Well its coming along fairly well, what do you guys think?
I would like to get some paint on it this w/end, maybe then i can start on my M1A1 for the GB.
I have a question, upon your sure-to-be-a-star creation, I have never heard of a Tiran. Is it a modification of anything?
Yea, its an upguned T55. They put an L7 105mm and some other bells and whistles; they were converted after they were captured in the 1967 Arab/Israeli war. They had them in service into the early to mid 1990’s.
Later…
Brian.
Very nice!! The MK tracks alone would drive me nuts. Is the turret covered with putty to add texture? What add-ons did you use? Once again, great build![:D]
That is, not a great build, but an AWESOME build. I can’t wait to see painted pics of it!
I though that the turret looked vaguly familiar of the inverted frying pans of the USSR
Thanks for the pictures. I have this same conversion sitting on my shelf, but haven’t had the motivation to get it started. Now I do. If only I can finish the SA-2 and T-55 Enigma. Will you go with Israeli or Southern Lebanese Army markings?
Nice job, Swerdna !
Lotta nice detail there. Whose update kit is it ? Or did you piece it together. Looks good.
Well let’s see, it’s a Tam. T55, legend Tiran 5 resin set, Eduard PE, Verlinden dozer, MK tracks and some home brew odds and ends. When I was adding all of the IDF goodies I had to fill and sand all of the eastern block tie-down locating marks and that removed Tamiya’s beautiful casting marks on the turret so I used some Mr. Surfacer 500 and stippled it to get the finish of cast steel. Thanks for all of the kind words guys, all of you IDF gurus, I’m not sure I have the 60mm mortar mounted in the stored position right. Did the ball on the end of the tube go in the mount? Any help with that would be appreciated.
Thanks again guys.
Brian.
Buld 22,
I’m going to go whith the IDF markings, the ones in the Tiran 4,5, and 6 book by Verlinedn.
Wow. It looks fantastic. What a conversion job! Great job. Should look really cool when painted.
Looking very nice Swerdna !!!
Very clean build of a most interesting subject.
Please keep us posted as to your progress.
Comnig along right nicely indeed. Look forward to seeing it with some paint put to it.
Very sweet! Amazing work. Looking forward to seeing progress done on this one!
Looking good, Swerdna!
You have a nice one going there, Swerdna!
Great job, Swerdna!
Looking forward to seeing finished one.
‘The beauty is in the details’, and that is certainly beautiful.
Cant wait to see the kit finished thanks for the pre-peek.
Looking good Swerdna[tup]
Joe
Very nice build, Swerdna!
Regards, Dan