Hello
I have not built a tank in a while but I got the itch so I will now. This will be a 1:8 scale T-60 light tank from the USSR, the later model. It is being made in 2 mm steel plate with brass if needed. The hull structure is roughed out, turret skeleton made, wheels all done, mudguards roughed out. I had one years ago in 1:10 but it was horrific so I trashed it. I picked 1:8 as that is what matched a set of tracks I have available. It will be heavy so I am putting in the biggest 12 V motors I can get my hands on. This will serve as a placeholder to maintain the guilt at not posting that will drive me on.
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Jeeesh. No wonder it’s been awhile since you’ve posted 
keep it up this one’s totally interesting to see
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Also very much looking forward to this one, welcome back Lars! May your mojo be always with you 
Looks like your rivets are simply point-punched from the inside, very effectively. Makes me wonder if anyone’s attempted the same with plastic, I can imagine it would need some experimentation but surely better than sticking bolt/rivet heads on, I’m thinking for mainly 1:35.
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Hello
I thought I would get the turret out of my way so I did. Quite a bit of JB Weld filler visible here and there but it is smooth and will not be visible once primed. The golden fillets between some of the panels are not ‘bling’…I cut and fit all the panels by hand and some of the angles were ‘off’ by a degree or two. So I stuffed the cracks with brass and bronze round bar, soldered it in and then ground them back with a flap disk on a mini angle grinder. Looks like inlay or something but it is not. It is just filler.
Rough in places but 1) it will be fine when painted and 2) the real things were horror shows so I am not so worried!
Now I can get on with the big bits of the hull.
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Just to give a sign of life… the broad strokes continue, getting the main features made and mounted and after that I can start with the flapdisks and sanding sponges and filler to start tidying up. The hull is the main focus and while progress has been slow…there had been a lot of filing, soldering, broken taps and cursing. I made the suspension racks as simple as possible but keeping my adjustment option sopen and they seem quite fine. Return rollers and mounts are done…these look a bit odd but they need to be adjustable in and out from the hull to allow for correct track positioning at the end. Apologies for the state of it..lot of grease, rust and stuff to get sanded off before eventual paint..
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