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peter61_uk
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Hi All,
Ok..... I'm about to crack in to "Hobby Boss 1:72 scale Morser Karl Gerat (can't work out how to do an "umlat" over the "a" ...... So I apologise to ur German friends)........ On first sight this kit looks good. Lots of detail on the component parts, no flash and instructions that look pretty "instructive" ...... The kit has options for Gerat 040 or 041 (Device 1 or 2)........
I've done a bit of research on this puppy, thankfully there is a lot out there on the net...... For all it's formidable appearance and specification it was actually a bit of a white elephant by all accounts........... I found one blokey who has built this, and seems to know a bit about the "Karl" and gives pointers on a few innacuracies in the kit and what to do about them......... Good Man!!!!
So now I'm wondering........ Do I build it with a "just out of the factory look" which from as far as I call tell entails gluing it all together and then dipping it in a bucket of grey paint ........... or do I throw some mud and a touch of rust on it and mount it sitting on top of a pile of crap?????
Here are some photos I took before I start.............Three of the four bags have two sprues in.....so there are a lot of bits to go together.
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I'll post some more on this as I go along.........
Cheers to All
Peter
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Ok..... I'm about to crack in to "Hobby Boss 1:72 scale Morser Karl Gerat (can't work out how to do an "umlat" over the "a" ...... So I apologise to ur German friends)........ On first sight this kit looks good. Lots of detail on the component parts, no flash and instructions that look pretty "instructive" ...... The kit has options for Gerat 040 or 041 (Device 1 or 2)........
I've done a bit of research on this puppy, thankfully there is a lot out there on the net...... For all it's formidable appearance and specification it was actually a bit of a white elephant by all accounts........... I found one blokey who has built this, and seems to know a bit about the "Karl" and gives pointers on a few innacuracies in the kit and what to do about them......... Good Man!!!!
So now I'm wondering........ Do I build it with a "just out of the factory look" which from as far as I call tell entails gluing it all together and then dipping it in a bucket of grey paint ........... or do I throw some mud and a touch of rust on it and mount it sitting on top of a pile of crap?????
Here are some photos I took before I start.............Three of the four bags have two sprues in.....so there are a lot of bits to go together.
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I'll post some more on this as I go along.........
Cheers to All
Peter
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