Aha ! Thanks for joining us Michel. @michel-verschuere

You picked a good one to build here. I'll be following along with keen interest on this one. I have a similar Dragon kit in the stash. If you happen to run into any problems along the way, please let me know, like you did on the Tunisian Tiger you built a little while ago. That one turned out great too... as do all of your builds.

Thank you Spiros, I will start right after my T-72 is done!

https://imodeler.com/groups/military-vehicles-modern/forum/topic/t-72b-variant-in-syria-in-135/

I was very impressed with how your T-72 looks, and now with work starting on this one, I am anxious to see how you build this little tank up next. I'll bet there's a huge difference if you were to compare these two (with the T-72 parked next to your Chi-Ha) next to each other. I'm always amazed at just how small these early armored vehicles were, ans equally amazed at how thin the armor was on them... But if they were constructed too heavy, the suspension wouldn't be able to handle the weight, and the tracks would sink in the soil because they also lacked a wide modern "foot print".

Looking forward to seeing your next installment.

Looks good. As I said other than a very few pitfalls, it's a great kit. Mine is awaiting camouflage, so no one can see it.
When they are both done we can get together and have a parade.

I was thinking Singapore.

I'm doing the version that's finished and has a coat of Brown paint on it haha

In reality, Dragon does it's usual trick of giving you a choice of stuff, and not bothering to tell you the difference. EG a choice of return rollers, skinny or wide. I chose the skinny ones, this is an early version, usually stuff like that is beefed up in later versions. Pictures support this (vaguely). Also the turret antenna, they are very similar, but one looks a bit more shallow, which I chose because...well because that's why. No info could I find on the innertube, maybe you're a better searcher than I.

To be different from mine you could paint a nice commander figure with a properly painted face, which I cannot do. 🙂

Have fun.

Hello Michel, @michel-verschuere
This is coming along nicely... and I found some photos you might like...

You guys are really tempting me to pull one of the Japanese tanks out of the stash... ; )

Looking good my friend. I can't wait to see what you do next. These were some very small tanks. I don't think they would hold up too well if they came across a Sherman. In fact the Stuart was probably better too.

Well @lgardner, small is beautiful, I don't think the IJA recruited their tank force with the college basketball team... I like that "family photo" on the tank, as well as the last one where the commander holds his katana!