Friday, November 30, 2012

Chi-Ha Type 97 (Late) by Gary Boggs

This is the 1/35th scale Tamiya Japanese Shinhoto Chi-Ha Type 97 (Late) with Fruil tracks, built by Gary Boggs. The dark yellow base coat was airbrushed, then the camouflage was hand painted with a brush (Series 7) and Vallejo acrylics. The model was finished using assorted washes, oils, and pigments.

The Type 97 (Late) was equipped with a high velocity 47mm main gun and two 7.7mm machine guns. It is generally considered to be the best medium tank produced by Japan in WW II.









4 comments:

  1. Brilliant, the rust of the scapes tubes is really amazing. This tank is very awesome. Good Job

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  2. Outstanding job on your Type 47 tank! Where did you purchase the tracks?

    Ken Lang
    SFC (ret.)
    U.S. Army

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  3. Hi Ken -

    Thanks for the compliments! The tracks were purchased from Pacific Coast Models - www.pacmodels.com.

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  4. On behalf of Gary Boggs, thanks Pablo!

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