The black and white of the crosses is particularly off. The only problem is that they are horribly out of register. After a little warm water the decals settled down perfectly and were a pleasure to work with.
I sprayed a Humbrol Gloss only on those areas that would receive decals. The finish was then sealed with Humbrol acrylic semi-gloss straight from a spray can These were shot with Mission Models Dunkelgelb “Late 1944”. Next it was time for the fun part: the light tan borders. The fat red-brown strips on the upper hull and road wheels were sprayed free-hand with Mission Models Rotbraun. The model was sprayed with Tamiya TS-2 as a primer/base-coat followed by Models Mission Models Panzergrey. This facilitates mounting the tracks, which is difficult with the hulls assembled. To get around this I removed about halve the length of the mounting pins allowing me to pull the hulls apart after painting. Of note, test fitting of the upper and lower hulls results in a very tight fit so tight they can’t easily be separated. Tamiya Thin cement was used to close a few seems and ensure some of the smaller details wouldn’t come off with handling. The kit is a snap-tight that goes together very well without any modifications. Parts were removed with Xuron sprue cutters and prepped with an X-Acto knife and sanding sticks. Meng produces a line of kits that captures the toon-like nature of these vehicles while providing the builder with a lot of very nice details in an easy-to assemble model.
"World War Toons" is a cartoon-like video game that features short, stubby versions of well-known WWII armored vehicles. When you’re in the mood for something different or new, try a Meng Toon Tank. The kit has excellent fit, a pretty low parts count, and was really fun to build.
The model has nicely recessed details, well-molded tracks, a low parts count, and straightforward simple engineering. WWT-003 - King Tiger with Porsche TurretĦ9 parts in grey styrene, vinyl tracks, and one decal sheet.
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