Thursday 21 February 2013

Nahzee Nuisance 1

As I mentioned yesterday I have become embroiled in the modelling farrago that is:


The fetching box art does not, at all, convey adequately the horrors that lie within. Why on earth the designers thought it amusing to have two piece road wheels for example is a mystery. The simple answer is they are sadists. More likely is that they wanted to up the 'model quality quotient' for the kit. We'll never know for sure. But that wasn't the worst of it, oh no. The appliqué/spaced armour mounting kit  took downright nastiness to a whole new level. I am, however, getting ahead of myself. The worst, the absolute worst was the tank's tracks. Now, I'm used to the flippy-floppy-wibbly-wobbly tracks that will simply not either remain glued together or fit over the running gear. Not without at least one road wheel snapping off or one's fingers becoming glued together. But this! Ehrmegerd as the yoof say. INDIVIDUAL track links? Are you mad? Apparently so. Mind you once you bite the bullet and get on with it the effect is most pleasing. So, in the end a win for me. I doubt I'll have more than one Revel PzIII in my Nahzee tank forces though. Now I know why it was priced at £3.99.................





Vorwärts!




6 comments:

  1. Aww crap. I am working on the Revell Jagdpanther, which also has individual track links.

    Also, I love the Panzer III, but all the models of it seem to be either overly simplistic (Armourfast) or massively difficult. My last hope lies with the PSC ones.

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    1. Now it's done I feel quite pleased with myself. But at the time it was difficult. To say the least. Thank dog for toothpicks and tweezers is all I'm saying.

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  2. www.hlj.com/product/mtuafv-46#
    Wrong scale and price, but I'd run if I saw one of these coming over the horizon.

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    1. Torpedoes away! That should sort the blighter out.

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  3. I know exactly where you are coming from James. I detest the individual track link taskings and aviod them as a matter of course.

    Thanks goodness for Matchbox and Airfix!

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    1. Paul, this is why Armourfast is so dear to my heart. I've got the thing painted now; just the appliqué armour to go on........... ;-)

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