Thanks you
Dan that is pretty cool looking. I guess the driver sits under the gun. Good if you’re retreating, sort of firing over your shoulder!
cheers
Michael
Progress on my build. A few issues, most of my own making but the biggest are the tracks. They are held together by friction but that doesn’t work well as yoy try and roll the tracks around the wheels. You need to shape each link and glue it in place to hold it’s curve shape… Slow and tedious.
Anyway the besides that, it’s painted and numbered. I was going for a white stripe version but damaged the decals. Given I had already selected the road wheel type there was only one other version to use.
Trying my hand at weathering next.
cheers
Michael
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That looks great Dan, congratulations.
Thank you, it was a fine kit.
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Great build, Dan.
I have finished construction of my small 1/72 T-34/85. I have made the tracks extra loose since this will be a burned out tank without the rubber rims on the wheels. I might have overdone it though.
Next is painting and weathering.
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Thank you much!
You just might, Jesper.
But if it is completely burnt out, wouldn’t the affect the external tanks too? Or the handles on the saw?
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Ron, you are right about the handles on the saw. However, there the flat nature of the of the PE saw actually helps as this is probably what is left when the wooden handles are burnt of.
If you look at the pictures I posted 10 posts back you see how much T-34/85s can burn out without the tanks exploding - or the ammo exploding. The tanks are surprisingly intact considering the hull and wheels are completely burnt out.
Thanks for the explanation. I was not thinking exploding, but more deforming, having the image of bloated jerrycans in mind as shown in the Ardennes for example.
huch… blasted editing-feature.
My first completed tank build. I may have gone too far with the weathering but it was fun experimenting with some different things.
So this is MiniArt’s T-34/85 Composite Turret from 112 Plant, Summer 1944. This build represents a T-34 from 10th Guards Tank Corps, Red Army, April 1945.
cheers
Michael
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Perfect Michael
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Congratulations Michael that looks great.
Thanks guys, much appreciated.
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Michael
Looks Great, Michael!
A little more progress on my knocked out T-34/85. Lots of smoke and rust. More to be added - especially white ash around the burned out road wheels.
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Very nice result Michael!
Looks really interesting, waiting for the end result.