My newest project is Trumpeters’s 1/35 Voroshilovets Tractor. Comments welcome.
Molded on track tension details replaced:
Molded suspension springs replaced.
Very cool. Are you going to get the gun to tow? Always thought was a cool set.
Wasn’t planning on adding it, but I can be convinced to add it if some of you wan to see it.
From the moment I saw this in a film of a Soviet parade on the history channel I’ve wanted to do this project. I vote for the gun.
I’ve got one of these and the 203mm on my christmas list… I look forward to seeing your progress and opinions of the kit as a whole!
Bronto,
Nice scratch build details, looking forward to more of this interesting kit and how you modify some of the parts.
The kit includes a tarped rear cover, do you plan on using it or something else. If memory serves correct the Soviets used this tractor in many variations such as anti aircraft platforms and other interesting conversions.
Jason
WOW! I didn’t know they released this? WAAY COOL!
I can’t wait to see this one take shape!
Thank you all for the encouragement. I had some time to work on this just about all day today. I am not going to use the tarp on this one, because with re-building the cargo bed to the correct length, the kit tarp won’t fit.
Trumpeter molded the radiators with strange square depressions representing the details. I replaced these with cut down truck radiators.
The kits cargo bed is the correct width, but too short by 3mm. I made a new parts of the correct length. Details still need to be added to the new parts.
FSM reviewed it in January’s issue, on the home page as a subscriber content only preview.
Jason
Wow, fantastic work, I’ll be watching this one with much interest, as there is a serious lack of any Soviet subjects on our forum [:)]
What are you using as your primary references in correcting the kit parts?
[dto:]I’m with Zokissima on that. I googled and googled till I was blue and could not find anything on this model.
Looks to be a very cool build of an interesting subject, I remember when biffa did his. Scratchwork looks really good too although not sure it would be worth it to me over 3mm, what does that translate into in real life something like 105mm (10.5cm)?
Sorry for the lack of progress over the last 2 days, doesn’t look like I’ll have much time to build until possibly Friday again. For reference I am mainly using the book “Tyagatshi” by Jochen Vollert.
www.tankograd.com/cms/website.php?id=/en/index/publikationen/gazette/tyagatshi.htm
3mm may not seem like much of a discrepancy, but Trumpeter got the overall length and the cab length correct, so the short cargo body left a gap between the cab and the bed that was very noticable.
Got it, guess I assumed it was on the other end of the bad where they shorted it.
Nice scratch work.
The whole machine looks good, good luck with your project, I’ll be watching
Paweł
Nice work on that bed, I would probably have corrected it too, at 3mm short too; that’s a noticeable difference. I wouldn’t have bothered for 1mm, but 3mm is a scale boo-boo.
Good job on that grille too.
I love your insane scratch-building…
Is it just me or does Trumpeter assume the driver is of very small stature. It seems this is just the latest in any number of kits that forget that bodies take up space.
I have a couple of driver figures that I use (easily modified for uniform type) for when I want a crew member actually sitting in the driver’s seat and none would fit in to this cab without modifying the seat. Scale wise no person over 4 foot could sit on the unmodified seat, see through the windshield, and not hit the roof with their head. The seat is about 1/4" too high to allow a scale drive figure to fit. The firewall also seems very close without any real foot room.
Is there any pictures of what the interior actually looked like - could the seat and floorboard actually been “sunken” between the hull sides.
The kit seems to scale out OK and it certainly looks fine, but is it “too small.” There is no way the large crew figures for the B4 howitzer could sit in the cab.
Your build is great - Mine is going to have a wooden “house” on the back - there is a picture along with Zaloga’s build article in Military Modeler? magazine. Shows 2 with howitzers in East Prussia.
Mike
Count me for following this build! [:D] I just got caught up on this one. I like how you’ve replace the springs. Those look very nice. Tow a gun… not tow a gun… do what you are inspired to do. That having been said, it would look pretty darn cool hauling that beast.
Cheers
Dave