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Thanks Deff!

Heres a picture of the Tank Crew in Winter Gear that I will be using instead

Glad to hear your work is going over well on the modeling forums too, I had little doubt they would! But dont forget your roots! Make sure to keep Dakka up on your projects

Gundam, this is a great build and I am simply flabbergasted by the level of detail - were I to build something consisting of so many parts of such magnificent smallness it would be a mass of glue and layers of epidermis.

Thanks for the comments guys! Shellfish - I'llbe sure to give Dakka the exclusive scoops!

Darknight - I've had my fair share of superglued skin too

More updates soon!


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Here's some more build updates







The plumbing for the fuel tanks is a detail not included in the Tamiya kit but something that really adds extra life to the model. Here are some reference photos:













Now it's starting to look a little like a tank!





The upgraded Motor Rifle Trooper with a Resin Hornet head (plastic Dragon head removed) I think the resin head looks much better.

Sir, I applaud you on your attention to detail. Lord knows I wouldn't be able to do something to this level of detail myself.

Can't wait to see this finished up!

Thanks Jin! I did the fuel lines last night started around 9:30pm and when i finished it ended up being around 1am!

Certainly was tough and at times I felt like gouging my eyes out with brass wire!

I'm pleased with the end result though Soon I can start painting it!

The Hornet heads do give it a nice touch.Agreed with all others that the level of detail is amazing.This is what awesome looks like in human form!

Thanks Deff!

I will be able to start painting soon!

I read a really interesting article recently about painting faces on 1:35 figures with oil paints. Very educational, I'm looking forward to trying the techniques on these guys!

Looking might fiine ! The detail is superb as usual Looking forward to seeing a rough layout of the models on the board.

Opened up my Tank Models figures last night and I was certainly impressed with them. The quality of the sculpts and casts was spot on. Wonderful detail and clever placement of gates make it easy to tidy them up and prepare them with little hassle.



Scale wise they are also a great match to the Plastic Dragon figures. The Nemrod figures were quite noticably smaller than the Dragon ones, but these Tank ones are great. Once again though the Driver's legs stop at the knee, so some conversion work will be needed to finish his legs if I choose too.

This is the Tank Commander, he even comes with a great little resin base, which is a nice little touch.







I can't wait to paint these!

Those are very nice sculpts.I myself cannot wait to see them painted.

Damn, I particularly like the one on the right. The creases are a lot sharper etc. Wow.

sA

Strikes me as odd that they have the fuel tanks on the outside of the tank, seems like a dangerous design. But you're right, adding the extra fuel line detail was really worth it, looks amazing. I'll add my "can't wait to see this painted" comment to the stack hehe.

Thanks SA, the resin Tank Crew really are impressive. I finished building them today and will post photos later. I've also started the terrain as well

Shellfish If you think the external fuel cells are bad wait till you hear this, the Russians put additional fuel cells in the same storage that holds the 100mm shells...

Placement of the additional fuel cells



Placement of the 100mm shells (same place!)



Tank Shells and Tank Fuel together.... sounds safe!

Nice!

Great stuff, enjoying it so far and continuing to enjoy it too! You've really been tempting me to try some larger scale military modeling, but not enough to overpower the FoW stuff I've got on the go at the moment so far...

Shellfishguy wrote:Strikes me as odd that they have the fuel tanks on the outside of the tank, seems like a dangerous design.

The same design is found in WW2 era T-34, which was ok because the fuel they used was not easily ignitable.

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And the tank looks as brilliant as we are used to get from you.

Thanks for the comments guys, work on the base is progressing nicely. Here's some updates on the Tank.

After some (a lot) of work I finally got the Modelkasten tracks finished. It took some work adjusting the suspension to get the correct sag, but I think the end result was worth it.











Some of the Tank Crew, these still need to have gaps filled with greenstuff etc.

For the Motor Riflemen I added more etch rifle straps, filled and smoothed out the gaps with greenstuff, and got them all ready.

Here are some photos of the finished Dragon Motor Riflemen





Two Soldiers sharing a smoke...









Heres my last and final Tank figure... Chillin on a DShK



Heres a comparison with the finished Dragon upgraded figures and the Tank crew... Not ideal maybe as they arent resin like the tankers but I think they hold up well together.





Last night also let me get some work on the actual diorama base done as well. After two days the Super PVA glue was finally dry! The most frustrating thing is having the start of a base that you can't build anything on because its still too wet!



Marking out the rough layout of the ground features with insulating foam. These will be blended into the base and bulked out with Das Pronto Modelling Clay, and then given surface texture with a mix of household filler, grit, sand, and old flock.



As its a winter scene expect large banks of thick snow either side of the road, as well as a small evergreen tree covered in freshly fallen snow. I'm thinking something along the lines of this

Wow the scene is really coming together well.I like the posing.Now get painting!

Thanks Deff. I primed the Tank crew last night and will start painting them this afternoon! I can't wait actually to finally get some paint on!

I think my eye balls just rolled out while staring at the instruction booklet...

Such an amazing amount of detail. Good show sir!

Thanks Rahveel!

I got the Modelpoint barrel in the post yesterday and started work on it right away. It's a great piece, with fantastic detail.






I also finished the smoke launchers from Lion Roar. It took a little bit of scratch building to make the brackets out of plasticard, but luckily I had some good reference pictures.

Wow the level of detail it burns....lol.
That is a lovely gun barrel,and the smoke launchers are a nice touch.
As said before can't wait to see this painted.

Wow, man. Fastastic job!

Love the barrel and the smoke launchers! With all the various custom parts you buy for your tanks, does it really drive up the price, or are the parts a reasonable cost?

Shellfishguy wrote:Love the barrel and the smoke launchers! With all the various custom parts you buy for your tanks, does it really drive up the price, or are the parts a reasonable cost?

It varies really, some parts are quite cheap. The barrel was $9 from a store on ebay and the smoke launchers were about $4 I think.

The larger Resin interior sets are the most expensive at around $25-30 each.

It's been over six hours, where's our update ?!?!?!

Sorry for lack of updates zzzz!

Heres a quick one till later today.

Some more work on the scenic base, blending the Das Pronto Modelling clay with a ground mixture made of household filler, sand, flock.