Modeller Build Logs

Char B 1 bis

Well I finally got the Tamiya Char B in hand and I am anxious to get it started. At the start of this BLOG there are no aftermarket kits available for the kit. I will, oh is it possible, build the kit out-of-the-box. Paul sent to me a reference book written both in French (for Ontario Canadians) and English (for all of us south of the border). My ambition with this build is tom see if there are any quirks about the kit and show how I build up a kit. If any after market kits appear after the build is started I may add them. It never fails for me. When I spend big bucks on a resin kit, avoid starting it and then finally decide to build it a plastic kit comes out. I bought MB Models Char B back in 1989 at an IPMS national. I held on to it until about 1992 and decided to start it. It has been sitting around since then waiting to be finished. Each year in January I go through my stash of kits and list 'to do' for the year. Well I decided to pull out the ole MB kit and make it a 'to do' kit this year. Wouldn't you know it, Tamiya (of all companies) comes out with one in plastic. To start out this BLOG I have posted what the MB kit looks like and at what stage it is. Well a Char B is on the 'to do' list but I'm pretty sure it won't be th MB Models kit.