calling this one done and im quite happy with this concidering it was built from scrap and left overs and the biggest thing is it was so relaxing and fun because i had nothing to lose and it beat just tossing them away, quick recap of the build and reason for it, i currently have 3 new different dragon kits in the ever growing stash so i had absolutly no use for all the parts involved in this build but need the space they were occupying so i decided to just build them, i started with an incomplete tamiya kit but hated the front fenders sticking out like they do so i chopped them of and used a spare dragon set, the wheels were maquette as were the early tracks (i built this as a what if, no real accuracy is intended ) and the grill came from an old verlinder set everything else was scrounged up from the spares box.
You never know Ron, the Russians may have actually kitbashed something like this due to need and whatnot. Fantastic weathering as always and you definately made something out of nothing. Great job.
Well as you no doubt know Treadwell and myself have been piddling around T34’s for a long time now I think almost a year for tread and 2 years for myself. Now if you followed our posts you would know that we have corrected almost every aspect of the big Trumpeter kits. So if you wantcomments on accuracy then here we go, brace yourself,
It looks fine to me. The wheels thank god are the most common associated with that turret (43) or (42 ) escapes me momentarily. Mud guards look way better than Tamiya. The rest could be taken as bog standard on any T34 prior to an 85. Some people are of the opinionthat anythinig can go with a T34 but thats not neccarily. The real main difference I have noticed between factories is the texture of the armour which goes from pretty rough to dog rough. For a complete mongrol build you have achieved a really excellent model. I can’t really make out the front plate but if thats extra armour then it could be dodgy but then only post '44, I say this because the only photo I have is of the ones comming out of Leningrad. Who cares?
Congrat’s on another beautiful build.
Regards,
Terry.
P.s. I’m sure that somebody can even correct me, but until they put in the clutch springs and link up all the controls, scratchbuild maybe 50% of the interior, I don’t care.
hey biffa[:D]nice job on the t-34 man— these tanks look quite at ease with the ‘been through hell and back look’ and you did a great job representing both the vehichle and the look— super[tup][tup]-- my bro terry raised a question about the added armor plate on the frontal slope-- and just for confirmation, i am looking in ‘russian tanks 1900-1970 by milsom’-- yeah— i knew i had seen it-- pic 165-- t34/76B(welded turret) with extra welded-on armour plates-- just like you have it – [:D]–another beauty --great job!!— tread
Amazingly, I am speechless. Your technique of weathering and washing gave it so much texture, and the chipped/worn paint and rust looked absolutely perfect. The only posible thing I could even think about crtizizing (constructively) Would be that the yellow decals look much less worn than the rest of the tank. Great job, I hope you teach us your technique on some of the weathering.
ide like to thank everyone for looking and taking the time to comment it means a lot, when i began putting this together i started scouring the web for some kind of affirmation that there was a remote possiblity that this could have been, after several hours of chopping, glueing and searching i came to the conclusion that although i’de decided that it was a “what if” build it was possible even if remote that at some place it could have happened the various mix and matches of pics i saw were enough for me to go with it.
terry and tread, building a shell and trying to make it look cool is easy compared to completely constructing one inside and out, im completely in awe at some of the details you guys do, that goes for all you super detailers in any scale, that calls for a level of patience and skill i am yet to aquire,
You crank out more stunning models in one week than I do all year! What’s your secret??