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Heller VAB 4x4 WIP

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  • Member since
    June 2005
  • From: Massachusetts
Posted by minimortar on Saturday, January 14, 2012 11:23 PM

Eeek... PE in 1/72... My eyes cross and my head begins to pound just thinkin' of it. Good stuff so far and man, I'm just going to have to see the end-result on this one Rob.

Thanks,
Kevin Keefe

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  • Member since
    May 2005
  • From: Dublin Rep Of Ireland
Posted by terry35 on Saturday, January 14, 2012 6:30 PM

Great work Rob, I have a 1/35th one of these somewhere and it too is pretty toylike. I'm sure the addition of the PE will really make this one stand out.

Terry.

  • Member since
    November 2004
  • From: Cat Central, NC
Posted by Bronto on Saturday, January 14, 2012 6:15 PM

Nice improvements to the kit.  I gotta find a set of those wheels.

 

  • Member since
    July 2004
  • From: Texas
Posted by wbill76 on Friday, January 13, 2012 5:36 PM

Wow Rob, hat's off to you for sure for such nice PE work in that scale.

And kudos to you as well for posting work here in the main forum instead of just leaving it over in the GB area...lots of good work like yours often goes unnoticed if not posted in the main armor forum. A shame too as the GBs often produce some top-notch completed builds.

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Fort Knox
Heller VAB 4x4 WIP
Posted by Rob Gronovius on Friday, January 13, 2012 2:28 PM

I just realized I was posting my work in the group build forum and not in the armor forum.

Here are a couple of shots of my most recent 1/72 scale project, the Heller VAB 4x4 armored car. The resin wheels and photo etch are from ExtraTech. The miniscule PE parts are a bit challenging. I've placed a quarter next to the kit so you get an idea of scale.

The Heller kit is very toy-like and is about 8 years old. All the PE takes a while to remove from the fret, carefully cleanup and then assemble and attach. Assembling the tool rack and individual tools is difficult. I still have to create the shovel from 3-4 pieces of PE and a scrap piece of sprue.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7152/6680280687_33c4fcdd0c_b.jpg

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