First tank

[Pat Minarick]

My first tank ,just to see what it was like. 

[Snake45]

Not bad at all! What kit is it? 

[shoopdog]

Very nicely done, in the right environment it would pass for the real deal.

[Pat Minarick]

15 hours ago, Snake45 said:

Not bad at all! What kit is it? 

Thanks , it's an old and very brittel Italaerei kit. It's definitely not perfect but it was fun to do something different.

[Pat Minarick]

14 hours ago, shoopdog said:

Very nicely done, in the right environment it would pass for the real deal.

Thank you.

[Mike999]

22 hours ago, Snake45 said:

Not bad at all! What kit is it? 

Nice dirty build!  That's the vintage Italeri Panzer 38(t) Skoda light tank, still looking good.  Pic below of the original "white box" issue, when the company was still spelling its name "Italaerei."

According to Der Experten, the Italeri kit is an Ausf. C model, manufactured from May to August 1940 and used in the invasion of France.  Like its older brother the Skoda 35(t), it got into the German army when Hitler took over the Czech munitions industry in 1938-39.  The 38(t) soldiered on for a long time, thru the Russian campaign, but was eventually outclassed and converted into many different versions of light self-propelled artillery and anti-aircraft guns.  Including the famous Hetzer light tank destroyer, also modeled by Italeri.

Along with the Italeri M13 Italian light tanks, US Jeep and M4A1 Sherman, etc., back in the 1970s this was one of the kits that showed Tamiya it now had some serious competition in 1/35 scale armor. 

 

Edited March 20, 2018 by Mike999
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[Pat Minarick]

5 hours ago, Mike999 said:

Nice dirty build!  That's the vintage Italeri Panzer 38(t) Skoda light tank, still looking good.  Pic below of the original "white box" issue, when the company was still spelling its name "Italaerei."

According to Der Experten, the Italeri kit is an Ausf. C model, manufactured from May to August 1940 and used in the invasion of France.  Like its older brother the Skoda 35(t), it got into the German army when Hitler took over the Czech munitions industry in 1938-39.  The 38(t) soldiered on for a long time, thru the Russian campaign, but was eventually outclassed and converted into many different versions of light self-propelled artillery and anti-aircraft guns.  Including the famous Hetzer light tank destroyer, also modeled by Italeri.

Along with the Italeri M13 Italian light tanks, US Jeep and M4A1 Sherman, etc., back in the 1970s this was one of the kits that showed Tamiya it now had some serious competition in 1/35 scale armor. 

 

That's the one , it was a door prize. Put it together in about a week.  I don't have an air brush, so this was all brush painted , I know nothing about armour, just wanted to see what I could do with it.

[Edward Gore]

Very good paint work on this. I like the subtle color changes in the steel.

[Lunajammer]

On 3/20/2018 at 12:52 PM, Pat Minarick said:

...I know nothing about armour, just wanted to see what I could do with it.

Could have fooled me. I think it looks fantastic.

[Pat Minarick]

1 hour ago, Lunajammer said:

Could have fooled me. I think it looks fantastic.

Thank you 

[John Verkerk]

Looks like you nailed it!!!Weathering looks spot on!!

[Deathgoblin]

Looks awesome!!