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Model Art Ukrainian village house
Tamiya German Hanomag Sdkfz 251/1
Tamiya German Pak 40 Anti Tank gun and crew
Tamiya German Machine Gun Troops
Tamiya Sandbags
This has been work in progress for some time. I finished th e Machine gun troops and Anti Tank crew some time a go. The Ukrainian building has taken some time to finish, but it has been good to work with.
With the ModelArt kits, I find that there is a lot of reworking required to finish the preformed moulded kits. Once it has all been cut out, all the sections fit together on edges. This requires lots of PVA glue, masking tape and plenty of filler after it has dried. I haven’t followed the picture exactly, aas the upstairs window is supposed to be set back in the roof. I had trouble making it all fit together, but it has turned out ok.
The Sdkfz was built as standard instructions. This is the first time I have washed the sprews first ( which every one recommends to do) . I also coated it in primer before construction.
I never know what is the corrct way to construct kits. Is it to prime and paint on the sprews? This can be tricky as the primer can become tacky when handling. Priming and painting when all filleted together is ok for the main-larger base, but it can be tricky to paint small parts after they have been fitted. On some recent kits I have painted without using primer. This si sometimes trick and requires several coats as the paint doesn’t bond too well to the plastic….Any advise would be useful!
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