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Modeller Build Logs
Alan Pz.II J |
| By Leo Lee |
| Started: | May 6, 2004 | | Updated: | May 12, 2004 |
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I am always fascinated by small tanks. May be it is a sub-conscious thing rooted from my childhood, because I was doing lots of AFV in 1/72 or 1/76 scale back then. I built any Airfix and Hasegawa I could afford. So when I switched to 1/35 as an adult, I buy many small vehicles. Among them Pz. II variants are something I always want to do. Tamiya Pz. II F/G was my first 1/35 AFV, when I was 14 or 15.
I already have a couple Alan kits in my closet, recently I got the excellence Tasca Luch, and again, a Tamiya Pz. II F/G, which I will do some detailing. The Tasca Luch is so good that I can’t wait to start building it. Save the small parts, it is basically finished now. While I was working on the Luch, I thought why not work on another Pz. II variant at the same time? So it is the topic of this blog, a project that takes up most of my building time, and slowed down the progress of the Luch. |
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| Chapter 3 - Upper Hull - Part 1 | May 12, 2004 |
After I fixed the lower hull, I dry-fitted the upper hull panel. The fit seemed quite good, but I recognized some problems very quickly.
Fig.1. The front splash guard was molded in reverse! And there was no weld seams of any kind! The front armour was something like 4mm higher than the hull top, where... more |
| Chapter 2 - Fixing the Warped Hull | May 9, 2004 |
The quality of the Alan kit is quite good for an Eastern European manufacturer. (nowhere near Tamiya or DML of course, and compared to the Tasca Luch I was working on at the same time, I have the feeling of watching a VCD and a DVD side by side on 2 adjacent screens)
To begin with, both kits have... more |
| Chapter 1 - Aftermarket Stuff and Reference | May 6, 2004 |
| I bought the Alan kit last year, there was no PE set for it at that time. I bought an Eduard Pz. I F set, thought I can modify it to be used on the IIJ. Now Eduard have released a set for it, so I went out to get one before I start the project. The Pz. I F Set went back to the closet, waiting for its... more |
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