Tamiya 1:35 T-55A
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Tamiya 1:35 T-55A
Good day all!
This is Tamiya’s 1:35 T-55A. As we’ve come to expect from this manufacturer, the kit is simple but of high quality, with good fit and detail throughout. I think the quality of Tamiya's sculpting is evident in the mantlet cover which looks very convincingly like rumpled fabric straight out of the box. You get a commander figure for the turret hatch, a piece of string for the tow cables, some plastic mesh for the engine grilles, and a small decal sheet with markings for two Russian, two Polish, or one Czech vehicle. As it happens I exercised poor version control on this build, so what you see here is kind of a mish-mash. Tracks are one-piece vinyl and they don’t give the proper sag unless you glue them to the tops of the road wheels, but otherwise I think they look OK with a bit of paint and weathering. No clear parts are provided, and there is no interior detail at all aside from a rudimentary seat to perch the commander on.
This was built OOB with the following exceptions: “enhanced” cast texture on the turret made of diluted putty, coloured mylar for the optics, wire for the grab handles and power cords, tarps made from paper napkins, sundry bits of stowage from the ol’ spares box, and an unditching beam made from an applewood stick purloined from our pet rabbit.
Have a great weekend!
This is Tamiya’s 1:35 T-55A. As we’ve come to expect from this manufacturer, the kit is simple but of high quality, with good fit and detail throughout. I think the quality of Tamiya's sculpting is evident in the mantlet cover which looks very convincingly like rumpled fabric straight out of the box. You get a commander figure for the turret hatch, a piece of string for the tow cables, some plastic mesh for the engine grilles, and a small decal sheet with markings for two Russian, two Polish, or one Czech vehicle. As it happens I exercised poor version control on this build, so what you see here is kind of a mish-mash. Tracks are one-piece vinyl and they don’t give the proper sag unless you glue them to the tops of the road wheels, but otherwise I think they look OK with a bit of paint and weathering. No clear parts are provided, and there is no interior detail at all aside from a rudimentary seat to perch the commander on.
This was built OOB with the following exceptions: “enhanced” cast texture on the turret made of diluted putty, coloured mylar for the optics, wire for the grab handles and power cords, tarps made from paper napkins, sundry bits of stowage from the ol’ spares box, and an unditching beam made from an applewood stick purloined from our pet rabbit.
Have a great weekend!
Re: Tamiya 1:35 T-55A
So nice. Finish and weathering just right.
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Re: Tamiya 1:35 T-55A
Excellent! I like the contrast between clean and rusty metals.
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Re: Tamiya 1:35 T-55A
Excellent work!
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Re: Tamiya 1:35 T-55A
Great finish Fred. Your weathering is super as usual!
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Re: Tamiya 1:35 T-55A
Clever move, copying some pics from an Ammo Mig tutorial here..
Fun aside, really nice lookimg tank! The T-55 looks like the iconic tank. If you would tell a 6 year old to draw a tank, the result would quite sure look somehow like a T-55 :-)
Fun aside, really nice lookimg tank! The T-55 looks like the iconic tank. If you would tell a 6 year old to draw a tank, the result would quite sure look somehow like a T-55 :-)
I like to carve old kits into something roughly aircraft/tank shaped...
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Re: Tamiya 1:35 T-55A
Yes, it's somehow "what a tank looks like"!KellerModeller wrote: ↑March 10th, 2024, 6:40 pm Clever move, copying some pics from an Ammo Mig tutorial here..
Ha! Thanks!
Fun aside, really nice lookimg tank! The T-55 looks like the iconic tank. If you would tell a 6 year old to draw a tank, the result would quite sure look somehow like a T-55 :-)
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Re: Tamiya 1:35 T-55A
Nice piece of Russian armour.
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Re: Tamiya 1:35 T-55A
Wonderful work. I know it’s been said but that weathering is really nice.
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Re: Tamiya 1:35 T-55A
Looks heavy, crude, and mean. In other words, just right!
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Re: Tamiya 1:35 T-55A
As always with your AFV builds, Canuck, that is top notch.
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Re: Tamiya 1:35 T-55A
As lovely and as well judged in the weathering department as usual.
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