Accurate Armour STRV.103 C S-Tank Full resin kit!

[iambrb]

Well howdy! It's been waaaay to cold to spray paint on either of the Shermans I have threads going on, so I figured hey, why not build this one up! MP, Eric, and myself (The 3 Amigo's) were at Atlanta more than a year ago when i saw & bought this puppy for less than $10 US!

I actually have a video that I made about this full resin kit, but it has yet to be published (ahem...) so here we are. This ting was fully complete and a really nice kit, whoever had it never let anyone monkey around with it. The Upper hull is really well detailed and one very big piece

And on the underside it is marked '1992' so that shows how old it is

Here are the other parts as received, Note that the resin track bits were so brittle they just fell apart as I handled them

The lower is a really heavy bathtub style lower. I used a 2-part epoxy on it, but here you can see where I installed little alignment pins bade from paperclips

AA had intended this model to be 'posable' with respect to the suspension. While a good idea, this meant that the white metal suspension was just round, so that complicated the process. I first marked all the holes

Then I hand fitted each suspension bit after numbering
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[iambrb]

Shoot there's a limit on the number of pics per posting! here is the rest:

and the result came out well.

The Cupola is a kit in itself and quite detailed:

This little (and HEAVY!!) kist is really turning out well. here is where she sits, just need to get some paint on this puppy! Details like the flare mortars and Pioneer equipment and other details really make this kit look great as you can see:

 

[Sharkmouth]

If you feel so inclined, anything designed for Trumpeter/Hobby Boss' copy will work here, such as tracks.

Regards,

 

[iambrb]

Yep. I think that’s what I’m going to do. I am at the point that I need to get paint on it before I do anything else

 

[moon puppy]

Looks like a challenging build. Go man Go!

 

[errains]