I have the
AMG Spheroid tank.
During one of his daily visits to the model closet, Felix:
thought this one smelled like a good new project. Maybe Felix thought the kit smelled "off", because while the boxtop and instructions are for the "BT-102", the B sprue (which defines the particular boxing) was for the German
variantMoving on, the kit is a pretty uneventful build. I very quickly got to this point:
The biggest issues I've found so far are the small rollers:
The rollers have pins that fits perfectly into the holes in the main body. If assembled that way, the rollers prevent the round sides from mating to the body. So I had to cut the pins off and mount the rollers flush. Another option would have been to make the holes in the body larger, but the plastic around the existing holes is too thin to support a larger hole. I'll have to do some touchup paintwork today.
And the fuel tank:
there's no positive location for the fuel tank - it's just supposed to sit somewhere. The "tank" is very small and the fuel tank can get into the way of the driver, so i used a copper wire (looks like a fuel line) to super glue it in place behind the seat.
I modified the propeller shaft (this was modeled as an amphibious vehicle...) to be the exhaust pipe for the engine.
Next up is a replacement gun. I found a Puteaux SA 18 gun from an old RPM FT-17 kit. It's pretty basic, so I'm modifying it. I have to figure out a mount for it and some ammo containers.
I'm tempted to add "training wheels" to the exterior shell as well.
Here's a good article on spherical tanks.