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Tauro 1/35 A7V Elfriede.

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  • Member since
    November 2007
  • From: Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Posted by moose421 on Sunday, September 9, 2012 2:43 PM

Nice looking german tank.  Love the way that it turned out.

  • Member since
    August 2012
Posted by shaunfletcher on Saturday, September 8, 2012 7:00 PM

Thanks all for the kind comments. More filler than plastic on some part of that thing!

I have a kind of problem with not finishing a kit I paid good money for.. I'm obviously an old fashioned tightarse ;)

  • Member since
    May 2005
  • From: Dublin Rep Of Ireland
Posted by terry35 on Saturday, September 8, 2012 6:30 PM

Super work, brilliant to see people finishing these kits, like many others I gave up.

Terry.

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Fort Knox
Posted by Rob Gronovius on Saturday, September 8, 2012 11:37 AM

First off, I have to commend you for completing that kit. I bought one when I was stationed in Germany (Dec 87 to Dec 90) and never finished it. I got hung up on those dang tracks. I bought another one many years ago, but haven't the nerve to try it again.

You've done a great job on that beast of a tank and a beast of a kit!

  • Member since
    July 2004
  • From: Texas
Posted by wbill76 on Saturday, September 8, 2012 10:26 AM

Very nice work on the steel beast! Yes

  • Member since
    November 2009
  • From: SW Virginia
Posted by Gamera on Saturday, September 8, 2012 8:16 AM

Hey super job there! I've said before we don't see enough Great War AFVs here (guess I should get off my butt and build a few). Really nice work, I've heard too that this kit is a bear to build but you've done a great job on her. Looking forward to seeing the dio!

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

 

  • Member since
    August 2012
Tauro 1/35 A7V Elfriede.
Posted by shaunfletcher on Saturday, September 8, 2012 4:05 AM

Following up on my Bison pics, I decided to put up this one. Its the Tauro 1/35 A7V.

This was my actual first plastic model in decades, a kit bought 10 years ago on a whim and never built. Frankly the kit is of very questionable quality, but the subject is so close to my heart that I could not resist it at all. The plates dont really fit together, many parts were miscast or broken. In it's defense the actual surface detail on the plates is very nicely done, and the track and bogies are a crazy work of art (actual springs and pinned track segments.

Still I got it together and had enormous fun painting her up as Elfriede, and it was enough of a success to inspire me to 'get serious'

I am planning a mud and barbed wire diorama base to finish it off.



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