Japanese Type 96

[Olivier Carneau]

That was fast

It has been a long time since I last built a kit with only 350 parts.

[Olivier Carneau]

Small update today. I managed to get the various details painted. I also shaped the grilles in front of the headlights. Trumpeter do not give you any template to do this. So I bent the PE parts with my eyeball mk1 and was quite happy with hte result. I still have to drill tiny holes to help the parts stay in place.

[Olivier Carneau]

A coat of Klir has been brushed to help apply the decals. Trumpeter omitted the white background for the registration plates. Fortunately I have in my stash a sheet of white decal paper.
The wheels are not glued yet. The tires have been rubbed with steel wool to remove their glossy look. The mold line has been removed with my soldering iron.

[Olivier Carneau]

Hi all
I call this one complete. The weathering has been done the old fashion: pinwash and dry brush. I also added some pigments to create the dirt effect on the lower parts of the vehicle.
When I glued the wheels I had the bad surprise of a general misalignment so I had to do some surgery to the wheel attachments.

[Adam Durrant]

Nice work Olivier, a very tidy quick, clean build.

[Vincent Power]

Looks good Olivier. You have done a nice job on it.

Vincent

[Olivier Carneau]

Thank you for the comments. Doing a straight of the box model is sometimes relaxing.

[Adam Durrant]

Thank you for the comments. Doing a straight of the box model is sometimes relaxing.

+1!!

[Philipp Gross]

Fantastic work as usual What's next?

Philipp