Completed!
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1 30 December 2017, 20:30
Daniel MysakRealy nice work, good job with the paint of the splinter scheme. I just ordered Trumpeters 1/72 Strv 103C, will be a hard piece of work with masking and painting.
30 December 2017, 23:08
Andreas kirjailijaThanks Martin and Wojciech!
And thanks Daniel! I think you'll be in for a bit of work since 1/72 get quite small (I thought some of the details were small enough on the 1/35). The one thing that became most obvious during this project was that thorough work during masking really pays off...2 hours of masking for 2 minutes with the airbrush =o)
31 December 2017, 14:02
Andreas kirjailijaThanks Frank!
Some background if you haven't heard about this tank before;
The 103 model became something of a black sheep of its time when it comes to tanks. It was specially designed to meet waves of invading Soviet T-55/T-62s from prepared defensive positions. The plow blade added the ability to modulate the terrain quickly for each tank.
31 December 2017, 19:32
Darren HazesLooks awesome, build one myself but it doesn't look nearly as good as yours. The 103 tank is litterally an ikea closet with loads of expansions.
2 January 2018, 09:51
Andreas kirjailijaThanks Jason! Very nice to hear as this is my second or third completed model since I picked up the hobby again
2 January 2018, 15:51
Andreas kirjailijaThanks Darren! The 103 was truly a unique design and a lot of clever details, but I do think it was a bit dated already when it was taken into service since it was made for a pre-decided type of war, and therefore not that flexible, but then again, back then we had more than one brigade and we could afford it...
I think your way with the snow (on your 103) looks nice, I haven't had the nerve to give snow a try yet. I got a CV90 (current Swedish AFV) I'm my stash and been thinking about giving it a winter theme...
2 January 2018, 16:05
Darren HazesThey put it out of service when they discovered that a t-90 could pen it and reach the back of the tank. But i think sweden had in mind that they probably wouldnt be able to fight to soviets with leopards so desinging a tank fully on their requirements would probably be the best decision. It is truly a revolutionairy design.
I thought since it is a swedish tank i wanted to give it a snow camo. I really like snow camo's but i give you a tip to get some fake snow or like a white structure paint to make it look like it has been in the snow.
2 January 2018, 17:51
Album info
Finally done!
Beside the kit I’ve used Eduards etch add-on, separate link tracks, antenna mount and antennas from RB Model, decals from Echelon and scratched a few things, like the machine gun ports, turbine outlet and the tow cable. There’s still some minor things i haven’t had energy to fix and don’t know if I will (illumination mortars on the roof and headlights especially).
Painted with Mr Paint and weathered with AK/MIG products.
