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Good afternoon, colleagues and interested. By the day of the Tanker I want to present you another T-34 for viewing) After all, there are never many T-34? The Dragon 6479 set was assembled 10 years ago and overall looked pretty good (for a Dragon oob), but! (these beautiful but always pop up) was made in the presence of one front photo from one of the many books on the tank. A few years later, "purely by chance" I came across a second photo of this car from the side, where burning rollers with a rubber bandage were clearly visible. And it was decided to "easily alter" the tank. As always - replacement nuts and bolts, welds, the texture of the casting on the tower. I tried to slightly reshape the native machine gun nest to better match the appearance of Sormovsky. Staples were replaced with wire, and a photo etching grid was installed. Self - made roll Barrel and machine guns - Zedval Support rollers - from ICM rinks Trucks - MasterClub Tankman - Tamiya, head replacement. Well, and something else in small things, which I don't remember anymore) Coloring - 4BO from Akan, Tamiya, Hansa (a little of all) ts - stencils, homemade. Enjoy your viewing. Thanks for attention.

And hello again, colleagues and interested Suddenly, a beautiful (in the absence of another) model from the 3D printing company "Military Miniature" was extremely pleased with its appearance. The first fully printed product in my collection. The detailing is minimal. Working with 3D plastic was extremely disliked by the fragility of the parts and traces of printing. It took a long time to clean, skin and remove. Also, in some places, unsuccessfully broken supports (outright holes). Despite all this, it is easy to assemble the model (so there are just nothing details). Some completely missing moments had to be reproduced. Spare wheel holder (unfortunately, the photos do not give a complete picture of how it really looked, so what I saw and did) Wiper. It is simply not in the model. Wiring to the headlights. The complete absence of the cabin interior (but due to the thickness of the plastic, in principle, this is not surprising) We have a saddle, a steering wheel and a gearbox handle. I replaced the native dashboard with a product from Quinta Studio Extremely unimpressed with the glass to the headlights. They looked terrible, replaced with what was left in the ELF stash. That's all that can be said about the model. Now about the prototype. "Konstantin Mikhailovich Simonov (birth name — Kirill; November 15 [28], 1915, Petrograd, Russian Empire — August 28, 1979, Moscow, USSR) was a Russian Soviet novelist, poet, playwright, screenwriter, public figure, journalist and war correspondent. Hero of Socialist Labor (1974), winner of the Lenin Prize (1974) and six Stalin Prizes (1942, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950). Participated in the battles on Khalkhin-Gol (1939) and the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. Deputy Secretary General of the USSR Writers' Union." (с) Wikipedia "Correspondent of the newspaper of the Western Front "Krasnoarmeyskaya Pravda" quartermaster 2nd rank Konstantin Mikhailovich Simonov (1915-1979, second from right) with military correspondents of the newspaper "Izvestia" Evgeny Genrikhovich Krieger (1906-1983, second from left) and Peter Ivanovich Belyavsky (1899-1968) near his official car GAZ-4. On the right — the driver of the newspaper "Izvestia" Pavel Ivanovich Borovkov. Quote from K. Simonov 's diary: "We drove and were silent. They were silent for a long time. Then our old engine overheated from a long drive in such heat, and we had to stop about seventy kilometers after Roslavl and wait for it to cool down. We got out of the pickup truck, and Pasha Troshkin said: — Guys, but we got out, huh? But it was said wearily and without any joy. We were not happy that we got out. I just wanted to get to Vyazma as soon as possible and understand something there, in Vyazma. To understand what we didn't understand yet. Troshkin put us at the pickup truck and several times in a row took pictures of us as we were that day — tired, unshaven and, as it seemed to me then, suddenly, in just a few days, aged." The picture was taken on July 15, 1941, after K. Simonov and his comrades escaped from the Chaus, attacked by tanks, and went to Vyazma, to the headquarters of the Western Front." (c) waralbum.ru I tried to reproduce the car from the photo. Tank - overfilled the tank from the remnants into something similar to the one from ZIS-5. From Simonov's Diary: "We went on this trip without Surkov — Troshkin, Krieger, Belyavsky and me. Surkov sat down after the Krasnopol trip for poetry and stayed in the editorial office for the time being, giving us his machine gun for the road." The number in the photo is poorly distinguishable, so what I saw, I saw. Coloring as usual - Akan, Tamiya. Pigments - Wilder Wash from AK Thank you for your attention, enjoy watching.

Sometimes... Rather have a time machine to spend more time with my grandfather. Learn more from him.

Good afternoon, colleagues and interested. Today I want to offer you for a "review" a model that is out of my usual role. A civilian car in a glossy color. The assembly of the model was inspired by one photo found in the family album. Unfortunately, the knowledge of who exactly is in the photo has been lost. Grandfather called this man "Uncle Misha", but alas, it is no longer possible to ask who exactly it is. In general, the assembly itself did not cause any problems. Separately, I want to talk about the photo etching from the MicroDesign that I used. Of the really necessary things - nameplates and a grille. The rest has been scrapped. Most of the details are simply not needed. Incomprehensible pedals, a re-sized wiper. Window panes are applicable if you make them open. And then they look bigger than they need to. From own "improvements" - replacement of straps inside the cabin Wheels from the Miniarm. Paints: basic black - Tamiya LP series,chrome markers with Ali, a little AKAN Weathering - AK Enjoy your viewing

Good day, colleagues and sympathizers. On the eve of the anniversary of the end of the Great Patriotic War, I try to make a model "in the theme". This time the choice fell on a heavy KV tank. The prototype was chosen a long time ago, even when I first studied the photographic materials on the tank. KV with its own name "For Stalin", a tank of the 145th separate tank brigade. What are we on plastic? Initially, a repack of the Eastern Express from ARK (set 35020) and the remains of the Trumpet KV with a German cannon (just the mask and the barrel of the Zis-5). In the process, however, the tower was taken from a much earlier assembled KV-1 from the same trumpeter (the tower from the EE went to the trumpeter's body, but this is a completely different story) What has been done? Bolts has been completely replaced, missing ones have been delivered. The bottom of the tank is completely made. Welds, traces of metal cutting. Remade sloths (taken sloth from Trumpeter, put a cover from VE) Miniarm Support Rollers Replacement of the MTO hatch Photo etching from Microdesign. Gun barrel from RB, machine guns from Zedval. Tracks from MSD Self-made fasteners for additional tanks Reinforcing corners are made under the wings. Well, of course there are a few gophers. Crawler belt tension mechanism, for example) Tankman - assembled from spare parts) Coloring is an invariable AKAN (the jar is big, it won't end soon ...) Metalics - Tamiya, Hansa. Marking - stencil, self-made. Thank you for your attention, enjoy watching.

Thanks! It's just a few branches of a tree)

Good day colleagues and sympathizers. