HobbyBoss T-34/85 | No. 82602 | 1:16

[FullArmor]

Finally finished! Thank you all for support and comments👍🫡

[DocRob]

Fantastic result FA, the Russian heavy metal came out great. I like the wear and weathering a lot as well as all the tiny details, which pop the eye.

Cheers Rob

[FullArmor]

2 hours ago, DocRob said:

Fantastic result FA, the Russian heavy metal came out great. I like the wear and weathering a lot as well as all the tiny details, which pop the eye.

Cheers Rob

Thank you. I am happy with results also🙂. Wanted to create more battered look than my previous builds (abrams and tiger).

[Martinnfb]

Looks amazing , very realistic finish. The extra detailing paired off, Bravo! I just noticed one small thing, the gunner's hatch should not be welded. Other than that exquisite work. 

Cheers

Martin

[FullArmor]

28 minutes ago, Martinnfb said:

Looks amazing , very realistic finish. The extra detailing paired off, Bravo! I just noticed one small thing, the gunner's hatch should not be welded. Other than that exquisite work. 

Cheers

Martin

👍Thanks! You are right about hatch. There must have been too eager welder at plant 😉

[belugawhaleman]

Nice work like your welds and weathering. My  work does not usually include weathering. My tanks are meant to be seen by me as as sort of recognition models displayed on my coffee table....I know my efforts

are dismissed or criticized for this, but I'm getting the urge to start the

weathering thing. I like the inclusion of the SVT-40..brings back memories.

I owned one of these at one time along with many Mosin-Nagants and

just about everything else used by the allies and the Axis during WW 2.

Nice touch. Anyway, my weathering will always be light.....no big clumps

of mud. Thanks for posting your work. BTW, really like that crazy IDF thing

you're working on....good stuff!

 

[FullArmor]

57 minutes ago, belugawhaleman said:

Nice work like your welds and weathering. My  work does not usually include weathering. My tanks are meant to be seen by me as as sort of recognition models displayed on my coffee table....I know my efforts

are dismissed or criticized for this, but I'm getting the urge to start the

weathering thing. I like the inclusion of the SVT-40..brings back memories.

I owned one of these at one time along with many Mosin-Nagants and

just about everything else used by the allies and the Axis during WW 2.

Nice touch. Anyway, my weathering will always be light.....no big clumps

of mud. Thanks for posting your work. BTW, really like that crazy IDF thing

you're working on....good stuff!

 

There is nothing wrong about clean looking tanks 🙂. There are cool also.

I recommend to try use different filters(ak filters are good). And maybe small drops of oilpaints to create hues. That creates illusion of more weathered look without using much chipping tecnique. Start light and try something not so visible (stowage or under side of tank). 

[FullArmor]

On 6/6/2024 at 7:45 AM, belugawhaleman said:

Nice work like your welds and weathering. My  work does not usually include weathering. My tanks are meant to be seen by me as as sort of recognition models displayed on my coffee table....I know my efforts

are dismissed or criticized for this, but I'm getting the urge to start the

weathering thing. I like the inclusion of the SVT-40..brings back memories.

I owned one of these at one time along with many Mosin-Nagants and

just about everything else used by the allies and the Axis during WW 2.

Nice touch. Anyway, my weathering will always be light.....no big clumps

of mud. Thanks for posting your work. BTW, really like that crazy IDF thing

you're working on....good stuff!

 

Hello. Did you own any weapons from Finland? Because lot of them were sold to USA after war. Nowadays there is craze to destroy all historic weapons in Finland. If you sell deactivated ww2 weapon you must weld it shut and drill dozen holes and render it worthless piece of metal 😭

[belugawhaleman]

8 hours ago, FullArmor said:

Hello. Did you own any weapons from Finland? Because lot of them were sold to USA after war. Nowadays there is craze to destroy all historic weapons in Finland. If you sell deactivated ww2 weapon you must weld it shut and drill dozen holes and render it worthless piece of metal 😭

I had a Finnish reworked Mosin Nagant......A M 27 I think, it had a very heavy

barrel and shot well.  Always wanted a Lahti pistol but could never find one.

[FullArmor]

18 hours ago, belugawhaleman said:

I had a Finnish reworked Mosin Nagant......A M 27 I think, it had a very heavy

barrel and shot well.  Always wanted a Lahti pistol but could never find one.

M 27 "pystykorva"🙂...one of most iconic weapons of Finland arsenal.

Take one crap soviet nagant+ fine tune trigger+good barrel+new sights. Fine tune everything and give it to trained soldier and you have deadly package.🫡💪

[belugawhaleman]

6 hours ago, FullArmor said:

M 27 "pystykorva"🙂...one of most iconic weapons of Finland arsenal.

Take one crap soviet nagant+ fine tune trigger+good barrel+new sights. Fine tune everything and give it to trained soldier and you have deadly package.🫡💪

Mine was built from a pre 1917 hex receiver and had whatever markings

on the receiver ring neatly machined off. So who knows when or where the

donor rifle was made. I also had in my collection a Remington contract made example of the '91...talk about nice. That one was in beautiful condition.

Nicely finished in blue with an American black walnut stock

 

[FullArmor]

7 hours ago, belugawhaleman said:

Mine was built from a pre 1917 hex receiver and had whatever markings

on the receiver ring neatly machined off. So who knows when or where the

donor rifle was made. I also had in my collection a Remington contract made example of the '91...talk about nice. That one was in beautiful condition.

Nicely finished in blue with an American black walnut stock

 

Rare examples indeed😮

[Bomber_County]

On 6/2/2024 at 8:23 AM, FullArmor said:

Finally finished! Thank you all for support and comments👍🫡

My apologies, this passed me by. Perfect weathering and battle damage , you can almost feel the weight and roughness of the castings. Congrats perfect in every way. Also the first 1/16 AFV I’ve can actually say looks convincing…..

[FullArmor]

5 hours ago, Bomber_County said:

My apologies, this passed me by. Perfect weathering and battle damage , you can almost feel the weight and roughness of the castings. Congrats perfect in every way. Also the first 1/16 AFV I’ve can actually say looks convincing…..

Thank you for kind words🙂. I'm lucky that my experiments worked well in the end.