David Lovell
SMF Supporter
Please bear with me as I get to the build ,as most know 1/72 is my first love but it seems a lot of the bigger manufacturers have noticed its popularity ,its always been popular but in a mainstream un noticed kind of way ,wether due to this or just the economic situation prices have crept right up ,ive always been a bit tight(even more so now I'm a pench) I loved the fact I could buy a kit of unusual subject matter usually with a load of etch included sometimes a few bits of resin as well for a tenner or less ,over that say up to fourteen pounds was a treat ,now I know these kits weren't exactly up there with the rest but a little tender care and patience they were very gratifying to build as I always say no such thing as a bad kit just some are better than others ,one mans poison(marmite) another man's bovril . So with it all at our finger tips started to do the rounds bargin hunting, all the time working on the BTR80 ,now the stash isn't short of choices but I'm sure we all stand there going na ,na, definitely na ,then these two were noticed on flea Bay just over thirteen pounds each jumbo scale I know but cheaper than a 72nder no brainer dived in
unusual and covered in rivets floats my boat ,I know its big scale but at that price I'll turn a blind eye and forgive them ,hobbyboss builds are usually no big shakes so haven't even looked in the box ,the mirror models looks more like a tlc 72nd up scaled to 35th but hey no such thing and all that. Now they didn't really push the button for the next build felt strongly I needed to get away from all things green this a Christmas present from a couple of years ago fell out of the stash
Grey ,greys good i like mine more on the faded levi look ,and its small so 1/35th seeming like a large 72nd i thought I'd cracked it ,but a quick sniff of flea Bay and a bid of just over seven quid a tenner with the postage produced this I know its a 35er again but at the price compared to some of the 72nd stuff being tight wins out.
Well from the title you can see this one is the winner im going tri colour (paint ordered) there's only three sprues all look nice and crispy one of the sprues with the running gear is quite warped hoping the long pieces aren't affected. The plastic is the usual Mirage gray softish but as I said crisply detailed .
Thats it then chaps thanks for your patience getting here ,will make a start ASAP but not sure about the paint job away with my son fishing last week of the month so that could be pending. I've a lot of modern (vechiels not manufacturers) 35th stuff in the stash I dont know either so don't ask but as long as these little jems price wise anyway keep falling in the shopping basket I'll build em bargin modeling way to go. Dave
PS I'll be doing the Renault version ill leave that there.
unusual and covered in rivets floats my boat ,I know its big scale but at that price I'll turn a blind eye and forgive them ,hobbyboss builds are usually no big shakes so haven't even looked in the box ,the mirror models looks more like a tlc 72nd up scaled to 35th but hey no such thing and all that. Now they didn't really push the button for the next build felt strongly I needed to get away from all things green this a Christmas present from a couple of years ago fell out of the stash
Grey ,greys good i like mine more on the faded levi look ,and its small so 1/35th seeming like a large 72nd i thought I'd cracked it ,but a quick sniff of flea Bay and a bid of just over seven quid a tenner with the postage produced this I know its a 35er again but at the price compared to some of the 72nd stuff being tight wins out.
Well from the title you can see this one is the winner im going tri colour (paint ordered) there's only three sprues all look nice and crispy one of the sprues with the running gear is quite warped hoping the long pieces aren't affected. The plastic is the usual Mirage gray softish but as I said crisply detailed .
Thats it then chaps thanks for your patience getting here ,will make a start ASAP but not sure about the paint job away with my son fishing last week of the month so that could be pending. I've a lot of modern (vechiels not manufacturers) 35th stuff in the stash I dont know either so don't ask but as long as these little jems price wise anyway keep falling in the shopping basket I'll build em bargin modeling way to go. Dave
PS I'll be doing the Renault version ill leave that there.