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Saturday, 14 August 2010

The Joy of Airfix (2): Sherman power the "Calliope"

Joining up a bit of the 'old' Airfix with a bit of the 'new' (as in the tubes on top) product line. Raw plastic shown below:


More of a US artillery piece than a tank really, delivering the Western Allies response to the "moaning minnies" Nerwerfer blast. Nice of Airfix to be as resourceful as this, bringing out a curiosity kit, but nice clean lines for the new sprue :)

Things to note: New plastic track a considerable improvement on past "track plastics".

4 comments:

  1. Nice one mate, have you finished that old/new landship yet?

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  2. I'm stuck in dismembering plastic figures from sprues just now Al.

    The "Valiant" Americans are taking some sticking together

    The British look more straightforward :)

    The pots of paint are off the table for the time being ;)

    In the fullness of time :)

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  3. Mmmm strange beastie to field on the table, Glad to hear about the better tracks.

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  4. A modelling challenge will be to drill holes in all those tubes ... some long winter night perhaps ;)

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