TRUMPETER 1/72 S-Tank (Strv. 103 B) - A Building Review

Kit Rating: 10 / 10 (Accurate, builds well, looks the part)

Decal Rating: 10 / 10 (Goes on well, in good register)

The famous S-Tank.. by some referred to as a Tank Destroyer rather than a tank in it's own right! The design is not unique, as it was tried and tested already during WWII, but certain features like the engine and suspension still made this tank much ahead of its time, when first in use..

It's mainly a defensive weapon, .. but as luck has it, it was never needed in combat.

Pictures of S-Tank: BaronKrolok, used by kind permission

Video clip insert sourced from the internet, short clip used only for educational and demonstrational purposes = Fair Use.

Intro by PuppyZwolle

'Modellers wants YouTubers' by SmiertSpionem / GerbilEssences

All other photos and video clip inserts: BasicModelling

Music from Incompetech.com

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[battlefieldKicksAss]

@BasicModelling 1. Are humbrol enamels airbrush-Ready, 2. how do you thin yours, 3, are they sold in the US, 4. Your vids are the best I've seen so far. Merry Christmas Happy, New Year

[BasicModelling]

@battlefieldKicksAss 1: I believe they have to be thinned, but I don't airbrush, so I don't know. 2: I thin them using a Humbrol enamel paint thinner 3: I don't know, but they sell Airfix in the US, so are bound to sell Humbrol paints too. 4: There are better videos out there, but thank you all the same.. Much appreciated! :) Happy New Christmas-Year to you too.. :)

[MrFlix76]

what colour did u paint the tracks?

[BasicModelling]

@MrFlix76 Dusty muddy brown.. :)

[HektorPedo]

What a damned, crazy tank ! Wanna have one.

[BasicModelling]

@HektorPedo It's a classic Swedish design... :) :)

[BasicModelling]

@InstantUsername No model kit is ever perfect.. :) It's not a bad kit though, it still looks like a S-103 B to me.. :)

[InstantUsername]

I was very happy with how the molding was on this kit, with the rubber tracks being the best I have ever seen, though eventually it was apparant that the wheels was not shaped properly.

The outer circular shape did not share the same point of center as some inner circular shape, making it look like the mold for the wheels were wrong.

After putting stuff together, I noticed that the gun barrel seem bent, but that might have been my fault somehow.

[BasicModelling]

@MBJCHIEN I guess that's what most of them look like now.. from the junkyard. :) :)

[MBJCHIEN]

awesome dude...that is so good(at least compared to mine, mine looks like sumthing outta the junkyard that is randomly spray painted)