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Mirage 1:35 Polish wz.34-II armored car

Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2014 10:34 pm
by fly1ngdutchm4n
Started a new build, a small en OOB build.
Not an easy build, for it needs buckets of putty and lots of plastic card, but I had a bargain on this very lovely and cute kit.

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Can you imagine driving in this?
Would be uncomfortable and like a coffin on wheels...

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The wz. 34 armored car was developed as a modification of the wz. 28 half-track vehicle. The tracked wheels were replaced with wheels with tires. This allowed simpler maintenance and improved the reliability of the driving mechanism without major deterioration of the off-road capability. Ten squadrons of armored cars (some 80 vehicles) were mobilized in September 1939. In the first days of fighting the cars were used for reconnaissance and support. Despite great superiority of the German equipment, Polish crews achieved success thanks to bravery and using the element of surprise.

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Glued the two hull parts together, and dry fitted the radiator door.
And I think it does not fit perfectly... :shifty:
A huge gap is showing..

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Solved that by adding a plastic card at the inside,

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And filled it up with plastic putty and sand it down after drying.

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Filled up the gap at the top of the car too, and after some more sanding and polishing, this is what it turned so far.

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It's a small kit, but most work is going to be filling and sanding gaps, and reworking parts. :mrgreen:

until next time guys, hope to have done some more work by then.
:cheers2:









Re: Mirage 1:35 Polish wz.34-II armored car

Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2014 8:19 pm
by wappynutter
:pop: " munch...munch....munch......!"

Sat waiting Frans, good luck with the filling and sanding...
Hope theres a Diorama/Vignette on the cards??
Have fun matey....... :thumb1:
:cheers2:

Re: Mirage 1:35 Polish wz.34-II armored car

Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2014 12:18 am
by fly1ngdutchm4n
wappynutter wrote: :pop: " munch...munch....munch......!"

Sat waiting Frans, good luck with the filling and sanding...
Hope theres a Diorama/Vignette on the cards??
Have fun matey....... :thumb1:
:cheers2:
Thanks mate, I'm enjoying sanding now with the new Ultimate sanders. :thumb2:
I'm planning a small Vignette with this one. Maybe one figure leaning at the car. .
Cheers buddy :cheers2:

Re: Mirage 1:35 Polish wz.34-II armored car

Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2014 12:48 am
by T3hGuppy
Now that is one strange looking afv.

Will be watching with intrest.

Re: Mirage 1:35 Polish wz.34-II armored car

Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2014 6:03 am
by fly1ngdutchm4n
T3hGuppy wrote:Now that is one strange looking afv.

Will be watching with intrest.
It's early 1930's AFV and this kit too I think... Bad, bad plastic and fitting parts is also terrible.
But it's a funny looking kit, and with some effort you can make it look nice :thumb2:
:cheers2:

Re: Mirage 1:35 Polish wz.34-II armored car

Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2014 7:38 pm
by T3hGuppy
fly1ngdutchm4n wrote:
T3hGuppy wrote:Now that is one strange looking afv.

Will be watching with intrest.
It's early 1930's AFV and this kit too I think... Bad, bad plastic and fitting parts is also terrible.
But it's a funny looking kit, and with some effort you can make it look nice :thumb2:
:cheers2:
Im sure you will make it look great as always buddy.

Re: Mirage 1:35 Polish wz.34-II armored car

Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2014 8:06 pm
by Tiger131
love these strange builds instead of another panzer like your work so far bud will keep up with this

Re: Mirage 1:35 Polish wz.34-II armored car

Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2014 7:17 pm
by fly1ngdutchm4n
T3hGuppy wrote:Im sure you will make it look great as always buddy.
Tiger131 wrote:love these strange builds instead of another panzer like your work so far bud will keep up with this
Thanks guys! :D
I will do my best on this one...

Re: Mirage 1:35 Polish wz.34-II armored car

Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2014 7:48 pm
by fly1ngdutchm4n
HELLO!
And welcome to another update.
The Morser Karl is finished, so until the D-day GB starts, I got time to fool around with my other builds like this one :mrgreen:

And we start with another problem this kit has... I didn't see it when I did my box review on this kit, but there are pins missing for attaching the front wheels on...


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So had to do some sprue stretching to solve it. :th:


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Replaced the moulded handles for opening the hood by copper wire.
Here are the moulded ones on the sprue:

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And here are the handles I made:

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This kit does not come with the metal bars that holds the fenders up, so I had to scratch build them too from wire.

