Tuesday 6 November 2012

1:35 Scale Painted Tamiya Universal Carrier Crew.

My friend Vinnie rather sneakily caught me in a good mood (we were in Burger King) and handed me a box and asked a favour...........

.....the favour turned out to be the Tamiya 1:35 British Universal Carrier Crew and weapons (he said he'll paint the vehicle himself) but the crew I sorted because he's a friend!

1:35 scale is approx 54mm scale........





64 comments:

  1. They look pretty good. I think I'd ask you to paint for me but it's also because I can't paint.

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  2. Really nice. Been a long long time since I built a Tamiya kit. I used to droll over their yearly catalogues :-)

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  3. Very nice.
    Now, I have a favour, a Double Whopper and a lead mountain...

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  4. Ooo nice mate.. Hoping it turns out good for you, and the "friend" picks up the tab next time you run into him at Burger King ;)

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  5. Very nice Fran!!!! Vince will be pleased!

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  6. excellent work. I don't think I could be this detailed.

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  7. Nice work!
    The contrast of the miniatures is really good.

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  8. Great Job Fran; I always wanted one of these when I was younger.

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  9. They're really well done for 1/35th, which is not an easy shift from 15mm and 28mm.

    As a teen I used to make the odd Tamiya kit in 1/35th... I was looking at them the other day and couldn't believe how much they are now.

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  10. Nice one mate. They look good I am sure Vince will be very pleased .... until you hand him the bill! JK

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  11. Wow great job, really brought them to life

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  12. Looking good !!!

    best regards Michael

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  13. Very nice, Fran. I have also an old Tamiya kit waiting its moment of glory...

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  14. Very nice Fran! The chap on the right is looking slightly camp ;0)

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  15. These lads look a bit like Dad's Army.

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  16. Nice work, Supreme General. You masterful handling of paint and brush is renowned the world over!

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  17. They look great! Did he get you a Burger King crown as well?

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  18. They look great! Vinny should be quite pleased! If not, just fling a Whopper with cheese at his head!

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  19. Very nice Fran, I really like the browns, looking very good!
    Best,
    Phil.

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  20. Great work Fran, they look, well, great!

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  21. That is a tasty crew, as tasty as the BK?

    Ian

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  22. Hi Fran, the figures looking really good. Well done!
    Regards
    Bruno

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  23. I like that that one guy gets to stand around smiling while the other guys work. Mustaches have their privileges, apparently.

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  24. Officer" I say old beans...what have you chaps done to your wrists!?" Cut to Frankie Howard looking into camera.
    Nice work.
    Cheers
    paul

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  25. That's all kinds of awesome! Whoppers will make you do things!! Now I want one!!

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  26. nice, hope he doesn't sell them now ;-)

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  27. well done fran and beat the crap out of him if he is not 100% satisfied with the result.

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  28. Excellent looking crew and weapons - your skills translate well to any scale. I loved 1:35th Tamiya stuff when I was a kid - brings back great memories. Best, Dean

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  29. Very nice Fran. The uniforms especially look spot on.

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  30. The first miniatures i ever bought were a Tamiya kit, they were painted horribly and based with rocks but by god my nine year old self played with them everyday ! These look phenomenally better than mine, can't wait to see the carrier itself

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  31. Nice work Fran good tones and shading. Will this just be a display piece or a gaming model?

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  32. Well done; it's nice to paint some of the bigger figures from time to time.

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  33. I think he will be very happy with those Fran!

    Christopher

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  34. 54mm!!! I am impressed-they look fantastic Fran. I'm late because I've had the day from hell and it's not over yet.

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  35. They look a bit pale, but that might just be the lightning.

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  36. Nice work Fran! They look really good. I need friends like you! I always end up painting their stuff instead.

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  37. My brother has a wardrobe full of Tamiya kits at our parents' place, which he won, over a number of years, through the model making club he was in. Takes me back to his childhood and my adolescence.

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  38. Good stuff, especially considering the figures are a little dated. Can't wait to see them alongside the carrier!
    -Kyle

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  39. These guys look great! The more I look at models done in the larger sizes, the more I like them.

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  40. Love the details on these guys, and nice touch with the forest background.

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  41. Looks just like the box art.

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  42. Spot on Francis. Top class.

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  43. a new scale?? You paint 1/35 too? God, mate you're good at everything! :)

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  44. What great pictures. Love the background.

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  45. You would swear they were alive- they're so life like. Great work!

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  46. Excellent work Fran! I like the faces very much, and the shading on the figures!

    Greetings
    Peter
    http://peterscave.blogspot.be/

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  47. They are Fab Il have to get his Supreme Highness a Burger king extra large meal but its worth it

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