papa 695s Tamiya 1/48 Churchill Mk VII Crocodile

Jakko

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Interesting that Tamiya doesn’t provide a full length of track. On the one hand it makes sense to not supply tracks that won’t be seen, but on the other, there are lots of photos of Churchills with some or most of the track guards missing (many had the centre section removed in muddy conditions), so it has me wondering if Tamiya provides extra sections of track to cater for that?
 

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Hi Ian
By the speedy way this has gone together it must be a nice fitting kit. Si mentioned the number of wheels - cleaning up that lot must have been mind numbing :tongue-out3:
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Great update Ian. You will soon have this one licked. Any stowage going on?
 

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Hi Ian,
Apologies mate missed this up till now. Great work so far nice subtleties on the paint.
 

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Blimey! Theres no stopping you Ian. Looks like you have been having a lot of fun. This hobby is a lot easier when you have a good kit to build. Great stuff :thumb2:
 

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Morning Ian,
That really is some quick building!

Agree with Steve about the quality of the kit, good old Tamiya :thumb2:
 

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Ian

Apologies have trouble keeping up with everything on here so missed your updates.

Got to say it's looking very good indeed. Well done. Andrew
 

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Nice work Ian. I think I might have to try one of these wingless things one day. Although in this case, I wouldn't fancy driving around in a war with a giant fuel tank 5 foot behind me.
 

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Nice work Ian. I think I might have to try one of these wingless things one day. Although in this case, I wouldn't fancy driving around in a war with a giant fuel tank 5 foot behind me.
I know what you mean Colin. If any crew of these got caught they didn't last long.
 
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