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TAM (Tanque Argentino Mediano) 1/35, Pt. 1

by Juan Ravizzoli on June 3, 2021
in Armor — 2 Comments

A few months ago this resin kit, in 1/35 scale, of the Argentine Medium Tank (TAM) went on sale in my country. The manufacturer has a long trajectory in the sale of scale models, and recently began with the manufacture of their own kits. This is[...]

ERC-90 from Argentine Marine Corps

by Juan Ravizzoli on May 3, 2021
in Armor — 3 Comments

Greetings to all forum members. In this occasion I want to show you the last thing I built in these times. It is the ERC-90 from Tiger Models. The truth is that it was a very "interesting" experience... The first thing I thought, as soon as I op[...]

Sonderwagen M8, Pt. 2

by Juan Ravizzoli on April 24, 2021
in Armor — 5 Comments

Greetings to all forum members. In this post, I am finishing the construction of the M8 Greyhound from the Bundesgrenzschutz or Federal Border Guard, the first national armed service of West Germany, created in 1951. Here is the step by step con[...]

Sonderwagen M8, Pt 1

by Juan Ravizzoli on March 29, 2021
in Armor — 2 Comments

Greetings to all forum members. On this occasion I wanted to show you a project that I quickly realized in the last weeks. Going through my boxes, I found an old Italeri kit: the M8 "Greyhound" armored vehicle. It is a kit that already has many [...]

M3A1 halftrack from IDF

by Juan Ravizzoli on March 1, 2021
in Armor — 8 Comments

Greetings to the forum members. On this occasion I wanted to show you my latest project: the Dragon M3A1 half-track, in 1/35 scale, in IDF version during the 1960s. It is the 2009 kit (n° 6332), and not the n° 3569, from 2016. The modifications[...]

M551 Sheridan, from Tamiya, 1/35

by Juan Ravizzoli on January 1, 2021
in Armor — 2 Comments

M551 Sheridan from Tamiya, 1/35. Is building directly from the box, with some scratch. The painting is from Vallejo's acrylics. For wethering I used washes of AK and pigments from Casttle Art and AK.

IDF APC PUMA with mine roller, 1/35

by Juan Ravizzoli on January 1, 2021
in Armor — 2 Comments

IDF APC PUMA from HobbyBoss with mine roller system Nochri, from Meng, 1/35. The interior is made with scratch. The painting is from Vallejo's acrylics. For wethering I used washes of AK and pigments from Casttle Art and AK.

Ch-34, 1/48

by Juan Ravizzoli on September 15, 2020
in Aviation — 9 Comments

CH-34, 1/48, by Gallery Models. It is a kit with a good detailing, with very good fitting of pieces. The detailing is correct, but the interior can be detailed even more. It is painted with Vallejo acrylics.

Argentine Army FWD truck

by Juan Ravizzoli on July 24, 2020
in Armor — 6 Comments

Greetings to all forum members. On this occasion I wanted to show you this project. It is the FWD truck model B from Zvezda, in 1/35. The level of detailing and fitting of the parts is very good. It seemed to me, for its quality, the best kit[...]

AT-T tractor, 1/35, from Trumpeter

by Juan Ravizzoli on June 9, 2020
in Armor — 5 Comments

Greetings to all forum members. The AT-T heavy artillery tractor was used by the USSR during the cold war, for the transport of heavy artillery and some types of missiles. It was based on the chassis and engine of the T-54. Trumpeter's kit is ve[...]