mc65 Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 hi all, often during the building of a complex kit I take a breath with little projects, just to avoid the target fixation on the main one. also, I build subjects complementary of the main one, being the idea (the hope) to match these on a diorama, at the end. here is a Zoukei Mura Kettenkrad, I wanted to try it for the scale, being the alternative the 1/35 one, and for the manufacturer, just to have an idea of their kits level of detail and of the cost/benefit ratio. nice, I must admit. but I threw in all the AM I found, like PE and driver, and still I was not satisfied with some items. in example, I had to change the seat springs and modify its pivoting point to have access at will at the engine compartment. engine compartment wich is very nice, albeit missing some detail I added by scratch. a thing that drew me crazy were the front fork springs, the real one are two biconical objects, while the kit's ones were some orrible cylindrical rods. it took me some time to find the solution, but here we are. so, nice kit, but at an unreal cost, with all the extra ZM proposes, and wich obviously I purchased. to add some frustration, I managed to lost an external wheel, and realized that willing to tow my Me262, this was my first intention, it's not prtical due to the dimensions of the two linked togheter. so, it will probably tow a Special Hobby V1, creating the paradox in wich the towing's kit cost will be tree times the towed's one! these two reasons, plus my deep idiosyncrasy at painting figures, leaves it as is, at the moment. cheers, Paolo LSP_Kevin, Greg W, LSP_Ray and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 Very nice, Paolo! Love the work you did on the springs. Have you checked out the new release by Meng(or was it Takom?) in 1/35? It looked really good. I am wondering if some of the details would help with the ZM kit? mc65 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 Oops, make that Das Werk: https://www.scalemates.com/kits/das-werk-dw35020-sdkfz2-kleines-kettenkrad--1265392 mc65 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc65 Posted October 12, 2021 Author Share Posted October 12, 2021 Sounds interesting! I didn't know it, I think I'll give it a try, thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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