Ferry_vO
Retired SOH Administrator
When I was younger I built a lot of scale models, mostly aircraft, trucks and cars but after a few moves I kinda lost interest and threw most away. I did keep a few military models and the last few years I built a few more. Today I started a new project, the 1:35 Revell SPz Puma:
The Puma is the newest German IFV (Infantery Fighting vehicle) and quite an advanced panzer!
More info on the real thing here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puma_(IFV)
The model comes in a pretty large box with 177 parts. Tracks and mudflaps are made of rubbery stuff and a piece of metal wire is included for the antennas which is a better solution than using streched parts of platic sprues IMHO. Here's a shot of all the sprues:
The turret has a lot of parts compared to other models in the collection; a quick count revealed 48 parts! After assembly the gun, three sensor aarays and the two smoke dischargers should move, the turret rotates but the wheels and tracks are fixed. Today I glued part of the hull together and the seperate side-armour. I also painted these parts and most large parts of the turret.
For the exterior paint I'm using the Tamiya NATO colours; XF-67, 68 and 69 which look great. There's a big manual included with markings and decals for only the first production vehicle.
Tomorrow I will do some more painting and take a few more photos! No idea when it will be finished, but I'll try to post regular updates.
The Puma is the newest German IFV (Infantery Fighting vehicle) and quite an advanced panzer!
More info on the real thing here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puma_(IFV)
The model comes in a pretty large box with 177 parts. Tracks and mudflaps are made of rubbery stuff and a piece of metal wire is included for the antennas which is a better solution than using streched parts of platic sprues IMHO. Here's a shot of all the sprues:
The turret has a lot of parts compared to other models in the collection; a quick count revealed 48 parts! After assembly the gun, three sensor aarays and the two smoke dischargers should move, the turret rotates but the wheels and tracks are fixed. Today I glued part of the hull together and the seperate side-armour. I also painted these parts and most large parts of the turret.
For the exterior paint I'm using the Tamiya NATO colours; XF-67, 68 and 69 which look great. There's a big manual included with markings and decals for only the first production vehicle.
Tomorrow I will do some more painting and take a few more photos! No idea when it will be finished, but I'll try to post regular updates.