TKS Tankette, Poland 1934 (1/72)
The smallest vehicle i've ever build so far!
I decided to use a pre-war camouflage for my object.
It was called "Japanese camouflage pattern" and was used until 1936.
The colors used were olive green, light gray and sand brown, until this was replaced by the green, brown and sand color scheme.
This kit (Polish TKS Tankette, First to Fight, PL1939-015) is of very good quality with fine and crisp details.
A few rivets are missing but this is acceptable for this size and for a price of less than 10 euros.
Smaller details like the headlight, taillight and tool attachment are missing too, but these are quickly added.
An additional upgrade is the Hotchkiss MG from Master (GM-72-009).
The biggest problem is that the material is a bit too soft.
That makes processing a bit more difficult.
Tanker comes from Scibor Monstrous Miniatures (72HM0003) and illustrates perfectly the small outbursts of the TKS.
Pedestal is completely built on my own.
I don't know much about tanks and i don't build them but this pristine paintjob is absolutely cracking! I love it!
Fantastic model, Simon!
A tiny tank in a tiny scale made with a huge talent, fabulous work…you must have some strong magnifiers;-)
Love your display, the ground cover looks very good. What did you use for leaves?
Amazing, Simon @s-nagorsnik
Even smaller than a paint bottle and still that detailed, fabulous.
Great job, paint and display. The rivets on the side are missing due to old school molding process.
When I did mine I tried to make them out of dots of white glue. Dint work too good! There are
sheets of individual cut-and-glue rivets now, maybe down the road. I'm not sure if there is a new release of these tankettes, either.
What a lovely word “tankette” is, and what a lovely model, too.
Great work overall, love the paint and vignette design!