I made it in parallel with the Tiger Tank, which I posted separately. I built it from May 2008 to August 2008.
It is a Japanese Imperial Army light armored car, Type 94.
（2008/5/27)
There are not so many parts, only making for a moment after I returned from the office; the assembly was completed in only 2-3 days.
The exhaust tube cover photo-etched part was shaped pleasantly to use the attachment jig.
The shape of slacking was complicated since the caterpillar was made of a rubber belt. The left side is more naturally slacking than the right. I made them slacken by using the instant adhesive for the point.
Now I’m making a Japanese tank crew. It’s from another Finemolds tank kit.
Compare this to the Tiger I that now I’m also making. You can see the Japanese armored car is tiny.
(2008/06/01)
I used the masking liquid to place the remaining yellow line.
(2008/08/10)
There is no atmosphere in the Imperial Army tank. Paint in dark green, red-brown, and yellow ocher, but I should have adjusted more to match the Japanese tank color. Maybe one more color I should have used.
Painting using masking liquid was a failure. First of all, the adhesive power of this liquid is strong, and it took much time to peel all the remaining liquid. I could not remove all masking liquid, especially near the complex area.
And in the actual tank painting process, the yellow line paint was last, I suppose. But in this process, the yellow line was painted first, and the border of the different colors looked unnatural.
（2008/08/16）
Light armored car “Type 94 TK” was developed from the base concept of British Carden-Loyd tankettes. At first, this might have been a reliable war machine. About 840 cars were produced from 1933 to 1940.
Marking was the commander car of the Chinese front’s second independent light armored car company in 1937, as in the manual.
I suppose it’s better to draw the yellow lines more, but it’s a tiny tank with little space.
This tank needed two crews. It was a problem that the combat efficiency fell when one person was injured while in combat.
Too close, and the photo quality is not good. I wrote the collar badge of this commander. It is the first time to write the insignia of the Japanese army. I imagined the second lieutenant or the lieutenant. The mold of this face looks Japanese.
All OVMs were painted in khaki from the instruction manual. I painted the shovel and the jack in khaki.
I think the exhaust tube cover photo-etched parts are a good effect of precision increasing…
I put this car on my cellular phone to understand the actual size.
The star has adhered to the front. The mark of Mt. Fuji was from the Fujita forces; since this model was quickly built, I can recommend it.
(2008/08/23)
I am interested in models of tanks, airplanes, ships, military figures, I build them little by little when I feel like it. I am also interested in the history of war. My starting is Tamiya’s Military Miniature series in elementary school.
From elementary school through university students repeatedly suspend and restart my modeling, it’s about 25 years of this hobby’s history.
From February 2007 I was quietly doing a site called “Miniature-Arcadia”. It is being transferred to this blog with the same name from December 2016. My update pace is uneven, but please come to see me here occasionally.
