The Comet, being a Cruiser (Christie style) tank, has internal suspension sandwiched between the inner and outer lower hull sides. The turret and some of the lower hull are shown here. Tamiya molds the Comet in a sort of light Olive shade that is pleasing and should be nice to work with. The molding is clean and generally sharp. Here we get to the good stuff - the meat and potatoes of the kit. I assume these are for the drive sprockets. There aren't a lot here, and nothing is too out of the ordinary, should you want to replace them.īe careful unpacking the kit, as this TINY bag of clear parts is stapled to one of the big sprue bags., This little sprue has your headlights, spot light lens, tail light, etc.Īlso tucked away in the kit are two tiny poly caps. I believe only one Division of Comets was fully equipped by the end of the War in May, 1945.Tamiya decals are pretty thick, but I like them, as they are opaque and tend to go on well. You get decals for two World War 2 tanks, both from the 11th Armored Division, Germany, Spring, 1945. Detail painting is called out step by step, with Tamiya's own paints being referenced. Tamiya's instructions are their typical, fold out, style with uncluttered, clean, assembly steps. Burma, Cuba and South Africa got small numbers, and that is pretty much it. Finland, with forty-one, had the most outside of Great Britain. There were never that many Comets, but a few countries received them Post-War. In post-War service, they would have been Bronze Green. For a World War 2 Comet, your choices of paint schemes are really limited, Tamiya recommends good, old XF-61 Dark Green, but the real tanks were probably SCC15, British Olive Drab.
Thank you Track Link/Paul Owen.ĭigging down into the bottom of the kit box, we find a nice, pull out, historical flyer with a color painting guide and some drawings and photos. This will make for a more detailed build, for sure. I won this kit in a Track Link contest, and Paul kindly threw in some extras (see below). Unfortunately for the Comet, the A41 Centurion was also ready for testing in 1945, and the Centurion ultimately eclipsed the Comet in the post-War years. The Comet was essentially an extension of the earlier A27M Cromwell tank, with a larger turret and more potent 17 pdr gun. Tamiya's newest 1/35 kit is the British Comet, a late-war tank seeing limited combat in Germany in 1945. Model companies wishing to have their kits blogged on TRACK-LINK please use the link below to request further information.ġ/35 Scale plastic model assembly kit with decals, color painting guide and figures The number in the bracket refers to the current number of entries.
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