I should’ve mentioned that the “85” is not standing on its wheels or tracks!
oh, well that makes sense.
Cheers!
L
well, I have a problem.
most of the resin pieces are unusable. Verlinden has what seems about a 1/48 piece, and this bucko is 1/35. 
Cheers!
L
Ok, so I have finished the turret and am halfway done with one of the tracks.
here’s a picture.
side note, the putty on the turret is to fill in some cracks and to keep that wobbly gun in place. side ish note- I edited this- I have finished one track!
Cheers!
L
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ok! well, finished the turret…ish. no decals, no weathering, none of that yet. but- I’m getting there!
might post tomorrow, depending on if I see a need for it.
yeah- i guess i will, then.
Cheers!
L
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Hi all my friends,
I had some good time yesterday evening and could continue with the T-34/85 kit I am building. All wheels are now assembled and base coat painted with Vallejo Model Air 4BO paint. I also separated all track parts from the sprue but not cleaned them yet - that can wait. No photo was taken as I want to do it when assembled onto the hull.
The hull front left corner and the hull back sloped engine cover part justified the misalignment I did in the very beginning of the hull construction as none of them fits perfectly on my model. The back-plate became OK finally, but the front left joint has some minor issues. Also, there are some misalignment at both fenders (not visible on the photos). I will correct all of them in the next period. Nothing I could not fix or live with.
The plan is to get the hull into the stage when I can add the wheels and assemble the tracks. This will need some putty and paint a base color for the hull bottom, but that is OK, I did the same on my Miniart T-55 (built in the Miniart campaign).
Cheers,
Tamás
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T-34/D30 free-hand camo done (and then redone)… actually not too bad I must say. Ammo paints as called out in the kit (not 100% on the sand yellow but with some weathering should tone down) thinned with Ammo transparator. Some overspray but, again with weathering, should tone down…
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finally finished the turret for the T/34… just had so much going on I couldn’t find the time. bought some new weathering effects from the Hobbytown nearby- and was not dissapointed! remind me next time to run that store out of tock when it comes to vallejo pigments and AK weathering pencils! 
here’s some pics.
Cheers!
L
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Hi,
That turret looks impressive, specially like the white painted (?) strip.
Cheers,
Tamás
Som great builds taking shape and color here. Will be spraying paint on mine soon.
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It has been a while, but I finally did something on my not so favorite build… and wouldn’t you know it…
But first the things that went right! I did some modifications, needed for a T34/85 in Berlin 1953. There is a small plank across the nose, but more significantly 2x2 unditching beams. The pictures I have are unclear, but I think I see supports under the beams and fasteners going over them. Given the weight I assume these are metal brackets.
The colour is a suggestion I found online; Tamiya’s Field Grey. The colour came out good, the decals and clear coat as well.
And then…
The beams sit too high. The turret can not traverse. I have to redo that and given the troublesome process of getting them attached…
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Why is that? I do like what your attempting.
I was able to get a few minutes on mine last night and attached a few more parts but trying to stay focused on the helo campaign that ends soon.
Look at post 337, May 19th.
Construction- and paintingphases are as good as done. Now on to the weathering…
But not before this blasted build threw me another curceball; the tracks. Now these are not the original kittracks, granted, but the right side fit perfectly well, whereas the left side left a 1-2mm gap. Still can not figure out why.
I ended up cheating by elongating one track so that the gap is gone. Call it a form of camouflageing it.
The tank in its pre-weathering looks:
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Not sure either but it looks like the idler can or could have been adjusted (F15/16) to fix the issue.
Really like the look.
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@Tank_1812 Thanks!!
I am calling this one done. Kept the weathering to a minimum as this is a garrison tank, deployed in a city. Not much dirt around and even the Sovjets did their maintainance.
With the book that inspired this build and a DDR cocard & 1pfennig coin, dated 1953.
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Looks great despite the issues you mentioned and matches the photo you posted. 
Hi my Friends,
I have worked on the T34/85 kit two weeks ago but could not update you about any progress because I had a nice week with my family at Lake Balaton (Hungary). Being back to home I am proudly presenting that how I recovered the grainy surface of the turret which was lost during heavy sanding when I assembled the bottom and the top halves. This problem became visible after a layer of Black Finishing Surfacer 1500 was added and I ad to do something with it.
First I glued a very thin 3D filament which is an accidental product of a wrong attempt from my colleagues printing some prototype parts. I simply collected some 5-10 meters of this extra thin line before they wasted them to the bin. The material can be glued with the standard modeling plastic glues so I use it easily when necessary. After the glue settled, I had to sand the filament a bit to lower the height (although it is already very fine line), and after that I applied Gunze’s Surfacer 500 onto the sides (about 10 mm above the filament) and formed the grainy surface using a short-ended brush.
As I liked the result very much, I decided to homogenize the turret sides as much as possible so applied the same Surfacer all around and up to the top edge. Of course the previously glued parts (handles, hooks etc) left out. And after an hour drying I sanded the Surfacer where the brush picked up the material resulting some high tips (?). Finally a new layer of the Black Finishing Surfacer 1500 finished the turret. Now it is waiting for the hull being completed.
I did work on the hull before the trip with my family but no photo was taken that time. I will update you shortly when the hull will be finished.
Tamás
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Actually it looks a metal-made subject to my eyes. Congratulations!
Tamás
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