T-34/76 Mod.42/43 KO
Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2012 1:28 pm
I "oficially" start my new proyect. It's AFV Club 35S57 kit, with interior parts and clear top hull and turret. Of course, I will paint the clear parts, the interior will be showed by the breaking of some armoured plates, with the turret blown.
The kit seems to be not a beauty, according to modeler Scott Fraser. He opinate the this kit is a wreck, you will see why.
This is in Armorama.
and I quote: "The suspension is very poorly executed, such that amyone wanting to build this into an accurate model of a T-34, ANY T-34, must replace the roadwheels. They are wrong, for this or any other T-34.....we have a tank without wheels, and a tank without wheels is a wreck."
Of course I found all these links after I buy the kit, but...my model will be a wreck anyway
A couple of websites
http://legion-afv.narod.ru/T-34-76.html Hundreds of pics from museums and wrecks
http://pblinov.narod.ru/photo.htm
The first duty I do was to replace a couple of the suspension spring by other made of ...0.6mm? copper wire. To obtain the same distance from one spiral to each other, I wrap 2 wires around a KS brass tube, 2 mm in diameter. Then, one of the wires was discarted
The black one is provided by AFV Club; I think the copper one is more accurate, because the wire diameter and less spirals
Another detail I want to show is a burnt rubber-covered wheel. The kit provides 4 double wheels of this type, with the "rubber" part in hard styrene, not vinil (thanks Lord!)
So, to make the "grooves" od the bare wheel, I improvise a tool: a surgery # 11 blade screwed to a piece of MDF. I added 0,5 mm styrene sheet to make the different separated slots.
I was nor satisfied with the result, so I take my motor tools, safety glasses and I modified the blade tip
Well, still not satisfied, but is not bad considering it will be partially covered with rests of rubber and ashes. I finally make the slots a bit larger using an X-Acto saw
Next step will be study the thickness of the armoured plates and compare it with the kit.
Of course, suggestions are wellcomed
Darío
The kit seems to be not a beauty, according to modeler Scott Fraser. He opinate the this kit is a wreck, you will see why.
This is in Armorama.
and I quote: "The suspension is very poorly executed, such that amyone wanting to build this into an accurate model of a T-34, ANY T-34, must replace the roadwheels. They are wrong, for this or any other T-34.....we have a tank without wheels, and a tank without wheels is a wreck."
Of course I found all these links after I buy the kit, but...my model will be a wreck anyway
A couple of websites
http://legion-afv.narod.ru/T-34-76.html Hundreds of pics from museums and wrecks
http://pblinov.narod.ru/photo.htm
The first duty I do was to replace a couple of the suspension spring by other made of ...0.6mm? copper wire. To obtain the same distance from one spiral to each other, I wrap 2 wires around a KS brass tube, 2 mm in diameter. Then, one of the wires was discarted
The black one is provided by AFV Club; I think the copper one is more accurate, because the wire diameter and less spirals
Another detail I want to show is a burnt rubber-covered wheel. The kit provides 4 double wheels of this type, with the "rubber" part in hard styrene, not vinil (thanks Lord!)
So, to make the "grooves" od the bare wheel, I improvise a tool: a surgery # 11 blade screwed to a piece of MDF. I added 0,5 mm styrene sheet to make the different separated slots.
I was nor satisfied with the result, so I take my motor tools, safety glasses and I modified the blade tip
Well, still not satisfied, but is not bad considering it will be partially covered with rests of rubber and ashes. I finally make the slots a bit larger using an X-Acto saw
Next step will be study the thickness of the armoured plates and compare it with the kit.
Of course, suggestions are wellcomed
Darío