The Duke Finishes Six Armor in February
Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2025 9:41 pm
Once gain after a successful Hobby Day weekend and some rainy days, I was able to finish these six models.
First, this is the ACE 1/2 scale French VBL Armored Car with the Milan anti-tank missile. I got this from my Secret Santa:
Next is another French vehicle, the terrible Heller 1/72 scale AMX-13/105. There's so much wrong with it! I have an ACE kit of this same vehicle; I can't wait to find it and built it to see how much better it is:
Another terrible kit, this is the Trumpeter 1/72 scale German SdKfz 9 with the crane on the back. I can't remember how many times I broke it down to rebuild it again only to still have issues. Of course, a vital piece went missing as well, so this was rigged a bit differently than usual, just so I can finish it. I'm done. Here it is in the dispersal yard waiting for my German driver to come pick it up:
Moving on, I finished this Dragon 1/72 scale Jagdpanzer IV L70 and marked it as a Syrian vehicle. Now all I need is a Hummel SP gun and I'll have all the German vehicles used by the Syrians post war:
Another difficult kit, but overall it went together well. This is the UM Models 1/72 scale M35 TRV with the mine roller kit on the front. Another shelf queen off the Shelf of Doom:
My apologies for the poor pics, I took dozens it seems and yet my camera had a difficult time focusing on this. These are the best I could get.
Finally, the last model we finished is this Aoshima 1/72 scale Japanese Type 12 Anti-ship Missile Truck. Fast, easy and fun to build:
The launch tubes even elevate as well:
And that's all for now. If all goes well, I might have two or three more models finished before March. We'll see. Meanwhile, thanks for looking in, comments are welcome.
First, this is the ACE 1/2 scale French VBL Armored Car with the Milan anti-tank missile. I got this from my Secret Santa:
Next is another French vehicle, the terrible Heller 1/72 scale AMX-13/105. There's so much wrong with it! I have an ACE kit of this same vehicle; I can't wait to find it and built it to see how much better it is:
Another terrible kit, this is the Trumpeter 1/72 scale German SdKfz 9 with the crane on the back. I can't remember how many times I broke it down to rebuild it again only to still have issues. Of course, a vital piece went missing as well, so this was rigged a bit differently than usual, just so I can finish it. I'm done. Here it is in the dispersal yard waiting for my German driver to come pick it up:
Moving on, I finished this Dragon 1/72 scale Jagdpanzer IV L70 and marked it as a Syrian vehicle. Now all I need is a Hummel SP gun and I'll have all the German vehicles used by the Syrians post war:
Another difficult kit, but overall it went together well. This is the UM Models 1/72 scale M35 TRV with the mine roller kit on the front. Another shelf queen off the Shelf of Doom:
My apologies for the poor pics, I took dozens it seems and yet my camera had a difficult time focusing on this. These are the best I could get.
Finally, the last model we finished is this Aoshima 1/72 scale Japanese Type 12 Anti-ship Missile Truck. Fast, easy and fun to build:
The launch tubes even elevate as well:
And that's all for now. If all goes well, I might have two or three more models finished before March. We'll see. Meanwhile, thanks for looking in, comments are welcome.