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The search light was just a blob of plastic too, so I drilled it open and made a handle from wire. Also added a small electrical wire too. The light itself will painted silver inside and will receive a home made glass lens.
Also replaced the door handle on the left side and at the back door.

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And here's what I got so far guys!

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Really? :wtf: This is the handle for starting the engine? Bad....BAD!

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One side is round, the other flat? OMG.... :doh: And this kit part is way too small too...
So I'm replacing this too by making one from wire. But That will be seen in my next update. :thumb2:
Hope to see you next time guys! :cheers2:






Re: Mirage 1:35 Polish wz.34-II armored car

Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2014 8:49 pm
by Rob
Great thread Frans. I like the looks of these early armoured vehicles and I especially like what you are doing with this model. Looking forward to more :th:

Re: Mirage 1:35 Polish wz.34-II armored car

Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2014 10:11 pm
by fly1ngdutchm4n
Rob wrote:Great thread Frans. I like the looks of these early armoured vehicles and I especially like what you are doing with this model. Looking forward to more :th:

Thank you Rob :D
I must say that it's not an easy task with this kit though. ..
Looks like this kit came straight out of hell, 666 bad parts moulded by Lucifer himself :twisted:
But seriously though, I like this kit so far and there is nothing some plastic card and putty can't solve so far :th:
This car is going to be one step closer to building a ww1 vehicle that I want to build sometimes.
:cheers2:

Re: Mirage 1:35 Polish wz.34-II armored car

Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2014 7:55 pm
by fly1ngdutchm4n
Build finished!
Well.... almost..
I made the handle for jumpstarting the engine, and added the wheels.
So I'm finished building this model, but I'm missing something...
After doing some googling on this model, I saw on all photo's rivets on the bodywork all around as you can see on this pic from a reconstructed car.

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:think: Hmmm... guess I'm going to make my own rivets, or maybe I got enough rivets in my spare PE box...
We'll see that next time.

The camouflage on that car in the pic above, is not the camo scheme i'm planning. No... I have to do the difficult 1934 scheme...

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This is what I got so far guys :thumb2:

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So what do you guys think? Should I go for the effort of adding the extra (missing) rivets?
I Think it adds just that little extra to this model. :mrgreen:

Cheers guys! :cheers2:

Re: Mirage 1:35 Polish wz.34-II armored car

Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2014 8:00 pm
by andreb87
hey frans nice work! you know i'm a german and i'm a bit like hamilkar barkas :D i would only build that vehicle as a victim of a german afv :D so it would be destroyed and burnt out :D so i would not place rivets on it and invest the safed time into a nice german afv :D come to the dark side we have cookies ... and tigers and panthers <3!

Re: Mirage 1:35 Polish wz.34-II armored car

Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2014 8:09 pm
by fly1ngdutchm4n
andreb87 wrote:hey frans nice work! you know i'm a german and i'm a bit like hamilkar barkas :D i would only build that vehicle as a victim of a german afv :D so it would be destroyed and burnt out :D so i would not place rivets on it and invest the safed time into a nice german afv :D come to the dark side we have cookies ... and tigers and panthers <3!
Thank you Andre :D
LOL! Hamilkar and you got Cookies over there? :banana: Hold on, I'm coming over to the dark side now! :lol:
As you know I'm a big fan of German AFV too but this thing kinda stole my gingerbread hart...
Want to make her pretty with a polish figure next to it. Than blow her up.. :mrgreen:

Re: Mirage 1:35 Polish wz.34-II armored car

Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2014 10:21 pm
by wappynutter
:eeek: Frantastic matey.......

I see you added the winding handle....... :scratch::

I see the picture of the rebuilt one has removed it completely?? :think:

Good luck with that Camo..... I don't envy you one bit at this scale.....
Love the idea of you adding the rivets.... go on get it done, you'll not be happy with it until you have...

...and Hush Andre.... cookies don't tempt us......... well maybe a little..... are they Double chocolate chip?? In a chocolate cookie??

.....Okay we in..... don't tell.... :shhh:

Happy Modelling guys...where ever you live...
:cheers2:

Re: Mirage 1:35 Polish wz.34-II armored car

Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2014 10:37 pm
by Tiger131
Superb work and all the extra work youve put into this has really paid off...it must have looked impressive back in thr day but now it looks like something the A-TEAM would make in a garage..look forward to the paint job

Re: Mirage 1:35 Polish wz.34-II armored car

Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2014 10:56 pm
by fly1ngdutchm4n
wappynutter wrote::eeek: Frantastic matey.......

