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Not sure if this is in the right place but .....
I commented on Jim's (Grumpa) recent D8 Caterpillar build that I'd ordered a new kit of a piece of construction equipment. Well, here it is:


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I don't want to open the bags so can't do a detailed review but there are some things I'd like to mention.


It's by Hasegawa so overall the detail and mould quality look really good - they've even included a driver figure - although if you look closely enough you can see odd little bits of flash here and there. The sprues are in four different colours which may help with painting.


The two black sprues shown separately are soft rubber and contain the tracks and hydraulic hoses. There is some flash here which could be difficult to remove as it's very soft rubber.


Decals look excellent.


The instructions are nicely detailed and clear and there's a nice set of full colour pictures for painting.


It's not a huge kit - only 211mm long and 77.5mm wide with 194 parts but it looks like everything that can move, does move.


It's an unusual beastie - the arms are a wonderful example of life imitating art! The grapple is the hand from a Star Wars Droid trooper and I've seen the cutter wielded by any number of Warhammer warrior figures!


I bought mine from Japan and paid about £26 including postage and for that price I'm well pleased. It's got to be worth a look for anyone interested in construction equipment kits or even just for the novelty value!


PS Someone here pointed this kit out a couple of weeks ago but I can't find the original post. Thank you to whoever it was!
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That looks good Dave. Is it going to have that "Well used" look?
 
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PS Someone here pointed this kit out a couple of weeks ago but I can't find the original post. Thank you to whoever it was!
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Was me.... :) :)


Oh! Looks a real good kit!


I will follow with interest your thread when you decided to start it ;)
 
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Not sure if this is in the right place but .....
I commented on Jim's (Grumpa) recent D8 Caterpillar build that I'd ordered a new kit of a piece of construction equipment. Well, here it is:


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I don't want to open the bags so can't do a detailed review but there are some things I'd like to mention.


It's by Hasegawa so overall the detail and mould quality look really good - they've even included a driver figure - although if you look closely enough you can see odd little bits of flash here and there. The sprues are in four different colours which may help with painting.


The two black sprues shown separately are soft rubber and contain the tracks and hydraulic hoses. There is some flash here which could be difficult to remove as it's very soft rubber.


Decals look excellent.


The instructions are nicely detailed and clear and there's a nice set of full colour pictures for painting.


It's not a huge kit - only 211mm long and 77.5mm wide with 194 parts but it looks like everything that can move, does move.


It's an unusual beastie - the arms are a wonderful example of life imitating art! The grapple is the hand from a Star Wars Droid trooper and I've seen the cutter wielded by any number of Warhammer warrior figures!


I bought mine from Japan and paid about £26 including postage and for that price I'm well pleased. It's got to be worth a look for anyone interested in construction equipment kits or even just for the novelty value!


PS Someone here pointed this kit out a couple of weeks ago but I can't find the original post. Thank you to whoever it was!
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Awesome. Will have to look out for the wip thread
 
I forgot to specify that the £26 I paid included postage from Japan - that makes this a real tempter for anyone who likes construction stuff.


For those waiting for the build, please don't hold your breath! It will be a while before I can start this.
 
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Great reads there John :)
Got one myself today. I have three SdKfz 251 kits to build at some stage so I got this for ideas and inspiration.


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Looks good Graham....... these are very interesting vehicles....... I've found out loads of stuff on them. I believe I read somewhere. There were 23 versions with different fit and armaments.
 
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Seen the VBL at the local club and had to have one. Soo cool. The type R has been on the hit list for a while and one came up at a good price. The fan you can see is complete with speed controller and will eventually built into a new spray booth that can keep up with the rg3 spray gun at full chat and hopefully it will run slow enough to also be fine for the regular airbrushing
 
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Looks good Graham....... these are very interesting vehicles....... I've found out loads of stuff on them. I believe I read somewhere. There were 23 versions with different fit and armaments.
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Sufficient variations and kits to start a collection methinks ;) Got three to start it off although one is the venerable Tamiya Hanomag and another is the 'slightly' inaccurate Zvezda for which there is a nice Eduard PE set. I feel another project coming on :rolleyes:
 
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Sufficient variations and kits to start a collection methinks ;) Got three to start it off although one is the venerable Tamiya Hanomag and another is the 'slightly' inaccurate Zvezda for which there is a nice Eduard PE set. I feel another project coming on :rolleyes:
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You could do the whole lot Graham........
 
This just in from China only 16$ so a giveaway really ordered it on Boxing day 2015 not sure how to approach this one yet as it requires card stiffiening might just use the card as template and scratch build from thin wood similar to the1/32 partwork Lancaster of severall years ago which I still need to build anyway the model this time is a1/33 Vulcan Bomber Mk2 complete with the blue something or other standoff missile here are a few shots of the model in its unbuilt form


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Colin

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