and I have hoped that a few of the dodgier Bandai efforts would see their way into the Tamiya catalog. I know the Matilda is a bear to get together, but where else do you go (and I have four of them....)? On the other hand, the M12 and M30 are pretty good kits. I have downloaded Steve Zaloga's wonderful article in MilMod on building the 1/72 ESCI kits, and we will not have to do half the correcting he did on those, essentially scratchbuilding nearly half of the vehicles. Yes, the finer details are not so fine, but the basics are there.
For the Valentine, I've downloaded your article, collected photos off the web, bought five cheap Russian light tanks for the tracks, and purchased five sets of the new Hauler PE for the Val from Nigel at Parabellum. Can't back out now..... Tim Perry is going to make wheels for the benighted Bandai Austin K5 lorry as the kit tires are truly hopeless. Otherwise, that kit needs just a few mods and some smaller details and it is OK. I just got last week five sets of HB 1/35 SdKfz 251 tracks for my Bandai SdKfz 7 artillery tractors, which should guarantee that Tamiya or Italeri will release one at the end of this year. The things I do for you guys.....
Tim Perry is going to make wheels for the benighted Bandai Austin K5 lorry as the kit tires are truly hopeless. Otherwise, that kit needs just a few mods and some smaller details and it is OK. I just got last week five sets of HB 1/35 SdKfz 251 tracks for my Bandai SdKfz 7 artillery tractors, which should guarantee that Tamiya or Italeri will release one at the end of this year. The things I do for you guys.....