Lancfan's flaming tank blitz ****FINISHED***

[lancfan]

To make a change from aircraft I will blitz this OT-133 Flame Tank on Wednesday at 10.00 AM.


David.

[ShaunW]

Nice one, it's good to see a bit of armour and an interesting choice too, can't say I've ever heard of the OT-133.

[Sissel]

Yes, it's nice with a bit of diversion. Good luck with this, David.

Now we have aircraft, armour and ships. Who's building the car?

can't say I've ever heard of the OT-133.

Ask OT.

[Old_Tonto]

Yes, it's nice with a bit of diversion. Good luck with this, David.

Now we have aircraft, armour and ships. Who's building the car?

can't say I've ever heard of the OT-133.

Ask OT.

I have been known to blow hot air now & again but never flames.

[splash]

Nice subject, good luck with the build.

Regards Splash

[ShaunW]

Flaming eck, it's gone 10am, I have a burning desire to see this blitz underway.

Yes, yes, I'll get me coat.

[lancfan]

Cheers Alan.
Here we are again, this is a Soviet design of flame tank, one of the T-26 series which were in turn based on plans of the British Vickers type E light tank. The kit comes with decals for a tank that had been captured by the Finnish forces. The original first image (the sprue shot) has been lost so the pictorial record begins with the hull assembly and some pre-painting.

David.

[jssel]

On board and watching.

[lancfan]

Hi Jeff.
The hull is now in one piece and the wheels have been painted as the hull dries. The next job will be to join the tracks and prime them in thinned enamel.


David.

[lancfan]

This kit was one of three that I bought from a stall for use as spare parts so this blitz seemed to be a good excuse to build one even though being 1/72nd they are the 'wrong' braile scale for my collection. Building up the hull was very fiddly as Mirage have tried to make the one set of sprues work for too many kits and the parts were in my opinion too thin and of uncertain fit, this was borne out when I tried to fit the turret base, I had a gap which now needs filling with plastic strip as the hull parts are so thin they cannot be dismantled without destroying the model- not too impressed with Mirage at this point.


David.

[ShaunW]

Well, you are off to a good start David. This looks to be a nice kit but then looks can be deceptive! Hopefully the rest of the build will be pain free.

[jssel]

Individual track links? On a blitz? You are a braver man than I.

[lancfan]

Jeff, the tracks are rubber bands not L & L, the fit problem has been fixed and at the moment I am fiddling around with lots of tiny wheels so this at the moment not a very pictorial subject, pictures to follow soon.


David.

[jssel]

Sorry about that. The far right sprue looked like the links.

Move on..........nothing to see here.

[TimJ]

Off to a good start.