Thanks guys,all of your comments are certainly appreciated.

Great job Tojo!

Great job...very well done. I recently added this kit to my stash as well. I'm a huge fan of Tamiya kits and had to have this one in my stash as well. Someday when I'm out of my German armor addiction I'll get to it.

It's being considered, have to wait until the kit price is under $1 per rivet.....

Thanks Russ,there certainly are enough of them.I wouldn't mind seeing you give one your treatment buddy.

Anthony, I like!

I've been toying with the idea of building the Tamiya kit, partly so I could weather and rust all those rivets.....

Karl, ye, I saw those tracks, but wasn't sure if it was just the kit tracks, maybe for use on other kits. And somehow I had missed that in FSM, will have to read through that. And thank you. I won't be buying a kit yet, but maybe later this year. Even though my interest is in WW2 German armour, I do think it would be nice to build a couple of tanks that started off the whole idea of armoured warfare.

Tojo, ye, I am looking forward to that as well.

Thanks again guys,I'm looking forward to that Meg A7V that has been announced.

Looks great Tojo, and it's great to see one built up!

Bish, I haven't built it yet, but the new issue of FSM says that the tracks are fiddly and time-consuming. If I were home, I'd take a second look at them and give you an appraisal, but I'm about 1,500 miles from home. :)  I do remember looking at it and thinking it was everything I could have hoped for. Their Object 704 that I just built was also a well-engineered kit.

Takom is supposed to have released an easier track kit, and FSM said it should be included in further releases, but I guess time will tell?

Karl, what do you make of the Takom kit. I read a review on PMMS and in general it was good I think the only issue being the tracks. Given that the two sell for the same price but the Takom doesn't have the motor option, I am wondering if there is more to their kit than Tamiya's.

Very nice! Looks like you brought it to life just fine!

I have to say that I went with the Takom version of this tank when I read that Tamiya motorized their version. I mean,  who actually builds motorized tanks on these forums? Or in the modeling world, for that matter? Must be a Japan-market thing?

That looks good... really good! I am sure we will be seeing more of these on the boards here as the year goes on and more are completed... Very well done Tojo!

Looks great.how is mechanically ,that is, does it run well?

That's nice to know. I would like to do one of these and an A7V, and the Tamiya seems a good choice for this one.

Thanks Bish,Tamiya build was,well "Typical Tamiya" very nice,tracks are a real treat,workable and just click together.I even motorized it.The real challenge is the painting and weathering,you know bringing it to life.

I like that Tojo. How was it to build. I have been thinking about getting a couple of WW1 tanks for something a bit different. really like the look of that one.