.

Cheers Clint. Ye, it does, from what i recall, its normally 4, at least on later vehicles.

Man, you know how to handle your PE. It's just the beginning but already so much details involved.

Cheers Torben, got quite used to it now.,