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Panhard ERC-90 F1 Lynx

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I love tanks, and some AFV's in general, so I dont miss the opportunity to take a photo or two when I see one. Yes! that handsome boy rigth there is me, the other handsome boy in this photo is a Panhard ERC-90 F1 Lynx, an armored vehicle serving in the Mexican Army as backbone of our armored forces with 120/140 units in service. Is there any model? You can build a model kit under the brand of Tiger Model (Tiger Model 4632) launched in 2018 in 1/35 th scale. This photo is ©Tiger Model, you can enjoy the complete set in their FB page: Here I certanly want to build this bad boy, Unfortunately by the time I was writing this, the Tiger Models page seems to be totally down. If I get one, ill make and unboxing and Ill update this entry in that favor. My sincere wishes that the difficult times are over soon and that the Tiger Model guys can continue with their work.

Tamiya T-34-76 model 1943

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Tamiya 35059 This was my first finished model, by that time I was inspired by the World of Tanks T-34/100 Konštrukta in the Check medium tech tree, this is the inspiration. T-34/100 Konštrukta as it apear in World of Tanks Game The T-34-76 Some german captured equipment Some frontal bounces and damage Real cloth canvas. I hate sponsons, so I totally sand them away, those buckets are truly important to me. love the way that those tracks are seen from the back. more tracks This model came from the old tamiya moulds, there are no internal sponsons and you can see the gap in this picture. Shovels are important too. For the model I used Testors metalizer as a primer (what a madness, you still can see the original metallic color in the road wheels and the bounce scratches) then painted the whole thing with Tamiya olive green spray can, (they are easy to use, practical but expensive) then weathering with Tamiya buff, deck tank and flat black with a lot of X-20 acrylic thinner. Bucket and tow ...