UVS models: Salute 2021 11/12/2020

[ripley]

Looking good . Don't forget to add an open vision port or two for the driver 

[ultravanillasmurf]

I still have five hand rails to add, and have already glued the hatch down. I will leave that to those who are more skilled than I am ^__^.

[ripley]

Easy peasy , no cutting of the kit involved . All you need is some thin plastic strip , xacto  and sanding stick .

1, plastic strip ( width eyeballed  ) 2. sand corners roundish , 3, bend and cut to size - test fit , cut again and glue . I usually just glue right over the cast cover . You can paint it black and rub it with HB pencil lead to give it a bit of a glass block reflection look . The covers operated independently ,so one open full , other open half or even closed . An easy visual  up grade for little effort

[ultravanillasmurf]

Was there a preference for left or right cover being raised?

Can I see one of yours viewed from the front so I can see the effect?

Thanks.

[ultravanillasmurf]

A little bit of work yesterday.


Tanks added (based on the Czech/Egyptian one in the IWM), just noticed I have the filler the wrong end on the right side- rats.



Walk round:http://ultravanillasmurf.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/compare-t34-85-part-two.html

[ripley]

Firstly , the fuel filler caps could be on either end ( or the middle, depending on model ) as the fuel drum was removable . All the pre 1960s tanks had no connection between the spare drums and the internal tanks , they had to transfer by hand pump ( hence the pump box on JS 2s ) IRC . So yours look right . There also were two sizes of drums . 100 lt and a 160 lt ( at least  that's what could be mounted on the JS2 and seen here on a post war T-34 / 85 ) Most picture of preserved tanks show center fuel cap on drum , so I assume this version became the standard

 Notice side fuel drums have a handle on each end , an item missing on both BAs and Rubicons fuel drums . Not the smaller drum for making smoke screens . Its also missing on many larger scale kits too  .Heres a couple of pictures of my T-34s showing driver hatches

[ultravanillasmurf]

Thanks.
This is the IWM example.

You see what I mean about the filler caps.

I think there were handles on the kit drums, I shaved them off to smooth out the ends. The key problem is the lack of the lip on the end of the drums (I am sure it came up elsewhere). I think I added the handles on the Warlord example.

Thanks for the photographs of the hatches.

[ripley]

Maybe add the rim to the drum by using piece of thread and liquid cement . I've done it in 1/35  , a bit messy but it can be done  . I used a stiffer needle point type thread stolen from my wife's sewing box . Personally don't think the rim matters in this scale ( the JS2 ones are over size / too thick ) , the handles are IMO a much more visible feature . Then again you change the hand rails , and I don't , so each to his own 

[Pinky]

Nothing to add to this entertaining thread except I've just re-visited the London IWM T-34, and the example in Duxford IWM.  Seeing the real thing emphasises what an impressive achievement this tank was.

[ultravanillasmurf]

I cannot remember where we were discussing loot and I mentioned the Ainsty set (the Salesman kit).


And sitting on the T34.

[ripley]

Nice . Might be a little big ( more 1/48 maybe ) then again suitcases did come in a  lot larger size in the past . My Mum still has one she got when we flew back from Germany ( 1962 ) , its over 4 t long and 3 and a half feet high . Hm , who makes them and where can I order them ? Might work in a 1/48 dio I have planned

[ultravanillasmurf]

Yes, the suitcases look huge (782mm by 560mm).

There is a photograph in the Normandy Theatre in Colour magazine/book of a Panther with one of those two handed pans with a jerry can in it.

The company is http://ainstycastings.co.uk/index.php, I bought it at a show a while back, but I have been unable to find it on the site (the code 9217 now identifies crowd control barriers).

[ultravanillasmurf]

@Pinky, did you see all three T34s at Duxford?

Looking at the IWM T34 photograph I posted above, I have realised it appears to be a colour match for the new Citadel snot Womble green spray.

Guess what the base colour of my T34 is going to be?

[Pinky]

There was only one 1 T-34 at Duxford - another post-war version.  Also an SU-100 and an upgraded IS-2M.

[ultravanillasmurf]

Oh, when I was there last there was that one, plus a Furry one (hiding in a building in the Land Warfare hall) plus another outside.


Apparently used in Saint Private Ryan.



Saying that, the Grizzly that I saw there was sold a short while later, things change.