Katiusza BM 13 with 12 Wheels

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Katiusza BM 13 with 12 Wheels

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This will be my entry into the six wheel group build.

It is a 1/35 Italeri old kit, like most of my kits. Which does not mean that they were produced on old die, but that I bought them long time ago.

I always read about people saying how old the tooling is or when it was last retooled, that does not mean a kit was produced on old dies, like most of my Tamyia kits, I bought them 20-25 years ago and have had them in my basement for decades, so the kit might be "new" :thumb2: LMFAO.....

There are three sprues, one has all the rails and rockets, and two for the truck itself.

If the topic is of interest, please refer to the wiki link for further reading.

While doing minor research, I saw pictures of the Katisusza in the street of Berlin, it would make a wicked rio for this e so inclined, I will do moe digging around and may make this model based on it being in the urban confines of Berlin, when I weaner it. Maybe need to get some concrete pigments.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katyusha_rocket_launcher

Nice box art

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Decals and tires, hope the decals ar better then the last two Italeri kits, where there was like a white goo coming from their backing

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Typical old Italeri directions, OK

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Sprues look clean, nice fine detail, we shall see how it fits. The figures look a little flat, and I mean flat or real skinny, I may dig in the box and find a driver.

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Re: Katiusza BM 13 with 12 Wheels

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Love this kit :thumb2:
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Re: Katiusza BM 13 with 12 Wheels

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Well so far I have the frame assembled. Did not realize this ends in December, so I am officially pulling the plug on the GB and hope I can finish the VN GB.

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Re: Katiusza BM 13 with 12 Wheels

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Gb64c wrote: Fri Oct 31, 2014 2:23 pm This will be my entry into the six wheel group build.

It is a 1/35 Italeri old kit, like most of my kits. Which does not mean that they were produced on old die, but that I bought them long time ago.

I always read about people saying how old the tooling is or when it was last retooled, that does not mean a kit was produced on old dies, like most of my Tamyia kits, I bought them 20-25 years ago and have had them in my basement for decades, so the kit might be "new" :thumb2: LMFAO.....

There are three sprues, one has all the rails and rockets, and two for the truck itself.

If the topic is of interest, please refer to the wiki link for further reading.

While doing minor research, I saw pictures of the Katisusza in the street of Berlin, it would make a wicked rio for this e so inclined, I will do moe digging around and may make this model based on it being in the urban confines of Berlin, when I weaner it. Maybe need to get some concrete pigments.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katyusha_rocket_launcher

Nice box art

Image


Decals and tires, hope the decals ar better then the last two Italeri kits, where there was like a white goo coming from their backing

Image

Typical old Italeri directions, OK

Image

Sprues look clean, nice fine detail, we shall see how it fits. The figures look a little flat, and I mean flat or real skinny, I may dig in the box and find a driver.

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Comments made about the tooling refer to when the molds that the kit comes from was first manufactured. Scalemates provides that sort of info...take a look at the time line.
https://www.scalemates.com/kits/dragon- ... el--108451
It doesn't matter if it was the first kit produced off new dies if it was made 40yrs ago. The standard of detail on modern tooling is generally to a higher standard due to technological progress particularly with slide molds not to mention fit issues are less than they were.
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My apologies this appeared at the top as a new unread topic and I answered before I realized that this is way old :oops:
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