Martinnfb Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 Whisky frisky, Hiply hop, Up he goes To the tree top! Whirly, twirly, Round and round, Down he scampers To the ground. Furly, curly, What a tail, Tall as a feather, Broad as a sail. Where's his supper? In the shell. Snappy, cracky, Out it fell. This is the look I am after. On the reference pictures above are examples of welded turret. We will focus on the colour and wear and tear. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted September 13, 2018 Author Share Posted September 13, 2018 Anti-radiation sheeting is on. Rendered beautifully, textured, just like the real deal. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted September 13, 2018 Administrators Share Posted September 13, 2018 Very nice. The surface texture is phenomenal! As long as Russia keeps building tanks based on T-72, the world will be a safer place. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted September 13, 2018 Author Share Posted September 13, 2018 And this piece i glued in backwards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted September 13, 2018 Administrators Share Posted September 13, 2018 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted September 13, 2018 Author Share Posted September 13, 2018 The barrel is made of 10 pieces, It;s mengling with my brain. Time to open the instruction booklet .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted September 13, 2018 Author Share Posted September 13, 2018 Thanks for the kind words(and pictures) guys. Here is a little drawing distinguishing the difference between above mentioned turret types. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted September 13, 2018 Author Share Posted September 13, 2018 47 minutes ago, Clunkmeister said: 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grunhertz Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 I like Meng but like a lot of the new manufacturers, they seem to have a disturbing tendency to over complicate things somewhat. Looks good though 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kais Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 Instructions? Sook!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 Hi Martin, nice start. I never noticed, that your T-90 is not an -A variant and sporting a cast turret. Only ten pieces for the Barrel, you should try the Voyager one, which is a mas o menos fifty part affair, with some bending to be done . Cheers Rob 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted September 13, 2018 Author Share Posted September 13, 2018 Thank guys. Last night, i broke the barrel in two, in order the turn the ring into the proper position. Yes, I know I was rushing it and now I have to pay the price :). Rob, the Voyager barrel is very pretty , but it is missing drainage holes and welding seems, plus it is super straight. Real barrel has a small distortion between the heat-shielding elements , which gives it a very unique look. Like here. EDIT : Having said that I just looked into it and Tetra Model Work makes outstanding metal barrel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DocRob Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 1 hour ago, Martinnfb said: Rob, the Voyager barrel is very pretty , but it is missing drainage holes and welding seems, plus it is super straight. Real barrel has a small distortion between the heat-shielding elements , which gives it a very unique look. Hi Martin, the Tetra barrel Looks good and way easier to build than the Voyager one, but I prefer the rendition of the heat mantlet by Voyager, albeit it's a pain to assemble. The angled seamline is reproduceable, because you wind brass tin around the aluminum barrel. However, mine will recieve a lot of dirt, snow and ice, that enable me to hide every imperfection . Cheers Rob 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted September 13, 2018 Author Share Posted September 13, 2018 Very nice indeed . I wouldn't have the nerve to tackle such a tedious sheet-metal work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 Nice start Martin! And great info on the barrel. Learn something new about it. Carl 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted September 14, 2018 Author Share Posted September 14, 2018 Thank You Carl, I will try to leak in some interesting info related to the development of T-90. For example the red eye look of this tank is caused by the Shtora-1 system, that is a electro-optical jammer designed to deal with the semiautomatic command to line of sight anti-tank missiles , laser based range finders etc.. Part of this system are two large IR reflectors, emitting coded, pulsed IR jamming when the guided missile is detected. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Ivanovich Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 Closely following your WIP, Martin. Keep 'em flying! <arr arr> I've got two of these tootsies in my stash, T-90 and T-90A. More precisely, that part of my stash that is currently carefully stowed away along with furniture and white goods in a 40ft container waiting to be shipped to NZ. Can't wait to resume bench operations... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 Nice! Didn't know that the IR lights were jammers. Figured they were for night fighting. Does give it a distinctive appearance. Carl 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted September 15, 2018 Author Share Posted September 15, 2018 Thank You guys for stopping by. I had few minutes to play last night, so I was trying to resurrect the barrel by drilling out bore, filling the yuckies and sanding, scribing etc. I think it is going to OK. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted September 15, 2018 Author Share Posted September 15, 2018 Turret received some love as well. It is slightly more tedious than I would expect from armour kit, but at the end, she's gonna look so pretty 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted September 15, 2018 Author Share Posted September 15, 2018 Once again, check out the thermal sleeves all smashed up by elements And here you can see the discolouration caused by replacement of the damaged segments. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted September 15, 2018 Author Share Posted September 15, 2018 22 minutes ago, BlrwestSiR said: Nice! Didn't know that the IR lights were jammers. Figured they were for night fighting. Does give it a distinctive appearance. Carl Definitely very good looking layout And this kit also provides LED illumination of these lanterns . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted September 15, 2018 Author Share Posted September 15, 2018 4 hours ago, Ivan Ivanovich said: Closely following your WIP, Martin. Keep 'em flying! <arr arr> I've got two of these tootsies in my stash, T-90 and T-90A. More precisely, that part of my stash that is currently carefully stowed away along with furniture and white goods in a 40ft container waiting to be shipped to NZ. Can't wait to resume bench operations... Best of luck with your move comrade, hopefully everything is going according to your plans as well as the new 5 year plan. Honestly I am blown away by the quality and complexity of this kit. Unimaginable occurrence 15 years ago. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators JeroenPeters Posted September 15, 2018 Administrators Share Posted September 15, 2018 What a menacing looking beast... love the research you’re putoing into it! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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