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Korean K9 Thunder complete
Posted by Aaron Skinner on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 2:49 PM

Guys,

Here's Academy's 1/35 scale K9 self-propelled howitzer which I built for review in FSM. Look for the complete text in September. In the meantime, let me know what you think. Comments and critiques welcome.

Cheers, Aaron

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Posted by wbill76 on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 4:30 PM

Looks pretty good from here Aaron. Mike (redleg) will be along no doubt soon to drool over this impressive piece of SP arty! Wink

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Posted by RBaer on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 4:31 PM

Nice build. I like the camo. I suppose that will be detailed in the review?

And, it's...

 

 

BIG!

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Posted by New Hampshire on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 4:56 PM

Holy S**T that is one big gun.  I am getting cannon envy as we speak! Big Smile

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Posted by HeavyArty on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 4:58 PM

Looks really nice.  I just got the Neo resin/PE upgrade set for mine.  I'll have to see how the upgrade set looks on it compared to yours.  Nice job.

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Posted by minimortar on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 5:31 PM

WOW! Very, very nice build, paint etc! Is that the same gun that's used on the Pz2000?

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Posted by Guney on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 5:47 PM

Looking great....Fine work...:)

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Posted by wing_nut on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 6:05 PM

No Redleg yet?  It'll happen.   Very sharp Aaron.

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Posted by redleg12 on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 6:19 PM

Aaron - WOW...two visits in one week from Mt Olympus....and a gift...a very nice looking build....

Great camo work.....nice clean lines.....maybe a bit more dirt in the track area...but again that's just my opinion,,,,even without, the Redlegs of the forum salute you

 

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Posted by HeavyArty on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 8:24 PM

Great video!!!  Now I am pumped up and ready to go cut some plastic!!!!  I can almost smell the wolf pu$$y!!!

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Posted by tigerman on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 8:51 PM

Very nice Aaron. I like that camo job. And yes, that is one LARGE gun.

Look forward to the review.

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Posted by detailfreak on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 11:14 PM

Looks as if she'd land on her nose if ya slammed the brakes. So this is the kind of thing that happens on Olympus!!  Nice build Mr. Skinner.CoolYes

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Posted by Phil_H on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 11:30 PM

Nice job Aaron.

This is one of the contenders for the Australian Army's LAND 17 program. I reckon she'd look good in Aussie 3-tone camo. Big Smile

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Posted by Aaron Skinner on Thursday, June 17, 2010 9:09 AM

Phil_H

Nice job Aaron.

This is one of the contenders for the Australian Army's LAND 17 program. I reckon she'd look good in Aussie 3-tone camo. Big Smile

Doesn't everything, Phil?

Thanks for all the comments, guys. The paint is all Model Master enamels (I'd forgotten how well those airbrush) and the colors are as recommended in the instructions. I think the brown is too dark compared to photos, IMO.

MIke, I agree it could use more dirt. I'm always a little hesitant to go too far on a review model – afraid readers might think I'm trying to hide something.Smile

Gino, I look forward to seeing yours with the update sets applied.

Cheers, Aaron

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Posted by Gamera on Thursday, June 17, 2010 1:04 PM

Hey great job Aaron! Camo looks terrific. I've been puttering around with Academy;'s K1A1 and hope my camo comes out half as well.

I've been reading about the Korean War recently and it seemed that massed artillery was about the only thing to stop the Red Chinese human wave assaults. Several ROK officers wrote about 'cannon envy' from the heavier stuff deployed by the US Army. I suppose hardware like this went a long way to curing that.

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Posted by Aaron Skinner on Thursday, June 17, 2010 4:55 PM

Gamera

Hey great job Aaron! Camo looks terrific. I've been puttering around with Academy;'s K1A1 and hope my camo comes out half as well.

I've been reading about the Korean War recently and it seemed that massed artillery was about the only thing to stop the Red Chinese human wave assaults. Several ROK officers wrote about 'cannon envy' from the heavier stuff deployed by the US Army. I suppose hardware like this went a long way to curing that.

I built the K1A1 a couple of years ago. Also a nice build.

The size of the gun is the first thing everyone says about the K9. I want to build Revell Germany's PzH 2000 to sit next to it.

Cheers, Aaron

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