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#41
08-29-2019, 02:47 AM
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As I prefer to let the artist/designer of the model handle the colors (& I want to reveal that the model is paper) I try to resist painting my paper models. GPM normally provides rich color schemes so edge coloring should be pretty much all I would do.
But... Whilst assembling these I realized that I should have cut on the line for the 'windows' which become brackets. I'd cut slightly inside but this meant that I needed do a lot of 0.01mm slices trimming the loops to allow the links to mate up nicely.  I was then pushed towards paint to patch up a lot of now visible edges, (I'd blacked them all before folding) & then once the paint began to splurge I ended up doing a multi-coat/tone cover up. I tried to lean to the color of the dark cast iron rather than the paler grey stuff, but I may have been influenced by our Russian Blue who decided these snakes needed his attention, rather than the T-34 I found in Ekaterinaburg.   No idea where the paint is going to hit next, but at least I finally have some articulated tracks 
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#43
09-03-2019, 05:37 PM
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Has been a long time since I was in to tanks and did any study of them. All along, though, a fundamental design philosophy of the T-34 series seems to be, "If the tank doesn't NEED it, you don't get one." And say hello to that Russian Blue for us!
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Screw the rivets, I'm building for atmosphere, not detail. later, F Scott W
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#44
09-04-2019, 10:45 AM
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Thanks for stopping by guys
Cats do love paper & boxes, & this makes models all the more attractive, whether it's just sitting in the middle of the instructions, adding ventilation to a fuselage or killing those snake-like tank tracks - it's all good! & Malchik is always happy to have more admirers :D Russian mind-set & war-time expediency did tend to make no-frills machines. Whole lot better when it can to maintenance & repairs tho, I hate to think what it must have been like trying to work on damaged nested wheels on the later panzers, when being shot at. Hopefully getting the drive wheels done next but I think there are a couple of bits missing... details to follow.
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#46
09-05-2019, 01:59 PM
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 Italian Mickey Mouse, cars or maybe a pizza - I guess the tank camo could be described as pizza like...  Old green eyes here sure is getting some love. I'll try not to let it go to his head.
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#47
09-14-2019, 04:06 PM
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Small update on the drive wheels.
The observant experts will notice [175] is short. Not the most difficult item to make luckily. I will add some to my errata sheet in due course. The petal construction of the wheel-hub domes is I think a bit fine. The domes on the front drive wheels are only 4mm in diameter when assembled. (see 'petal' pic below} The same dome should (?) have been possible to make with fewer/slightly larger individual petals. The fine nature makes them tricky to cut & build. Once assembled they obviously need a bit of paint to make them uniform in appearance. I suspect the reason the 'demo' model on GPMs page is missing hub domes is precisely because of the fine gauge petals.  My front drive wheels didn't come out too bad though, & I had fun .This is partly due to the new circle cutter I got a while back. The ratchet function is much more user friendly than the old one I started this build with olfa CMP3 which I found cheapest direct from Japan via Amazon. Not sure about how the rear pair will respond to my attentions as they have a lot more (tiny) parts. But hopefully I will make a start on them shortly.
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#48
09-14-2019, 05:55 PM
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I didn't know any of the original T-34s still exist.Is this a real one or later model fitted with parts to look like one?
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#49
09-15-2019, 10:28 AM
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The pic above of the one in Ekaterinaburg is supposed to be the 1940 version The plaque clearly says 1940 model, (unfortunately even the highest res pic I found isn't clear enough to see the full text details-see attached) & as they have several T-34s from 1940 onwards they have a clear range of changes visible:-track types, hull changes, turrets etc can all be seen to vary over the years. Pyshma Museum You could always contact them & ask for specifics. I haven't actually been to Pyshma (yet?) but it looks like a good museum.
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#50
10-22-2019, 11:53 AM
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Drive wheels nearly complete - pics to follow.
I thought I would post my updated errata sheets which I managed to do. I have done these @600dpi on A4 as A4 is the size of the original page. It should be possible to copy & paste them to any size sheet of course. I figured maybe somebody may need it before I finish my build... This includes missing parts found so far, & I have edited the track plates to make them match the 1940 design where the intermediate plate does not have the tooth! There are some nut & bolt heads for the back of the wheels, these may be laminated for more thickness if req'd. They shown are in the assembly schematic but do not exist on the parts sheet. The [175] part:- This is 2 short on the parts page & white on the back. After reviewing the real thing, on mounting to the wheel I decided that the hook end should be put at the outer edge. I think this is to allow more access space for the tooth but the design may also have something to do with throwing off mud & water. I have added the full qty of [175]s req'd & made sure they are colored on both sides, to my sheet #1. Hopefully it won't be too much longer before I get to finish off my running gear & get some pics up.
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