Here is Stew's completed super-detailed Chi-Ha from the Atlantis re-boxing of the 1/48th scale 1964 Aurora kit. For a look at work-in-progress shots of the build check the posting on February 7.
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The 1964 Auroara kit was resurrected by Atlantis in 2022. It's obvious that the nothing was done to the molds in the intervening sixty-eight years as the tracks and kit parts were in bad shape. Some of the detail Stew added includes coil springs on the suspension fashioned with garden wire, enhancing the fender brackets with thin sheet metal and photoetch strips, and adding scratch-built tow cable, tow cable assembly, and antenna base.
Most of the hatches were modified and tools and stowage were added since none came with the kit. Vision slits, weld seams, and a periscope were also added since these features were also lacking. The mantlet was roughed up with a baking soda and enamel paint mixture.
In total, over 220 parts were added to bring the kit up to an accurate representation of the actual vehicle. Over half these were rivets and grab handles.
The finished model represents one of the first Chi-Has to see action in WWII on Corregidor in May of 1942.
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