1/35 scale M-42 Duster twin 40mm Hellenic Army

That's an almost 20 years old scale model project of mine, built in only few hours. The model represent one of the M-42 Duster twin 40mm SPGs, used to operate with Hellenic Army colours. In fact, I found this M-42 Duster with exact s/n, stationed on Tsimandria beach at the island of Lemnos back in 1992, propably under some Army artillery movements for onshore protection versus LCVPs. Because I have no experience in AFVs or tanks, I took few pictures to avoid possible mistakes while building this model and relied exclusively on these photographs to build it. The M-42, was as dusty as it looks in scale, with the downward .50" BMG as you see, spare barrels, etc.

it's good job

Quite nice for a 20 years old model !
And Greek markings and colour are not seen enough.
Thanks for the pics.

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A+

it s a good job.very nice paint!!!

J'aime beaucoup,notamment la peinture..........

ledoux a écrit:

Salut, tu peux nous en dire un peu plus ???


Petit rappel, tu n'es toujours pas passé par la case "PRÉSENTATIONS" qui se trouve en suivant ce lien ...


https://maquette-garden.forumactif.com/salut-je-me-presente-je-suis-nouveau-ici-f15/


Et pour finir, https://maquette-garden.forumactif.com/le-coin-des-membres-f14/le-smiley-n-est-pas-une-langue-t15195.htm?highlight=le+smileys+n+est+pas+une+langue


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Nick_Karatzides a écrit:

That's an almost 20 years old scale model project of mine...

…but after paint stripping in 2010 and repaint again, the result is the following:

Hi Nick,
the second version is better but why have you removed the M2 MG ?
I guess you used some PE parts t oimprove the details of the old kit. It gives a lot to the result.
The only point I have is you omitted to paint the headlight glasses unlike on the first version.
Job well done anyway for a very nice appealing version.

Olivier

bison126 a écrit:

the second version is better

I hope so

bison126 a écrit:

I guess you used some PE parts to improve the details of the old kit. It gives a lot to the result.

I did some modifications with styrene, but no additional PE parts used. The main modification I made was to reduce the thickness of the turrets armor, into more realistic levels (feel free to check differences between THIS and THIS picture). Adding some extra fuel canisters, tools & shovels, flashlight, hoses etc seemed right to me. Spare 40mm cannons and few more elements made of wire & plastic, adding some detail to this oldie. Off course, I could use the PE / resin upgrade kit for best results, but I didn't want to spend more time & money trying to re-birth a 20+ years old kit. The sights are 1/48 scale afterburners actually, taken from an old F-5E Tiger II kit.

Nick_Karatzides a écrit:

The sights are 1/48 scale afterburners actually, taken from an old F-5E Tiger II kit.

These are the parts that made me think you used PE. They are really thin and realistic.

Olivier