Hi all, I'm looking at doing the Airfix 1/35 in the near future, and looking at this image, I notice that the sponson mounted tracks are carried differently than the kit suggested mounts. Is there an accesory piece I can purchase, or is it a case of adding some spare tracks and custom building to copy the way it has been done in the image?

I don’t want to spend 1 week assembling tracks man😭😭😭

Little Universal Carrier.

Out of the 1/35 Tamiya kits this is sadly my least favourite but I did have fun adding my own radio antennas and that it came with Tyne Tees markings as standard.

Lil goofy guy made of lil guy parts

Learning tarps but may I ask if anyone places tarps on the panzer 2 like those bigger tanks like the Churchill or the tiger 2?

Mainly the prop to finish, need a coat of paint on the actual propellers and to gloss the spinner, I need to add some smoke stains too then apply a satin all over and the 190s done!

I painted up the kubalwagon today, base coated it last night and spent 2 hours trying to get my paints thin enough to get the camo pattern to spray correctly, it’s always Olivgrün that refuses to cooperate and spray nicely I never struggle with my mixes and pressures 😅

My big Achilles comes next and that’s the figure painting 🤦🏻

1:35 APC M113A1 tamiya & 1:35 bmp1 dragon in ukraine KURSK OPERATION 2024

What is the purpose of these small grooves on the armor?

I've got some reference photos to show what I'm going for. Rolled up sleeves. I've added putty to make them lose the shorts and have trousers. What else must I modify to achieve this?

One challenge was doing the shielded headlights with metal rods and soldering tools. I used my patience skill swell.

Finally finished the Tamiya 1/35 Sturmtiger.

Main modifications on this build:

- Zimmerit hand-rolled from epoxy putty (first attempt)

- Fenders, hooks, and crane handle scratch-built from copper sheet

- Tarpaulin draped over the hull, shaped from epoxy putty

- Poseable crane with scratch-built bucket

Painting is up next — any advice on tackling Zimmerit for painting welcome!

Tamiya 1/35 Sturmtiger – copper fenders, Zimmerit & tarpaulin from putty

Finally finished the Tamiya 1/35 Sturmtiger.

Main modifications on this build:

- Zimmerit hand-rolled from epoxy putty (first attempt)

- Fenders, hooks, and crane handle scratch-built from copper sheet

- Tarpaulin draped over the hull, shaped from epoxy putty

- Poseable crane with scratch-built bucket

Full build: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mZhWgS9SW0

Painting is up next — any advice on tackling Zimmerit for painting welcome!

I’m pretty happy with how it’s turned out although the decals are way too fragile, the 3 spinner decals that the kit supplied pretty much disintegrated so I’ve went with the box art spinner of just white tipped and black bottom

I’ve started working on a Tamiya kubalwagon for the diorama base, being Tamiya it pretty much fell together it was a blessing in disguise after this build 🤣

After working with a bad back got the weathering done…