I see you added the winding handle....... :scratch::

I see the picture of the rebuilt one has removed it completely?? :think:

Good luck with that Camo..... I don't envy you one bit at this scale.....
Love the idea of you adding the rivets.... go on get it done, you'll not be happy with it until you have...

...and Hush Andre.... cookies don't tempt us......... well maybe a little..... are they Double chocolate chip?? In a chocolate cookie??

.....Okay we in..... don't tell.... :shhh:

Happy Modelling guys...where ever you live...
:cheers2:
Thanks Andy :D
The winding handle is removed in that rebuild for that rebuild is from 1937 with a differend camo.
I, m building a 1934 model and those still had the winding handels on them like the T Ford.
That's what I have read anyway :mrgreen:

And double chocolate chip in chocolate cookie?
mnam mnam mnam.... Guess Germany has 2 more crew members soon... If we're getting chocolate milk too. With some whip cream. .. :D

:cheers2:

Re: Mirage 1:35 Polish wz.34-II armored car

Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2014 11:00 pm
by fly1ngdutchm4n
Tiger131 wrote:Superb work and all the extra work youve put into this has really paid off...it must have looked impressive back in thr day but now it looks like something the A-TEAM would make in a garage..look forward to the paint job
Thanks mate :D
Go figure how much AFV's has chanced during the war. Within 10 years from this build they had evolved big time!
The A Team eh? Lol! Now I have to go look for a small BA to drive this car :lol:
:cheers2:

Re: Mirage 1:35 Polish wz.34-II armored car

Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2014 11:44 pm
by chief5437
Looks great Frans mate, those little additions make all the difference. Good job! Don't listen to the dark side, these obscure models have so much more character than A N other panzer, no matter how much chocolate they're coated with! Lol!!

Re: Mirage 1:35 Polish wz.34-II armored car

Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2014 6:06 am
by fly1ngdutchm4n
chief5437 wrote:Looks great Frans mate, those little additions make all the difference. Good job! Don't listen to the dark side, these obscure models have so much more character than A N other panzer, no matter how much chocolate they're coated with! Lol!!
Thanks Chief :D
I agree with the character, these early panzer cars were cool back then :thumb2:

And a Panzer with Chocolate zimmeritt :scratch:: And shooting jelly beans ! :lol:

Re: Mirage 1:35 Polish wz.34-II armored car

Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 8:29 pm
by Switcher
Considering that you have made a silk purse out of a sows ear, yes go with the rivets good buddy.I won't count them I promise :) Considering all the work you put in into turning this fiasco of a kit around, it is just a little more and, you won't be kicking yourself later wondering if you should have done it or not.

Re: Mirage 1:35 Polish wz.34-II armored car

Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 8:49 pm
by PaulAyrey
What a terrific job you have done with this kit. Great show of skills and such an obscure but welcome subject!

Re: Mirage 1:35 Polish wz.34-II armored car

Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 9:20 pm
by UKscalemodeller
Looks like a dog of a kit Franz.

No doubt you will make it win the dog show though.

Re: Mirage 1:35 Polish wz.34-II armored car

Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 9:52 pm
by fly1ngdutchm4n
Switcher wrote:Considering that you have made a silk purse out of a sows ear, yes go with the rivets good buddy.I won't count them I promise :) Considering all the work you put in into turning this fiasco of a kit around, it is just a little more and, you won't be kicking yourself later wondering if you should have done it or not.
Thank you mate. :thumb1:
I have already tried to add some rivets from stretched spue, and it worked out great!
Your right. I'm trying to make this horrible kit into a gem, so adding the rivets is a must for me.
I do have to count them though, for the panels need a even amount of rivets... :tongue:
:cheers2:

Re: Mirage 1:35 Polish wz.34-II armored car

Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 9:53 pm
by fly1ngdutchm4n
PaulAyrey wrote:What a terrific job you have done with this kit. Great show of skills and such an obscure but welcome subject!
Thanks Mate :thumb1:

Re: Mirage 1:35 Polish wz.34-II armored car

Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 9:54 pm
by fly1ngdutchm4n
UKscalemodeller wrote:Looks like a dog of a kit Franz.

No doubt you will make it win the dog show though.
lol... like that expression :thumb1:
trying to make here a beauty, if she doesn't bite me... :mrgreen:

Re: Mirage 1:35 Polish wz.34-II armored car

Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 9:55 pm
by Paul
Just caught up with this, excellent build Frans, look forward to seeing it painted mate. I say go of the rivets :thumb2:

Re: Mirage 1:35 Polish wz.34-II armored car

Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2014 4:29 pm
by ConnorM
looks good.