Following the uninterest of my previous topic (Improving(?) older built early 1944 T-34/85 from Academy - #4 by ignoramusRex) I will try to make a build series.
This time Zvezda’s 3686. T-34 (I have more then 20 kits still, a quarter of my stash) factory 183 converted to Uraltransmash factory vehicle using some parts from Dragon (eg the Formochka turret)
As it stands now
Mostly done OOP now, but added some PE and 3d printed intake covers.
Hope that I can post regularly and don’t worry form the Donor Dragon kit, from it will make the rare Factory 172 vehicle with small turret"
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I built one of the new Zvezda T-34s and have a few more in my stash. I’m interested in how you get on with yours.
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The current stage of the thing
Attached the hower and upper halves of the body, added the 3d printed grills and botched the epoxy weld seam on the nose. The thow hooks are from Dragon as I have already cannibalized the superior Zvezda ones on a previous build.
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Now some comments about accuracy and stuff.
i want to use the decal set from Colibri
for representing a vehicle in mid 43, in Kursk or in subsequent battles.
The problem is that the Zvezda kit comes with box type fuel holders on a latter vehicle, with a hacksaw, 5 bolts on rear plate and 2 hinges on the same plate. While this combination did exist by mid 43 the more common configuration was without any extra fuel holders or with cylindrical drums, but there were still older tanks that with 4 bolts and 3 hinges.
The decals does not specify what version of the tanks are and I could find pictures only of the first 2 vehicles. But I did a picture of 5328 instead of 5325 in T-34 Shock
, which I guess is related somehow. I guess I will go with that.
Now, UTZM placed the transmission cover hinges in a more inner position (which also varies on different vehicles a bit), so I added them with Voyager PE.
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