As I got tired of the past article transfer, I loaded the recent work of the JGSDF Type-90 tank.
Type-90 tank is famous in Japan; there are a variety of scales of kit and toys. It is a Type-90 tank of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, which I had wanted to make someday. The Ground Self-Defense Force item was since making the Apache attack helicopter a little time ago. A few years ago, I only built WWII AFVs; now, I like modern AFVs, too.
I don’t have any trouble with this work.
The rough mold of the anti-slipper is taken on the entire vehicle surface.
It is the strange mold of OVM accessories. A scoop and pickaxe.
Though I made it, the scoop was invisible after I covered it.
They are joint parts of the body and mine rollers.
I think the belt caterpillar is well-done, very much. Most are covered with a fender, after all. Because the caterpillar is seen a little, I felt that the high-quality, detailed tracks sold separately were unnecessary this time.
(28-October-2016)
Because it is a rubber belt caterpillar, not many look like plates jointing one by one.
Only wound it, and it’s floated. When glued together, it would be seen as a heavy caterpillar.
There are a lot of big disks of the mine roller.
The mine roller has many numbers of parts. I suppose a plain Type-90 tank has a few pieces, making it easy.
It was challenging to attach chains to the roller; I skipped it and assembled a gun turret.
Clipping guide of the size of the original.
The thick chain was fastened with super glue. I did not use metal wire. A thin chain is connected by ultra-fine metal wire. It is careful work but gets used after two or three works are finished.
(02-November-2016)
Roughly assembly was completed.
The turret rear rack is stuck in a wire mesh. It is nylon mesh, not wire netting.
I forgot the main wing to pass under the bar of the mine roller. I have tied it up with metal wire following a manual this time. I took off two places’ chains and attached them again. Because the one does not come off with a slight movement, It’s reliable.
The painting of the mine roller seems to be complicated.
The parting line of the caterpillar is hard to delete; that was the only problem. Maybe it was melted to use a strong tool cleaner, but I have not yet tried it. The feel of a material may be good after I wrap it around the sprocket wheel.
(08-November-2016)
A parting line stands out in a roller part. It is better to handle it properly.
In the process of making, there is work to fit the clear plastic board attached to the body. Clear parts were usually glued together after painting because there were many. Firstly I do them. Masking is necessary when painting.
When this is completed, it’s a huge size.
I made additional work on the Jerry-can strap by the plate weight.
Smoke discharger cap. I attached thin chains to the caps. I glued on either side a total of 16 points. Also, I added the chain of hatches.
(09-Nov-2016)
I used the CREOS JGSDF Ground Self-Defense Force tank color. It is a 3-color set of dark green 3414, brown 3606, OD 2314. I want Creos to sell them as a single item.
The roller part was painted black. I’m going to finish it with dark gray or iron color.
I later pasted the anti-reflective coating sheet to the periscope, and I masked it all.
I blew the dark green to the turret and the roller arms.
(29-Nov-2016)
The teeth of this Mine Roller were first painted in black, so I masked it quickly.
I pasted decals. As you can see from the mark, it is a unit of Hokkaido.
The figure’s face looks Japanese-like, and I think it’s pretty good. Many good resin heads are released regarding the westerners’ figures, but I hardly see Japanese heads.
Ground self-defense force tank crew. Finishing the figure, and it will be almost complete. I need four colors of the camouflage uniform, and one must be mixed with Tamiya colors.
(01-Dec-2016)
I found debris in my closet during a moving preparation—the backpack with a logo mark of the company where I was working before. I felt slightly awkward and had no use. It’s disposal. I also remember when I worked at Hitachi group company, though the general affairs were enthusiastic, giving a polo shirt to all employees, it was unpopular long ago.
The Type-90 tank with a mine roller was completed. But, of course, Type-90 tanks did not appear. On the contrary, I want to make type-74 tanks. To motivate up to build, I read Hiroaki Kimoto’s “Hokkaido War 1979: Civilian Control Function Not Working” again.
The Type-90 tanks have begun to be deployed since 1990, equipped with a 120 mm glide cannon, and it is a first-class item as a 3rd generation tank.
The Steam PC game distributor recently had a sale; I bought different games, so I was late completing this plastic model… In addition, in my moving at one time, plastic models made on the way were missing.
The main gun shells are ready for launch in an automatic loading device. Amazingly, three crew can operate such a big device. Only three crew members are required to handle this tank.
This angle is excellent, with the weight feeling of the mine roller and the reflection of the periscope.
I am replacing the headlights with self-made parts of clear resin and embedding a net-shaped light guard.
I do not know precisely the real mine roller, but I finished looking pretty heavy.
Camouflage paint has many patterns of color boundaries when looking at various real Type-90s.
But, according to the explanation of the Ground Self-Defense Force tank color set, I used this time. In the boundary of camouflage color, there are various patterns, such as the one with apparent and minor blurring and the one with significant blurring. Since patterns seem to be various, I arranged them for myself while referring to Tamiya’s painting guide.
Green was field gray in Tamiya color. It seems almost the same compared with the Creos dark green color 3414 and Tamiya field gray.
There is an exciting thing about the mine roller assembly that cannot be tasted with ordinary tank models.
It is from behind.
The hatch moves. I attached the chain.
The marking is Hokkaido, the seventh Division 71st tank regiment 5th Company.
Since the arm of Mine Roller is an attachment type, you can act as an ordinary tank if land-mine removal is completed. This type was active in the M1 Abrams of the Gulf War.
Camouflage paint is hard work for me. Because I do not know the mold of this camouflage uniform, I put a little line with dark color. It’s one of the modeling fiction.
I wonder if the painting needed only from the waist to the top, just put them on a tank anyway. As a modeler, I feel bad if I don’t paint from the top to the toe when assembled as a part.
There is a cherry mark on the pistol holster.
Oh? Did I forget to treat the mark behind the hatch? Or is it one of the molds?
The face seems to be Japanese, and it is a good mold.
The smoke discharger caps and antennas are additional work with metal wire.
The procurement cost is 900 million yen. It’s around 9 million dollars (1$=100JPY). It is pretty cool.
It was good to build the proud Japanese army Type-90 tank. It occupied the whole shelf row. Now that there is 10 type of tank in JGSDF, it is becoming obsolete. When it is completed, there is no place to display it…
(02-Dec-2016)
