Early Kettenkraftrad kit

You know me and building, Brian. I haven't built or even started either kit, yet. Working on my DML Pz IV J and Accurate Miniatures Dauntless for the most part. Looking real hard at the Tamiya Ketten, though.

I've got an OLD Monogram 1/48 Pz IV that could go with it. (Un built, of course!!) It has a "How to do a Diorama" booklet with it by Cookie Seawell. It comes with extra pieces of (plastic) shurzen that have artilery shell holes moulded into them. But if any shell that big ever punched through one of them, the shurzen wouldn't have done much to save the tank!!

How's the weather over there across the pond this time of year??
Have a great day.

QUOTE: Originally posted by wipw Hi, Brian. How's the E-100 kid?? (Where'd you get that pic of the Peacemaker?? You ain't goin' over to the light side on a regular basis are you?? lol)

Howdy, Bill! Haven't "seen" ya in a while!
The B-36? Found it on a site somewhere, thought it was cool! I recently picked up the 1/144 Hobby Craft B-36D, and thought I'd mix things up a bit with the sigs. Don't worry; although I pretty much build everything, I'll always be a plates 'n' trax boy at heart!

Have you started on your E-100?

And to keep this on topic, did you build your Kettenkraftrad with Goliath?
The one I got was just the K-trad, as a bagged kit. And I bought it at the Tamiya head office in Shizuoka! Maybe that's why it was so dang cheap. No shipping charges involved!

Hi, Brian. How's the E-100 kid?? (Where'd you get that pic of the Peacemaker?? You ain't goin' over to the light side on a regular basis are you?? lol)

The 1/48 Tamiya with the Goliath and equipment trailer goes for about $15 retail over here. I got one for my birthday. Nice kit!!

I haven't seen the 1/35 Tamiya version, but as Major Rob said, the 1/48 version is excellent.
The tracks, sprockets, and inner road wheels are molded as one-piece affairs, to which you add the outer road wheels, producing a very authentic look. The kit comes with a supersharp figure of the driver (rider?), too.

All for 300 yen (about $2.85 USD)!

Dragon's Kettenkraftrad kit is a fun kit to build but I strongly recommend using a magnifier if you don't have one. The kit comes with nearly 300 parts and the vast majority of those are for the tracks. It has indys that consist of two track links and a cap block. The cap blocks are 1mm wide and the track links are 2mm wide, just to give you an idea. There are no major challenges with the parts and it has a suprisingly detailed little engine and the option to make the hatch cover workable for display if you are so inclined.

I've got pics up on my website at http://www.bpmodels.net/Web/Gallery4.htm . Final build without the Puppchen is 4" in length.

Ahh yes, my ole friend the KettenKrap. That kit has to be the biggest pain I have ever done. The tracks are a minor problem, there are some fit problems with other pieces, not like there are to many pieces to begin with. That and trying to paint the front wheel with it molded onto the front forks.

yeah, and i guess it'll go on the shelf and wait for the day when the model stock is depleted and there's nothing left to build..........

Hmm, I wish I had heard the bad things before. I bought a couple of Tamiya kits off a guy on the net last year, and one of them was this same kettenkraftrad kit. I was pretty surprised to see the single moulding of wheels and tracks, but what are ya gonna do. The small size of the vehicle should make it easier to hide the crappyness of the kit.

ha, you can have mine, rebel.

I heard the Dragon kit is pretty difficult, and has a lot of parts for its size, but once finished is very nice. Check Out FSM review, its available online.

Ive heard so much bad stuff about this model, that, I think I should get one just so i can complain

There's an old Nitto kit that is worse than the old Tamiya kit. Almost unbuildable.

The latest Tamiya 1/48 scale one also has one piece tracks, but the kit is really nice.

Perhaps you and Matt can trade. LOL

hahaha........ maybe i'll put mine on ebay and get dragons.........

i've got two of that kit. anybody want to buy??

Yeah, I wanted that kit many years ago and noticed the one-piece wheels and tracks. Yuck. On the upside it would be an easier assembly than Dragon's. I'd still go for Dragon's with the better molding and indy tracks.

LOL!!! Just Ask Chris (lizardqing). He hates that kit. He'll be around.....