Panhard AMD 178 1/72 (RPM)
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Simon NagorsnikWhat can you say about the quality of the rpm kits?
Some flash is no problem but what about the details and the fitting?
Because I've never build one of these before
Tom B.As for my kit, the fit was a little problematic in places, yet I can´t say if my sample is representative of their general quality. From what I´ve seen around the web, I may just have got a bad sample. Details are suprisingly fine, although some parts are more simplified than others.
Simon NagorsnikThanks for reporting tom🙂
this gave me a better overview of this brand, I think I'll try one out too...
Robert PodkońskiGood work so far, Tom! I suppose the polistyrene is a bit soft...
Tom B.Thank you 👍 The material isn´t as soft as I intially expected. It is in fact quite workable if it would not have that much flash...
Tom B.I am indeed thinking about presenting it on a little base with some White Stork Miniatures French tankers...
Tom B.Edit: Although I am less sure about the figures to be quite honest, I would really like to a base. As the vehicle is in fact completely closed, I do think that leaving away figures and concentrating on doing some intricate basing work may in fact lead to the best results…
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The Panhard 178 or Panhard AMD was a French pre-WW2 design of a heay armoured car weighing in at 8t. The vehicle ran on a 4x4 configuration and was armed with a 25mm high velocity gun enablng it to theoretically engaged lighter armoured vehicles, however it was mainly intended for reconnaissance duties. By the start of WW2, the vehicle was - though not bad - sheduled to be replaced by a new design called the Panhard AM 40P, this being the predecessor to the well known EBR. Even though it´s welded construction was anachronistic by the end of WW2, the French continued using an upgraded version with a new turret for a while.
The RPM kit is the only injection-molding offering of the Panhard 178 in 1/72 scale and is available in practically every version of the vehicle and is also rather cheap at below 8€. The box only contains two sprues with nice detail, although improvements can certainly be made. On my example, the used-molds phenomenon struck me again and I also ran into some fit issues...
Should I pull myself through to building another one, I would definetly deviate from the instructions a little during hull construction. Anyway, I am left with some gaps that can be left open (as it is the case on bolted vehicles versus welded ones), but some parts definetly need filling and redetailing. As any sanding will however destroy some rivets, I have to come up with a method of recreating them easily. At the moments, I gravitate towards stretched sprue.
After being more ore less sucessfull with the rivets, I will paint the model using Hataka laquers which is a first for me. On the plus side they have specific colours for 1930-1940s French AFVs.
