Tamiya t 55

[belugawhaleman]

Has anyone built this kit? I would like to add after-market tracks but not sure what to buy.

Apparently, there were two types of tracks used on the t55. Which tracks are represented

In this kit?

Paul

[mark31]

its a nice kit to build its a older one

About the tracks i cant help you with that i have used the friul tracks and youcan use both types

so far i know one off the 2 is a later version

 

Mark

[belugawhaleman]

41 minutes ago, mark31 said:

its a nice kit to build its a older one

About the tracks i cant help you with that i have used the friul tracks and youcan use both types

so far i know one off the 2 is a later version

 

Mark

Thanks

[mark31]

iff you are looking for some PE take a look at the aber sets

the are great

 

Mark

[belugawhaleman]

2 hours ago, mark31 said:

iff you are looking for some PE take a look at the aber sets

the are great

 

Mark

Thanks. I'll have a look

[Andy the Sheep]

I deleted my post because I realized the subject should be a T55 while mine is a T 62, so, wrong tank.

[Martinnfb]

Trumpeter makes a sets of workable tracks, no glue needed , they just click in. Quick and easy. Also the engine deck on Tamiya's T-55 is little bit out of proportions. I guess it is important to know what version (production subtype ) you going to build.

single pin

double, which requires a wider sprocket wheels as well, from T-72 etc.

Cheers

Martin

 

[DocRob]

Hi Paul, I built the kit some years ago in the Iraqi Enigma version. Its a simple and easy to build kit, typical Tamiya, but I enhanced it somewhat. I used Friul tracks and some resin wheels with burnt away rubber. I added resin parts for the extra armor and a voyager PE set and Voyager lenses. An area which has to be reworked on the kit is the plumbing for the fuel tanks. Easily done with some copper wire.

Cheers Rob 

[belugawhaleman]

22 hours ago, DocRob said:

Hi Paul, I built the kit some years ago in the Iraqi Enigma version. Its a simple and easy to build kit, typical Tamiya, but I enhanced it somewhat. I used Friul tracks and some resin wheels with burnt away rubber. I added resin parts for the extra armor and a voyager PE set and Voyager lenses. An area which has to be reworked on the kit is the plumbing for the fuel tanks. Easily done with some copper wire.

Cheers Rob 

Very nice work Rob!

 

Anyway, I just purchased some Master Club tracks from BNA in Australia for my future

T55 project. I also bought some Aber PE grills. I looked at some reviews of this kit and they're all good. Well, It will take forever for the tracks to come from down-under so it

Will be awhile before I start this model. Incidentally, I also purchased a set of friulmodel

tracks for a Trumpeter PT-76. These I ordered from a site in the U.S. I always wanted to

make a model of the PT-76 and the Trumpeter kit looks OK. It's a weird tank and ,as I've

said before, weird appeals to me

 

Paul

 

[belugawhaleman]

I've been looking at pictures of T-55 tanks on the Internet and I noticed the fuel

lines on the external tanks. I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to replicate these

or not. Any suggestions or resources would be appreciated. 

 

Thanks

Paul

[Bomber_County]

Lead wire, it comes in various sizes.......

[belugawhaleman]

On 4/18/2021 at 1:53 PM, Bomber_County said:

Lead wire, it comes in various sizes.......

I actually have lots of lead wire in several sizes. What I need is some sort of complete

diagram of the lines. I found some great closeups of a t55 that was in Peruvian service

that helps. I was also wondering what to use for the small sections of hose that connect

the pipes together. I thought, perhaps, that insulation stripped from wire could be used.

[DocRob]

I used copper wire for mine, it is a bit stronger than lead, which makes weathering easier, without bending the tubes.
I browsed through my spare parts box and found the attached sketch for the plumbing from the Voyager detailing set.

Cheers Rob

[belugawhaleman]

8 hours ago, DocRob said:

I used copper wire for mine, it is a bit stronger than lead, which makes weathering easier, without bending the tubes.
I browsed through my spare parts box and found the attached sketch for the plumbing from the Voyager detailing set.

Cheers Rob

Thanks

[belugawhaleman]

Here's A link to a site with close-up T55 pics:

http://primeportal.net/tanks/jose_luis_silva_chang/t-55/