Vespid 1/72nd A34 Comet Mk1

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Hi gang!!!!
Great little kit this is, for your 20 nuggets you get tooling, a turned brass barrel and PE.... part of a larger project..... but that'll come later....20220326_222809.jpg
So.... next pics are the last weeks building
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Loving this...... doing portside trackset later today.......sourcing figures etc
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Very good start Nick.

How have you find it? I got four of these as soon as they were released - was lucky on price and managed to get them for £17 a piece.

I've heard very good things about all of Vespid kits.

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Very good start Nick.

How have you find it? I got four of these as soon as they were released - was lucky on price and managed to get them for £17 a piece.

I've heard very good things about all of Vespid kits.

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Andrew
Cheers Andrew
Molds as good as IBG,crisper than some Modelcollect kits, the fit is Tamiya-esque. Only con is the molded on extinguishers on the turret, otherwise it gets a full 100% from me.
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Hi Nick
That looks good. I've not heard of Vespid kits.
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Not a maker I’m familiar with either. Looks good though.

Jim, Tim

They're a Chinese manufacturer that started up a couple of years ago.

They started with a Maus - someone did a 'what if' with it on here a year or two ago. They got my attention because they released the Comet next - it's the only 1/72 injected moulded kit in town (albeit Revell do a rebox of the 1/76 Matchbox kit) and I had been looking for one for ages for Junior and I.

They've done both marks of the Comet now and three Panther kits (a bit OTT TBH IMHO) and have recently released a Jagdpanther - all of which get great reviews.



Nick - sorry for butting in on your thread!


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Molds as good as IBG,crisper than some Modelcollect kits, the fit is Tamiya-esque. Only con is the molded on extinguishers on the turret, otherwise it gets a full 100% from me.
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Nick

Thanks for the info. They certainly look very good on the sprue - just not had the chance/courage to tackle them yet.

I've only built one Tamiya kit since coming back to the Hobby (1971 vintage) but I've done both an IBG and Modelcollect kits in the past couple of years, so have an idea of what you mean.

Looking forward to the rest of this coming together.

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Very nice progress Nick.......that appears to be a very nice kit for the money......plenty of bling for the buck!
 

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Very nice progress Nick.......that appears to be a very nice kit for the money......plenty of bling for the buck!
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They really are! Certainly on the sprue! ALMOST wants to make me start mine!!

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Progress of sorts today. Got the L/H trackset on, added turret hatches and added internal pads, careful cutting and 6 folds later i made the PE 'iron sight' for cmdrs cupola, looking at the sprues I've got 13 parts and 9 etched bits to go.... i am not fitting 'iron sight' yet incase i damage it
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Some final PE to be fitted and priming the upper hull coming up....
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Red napkin, ive gotta laugh.... perfect texture though, i punched 3 holes in piece, slotted it on and used pva solution to dampen, then i added folds and squared it in...... see how this dries......
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Jim, Tim

They're a Chinese manufacturer that started up a couple of years ago.

They started with a Maus - someone did a 'what if' with it on here a year or two ago. They got my attention because they released the Comet next - it's the only 1/72 injected moulded kit in town (albeit Revell do a rebox of the 1/76 Matchbox kit) and I had been looking for one for ages for Junior and I.

They've done both marks of the Comet now and three Panther kits (a bit OTT TBH IMHO) and have recently released a Jagdpanther - all of which get great reviews.



Nick - sorry for butting in on your thread!


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No problemo ..... all good info.... Now this little bit of advice will save you or any other builders a swearfest, and keeps track aligned and straight, i was advised and greatful lol
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The sprocket does not seat in with pin, causing misalignment....
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That's the one thing I did miss from the kit - no mantlet cover.

Whilst I've seen plenty of pictures of museum pieces with it missing, I don't think I've seen a wartime version with our missing - although I suspect they will be out there if you look hard enough.

Keep up the great work.

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No problemo ..... all good info.... Now this little bit of advice will save you or any other builders a swearfest, and keeps track aligned and straight, i was advised and greatful lol
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The sprocket does not seat in with pin, causing misalignment....
Nick
Thanks Nick.

That's pretty poor! I do have a short article somewhere on a build will try and dig it out if that will help but I don't think it will help that much.

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Defo looking like a Comt tank now
Thanks Nick.

That's pretty poor! I do have a short article somewhere on a build will try and dig it out if that will help but I don't think it will help that much.

ATB.

Andrew
Two things on a new tool is no let down, i do enjoy these foibles lol
So youve never made an old MW or Ace kit? Thats war!!!!
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