Trumpeter 1/35 Strv 103B S-Tank

[Fernando N]

Hi all, completed this one last week as a restart for the mojo, as that went down the drain the past months…

Simply OOB with only the antenna made from brass wire, the challenge was to add some interest in the overall RLM02 scheme and with a black pre-shade combined with a wash and dusting it turned out pretty well me thinks

Thanks for looking in.
Fernando

 

[Steve Jones]

Ah yes!!! I saw this one up close and personal the other day. Swedish arnt they??? Really want to build this one myself. You have done a cracking job Fernando. Great to see you doing an AFV. Top class work my friend

 

[Jakko]

Now there’s a good kit for the Simon T. Memorial GB Still, this one looks good and convincing

 

[Fernando N]

Ah yes!!! I saw this one up close and personal the other day. Swedish arnt they??? Really want to build this one myself. You have done a cracking job Fernando. Great to see you doing an AFV. Top class work my friend

Thanks mate, it builds quite simple but being an early Trumpie one many locator holes are too big…

Recommend to get the ‘’C’’ variant for the interesting splinter scheme and also separate track links as the band tracks are a pain to join and there is just a little fender to hide the staples

 

[Fernando N]

Now there’s a good kit for the Simon T. Memorial GB Still, this one looks good and convincing

Thanks, go for it jakko it is a neat canvas to improve on and cheap too

 

[Jim R]

H Fernando
That looks great. Unusual looking vehicle.
Jim

 

[Jakko]

Oh, I’m not going to do that I have an Accurate Armour Strv-103C that I built almost 20 years ago (I wondered why they had it on sale when I bought it, and then I heard about the Trumpeter kit about to come out), and this Trumpeter one is far too much work for my taste to bring to the correct dimensions — hence my comment that it’s a good one for the GB

 

[Lee Drennen]

Fernando. Very well executed nice clean build

 

[adt70hk]

Very well done indeed Fernando

An excellent effort!

ATB

Andrew

 

[grumpa]

Nice clean build, like the subtle weathering, unusual vehicle, good job all round

Jim.

 

[Deleted member 6559]

Lovely work Fernando.

 

[rtfoe]

Lovely work Fernando, I find this the weirdest tank design I've ever seen. Always thought the gun looked like a sewage pipe wedged with supports. I'm guessing the Israeli's must have looked at the shape of this thing when designing their Merkava.

Nice overall effect of wash and dusting... lots of nooks and crannies to make it pop out. Great subject to get the mojo juices flowing.

I read that two were modified to look like Stugs in the movie When Trumpets Fade.

Cheers,
Richard