Type 5 Chi-Ri

category Scale models
scale 1/35
modifications Sheet metal parts fabricated from copper
eraWW 2
brand Fine Molds
finished in 2019

I don’t know when or why I bought this model. I guess it seemed cool at the time. The point is, it sat in my stash for several years and sometimes I considered selling the untouched kit. But from the beginning, I knew exactly how the finished model should look like – just like the unfinished prototype captured by the U.S. Army which was shipped to USA and evaluated at the Aberdeen Proving Grounds.

When I was starting my channel, I decided to build this one as my third kit. It seemed simple enough – just a long brick on a pair of tracks. But it turned into a pretty involved project!

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