One-Oh-Four Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Repair to a T-26 (1933 series) assigned to 24th Separate Tank Regiment. The Crimean Front, April 1942. T-26 in winter camouflage. Nevskaya Dubrovka, Leningrad Front, 1942 (Photos & captions: http://www.armchairgeneral.com/rkkaww2/galleries/T-26/T-26cyl.htm) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One-Oh-Four Posted April 13, 2014 Author Share Posted April 13, 2014 This was the usual fate for the T-26 at the Eastern Front 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators JeroenPeters Posted April 13, 2014 Administrators Share Posted April 13, 2014 This was the usual fate for the T-26 at the Eastern Front Yes. The eastern front and your bench. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One-Oh-Four Posted April 14, 2014 Author Share Posted April 14, 2014 Hmmmm there are similarities, indeed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulster Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Yes. The eastern front and your bench. OOOOOOOOOOOOOO...FACE!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulster Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Oh yeah. That's actual real time maintenance in that first picture there. Nothing posed there. Oh no siree! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One-Oh-Four Posted April 15, 2014 Author Share Posted April 15, 2014 (edited) Heheh, well, my little T-26 posed for you, Paulster: The Trumpeter model is really very nice. Moulding is detailed and petite. There are some headscratchers, thoug and to think I don't even know anything about this tank! First is the fact that Trumpeter thinks that this was the first tank where the driver knew where he was supposed to drive by means of sonar or one of those popular little GoPro action cams. The T-26 didn't have a driver periscope so this driver hatch isn't going to improve traffic safety... The four bolts for the armoured glass viewing block are there, though! So I thought I'd give it a vision slit... The next subject of amazement is the engine air intake/exhaust (I really don't know which it is!) at the rear. Trumpeter provides a sort of "prompter's box" with etched mesh, but it just sits on the engine deck! So a rectangle was cut from the deck. At a later time I'll also add some baffles that the real tank had as best as I have been able to ascertain from photos from the internet. I have found zero pics of T-26 engine compartments or restoration being done... To give an idea how it would look: Don't forget to sand/scrape the punchmarks off. A piece of the plastic rectangle from the engine deck was used to blank off the inside of the driver's viewing slit. The real tank had a block of armoured glass there, so it really wasn't possible to see something inside when the hatches were closed. I have assembled the hull top like this, that isn't really according to the instructions but I chose to do it like this because I still have some work to do under the engine deck and I just had a mind to build up this casemattey thingy! And if you then put some of the sub-assemblies together for a moment it already starts to look like a cute little tank! Edited April 17, 2014 by Erik B. change from embedded pictures to externally hosted, so that all viewers can see them 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave J Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 And hes off! Great start Erik! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulster Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 I can't see your last pictures Erik. Telling me I don't have permission to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One-Oh-Four Posted April 17, 2014 Author Share Posted April 17, 2014 I can't see your last pictures Erik. Telling me I don't have permission to see. I can't see them either - and I'm curious to see what you did with the vision slit. Guys, it has something to do with the fact that I attached the pics directly to the site. I'll upload them ASAP to PhotoBucket and link them to the WIP. At the moment I'm at work so I'll see if I can fix it later tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One-Oh-Four Posted April 17, 2014 Author Share Posted April 17, 2014 Until then, on this site are some nice walk-arounds of Finnish T-26's http://www.andreaslarka.net/lighttanks.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulster Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Those vehicle are in nice shape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One-Oh-Four Posted April 17, 2014 Author Share Posted April 17, 2014 Changed the pics from embedded to hosted on PhotoBucket. Hopefully you can see them now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulster Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Fran Posted April 18, 2014 Administrators Share Posted April 18, 2014 great Start!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wackyracer Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 very nice, going to enjoy watching this progress Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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