I very nearly finished
this before leaving the UK for the move back to Canada
in 2018. The basic vehicle was complete, only the missiles
were left to finish off. The fins required a lot of work
to get looking decent so I left them for a future date
and carefully packed everything away for the trip across
the Atlantic.
It took a few years and
a few more moves in Canada before I finally had a place
of my own, including a space for modelling. All the many
projects I had half done were unpacked and eventually
I got around to finishing some of them off, including
this one.
The missile fins had very
thick and flat leading and trailing edges (see bottom
of page), these needed some serious filing and sanding
to thin them down and get a decent streamlined look to
them. They were the one exception to an otherwise excellent
kit.
The tracks and wheels were
moulded as one single unit per side. I wasn't overly keen
on this approach at first but they were superbly moulded
and actually look pretty good on the completed model.
And they are a hell of a lot easier to deal with than
separate wheels and link and length tracks.
Paint is almost all Humbrol,
though I can't remember which colours I used since it's
been about 5 years since I painted this. The fine Yellow
lines on the missiles were masked and sprayed. The only
non-Humbrol paint is the Gunze Flat White on the missile
noses. Kit decals were used.
The missile on the left
shows the thick and flat fins as moulded. The fins on
the right hand missile have been filed and sanded to thin
them down and improve the look.
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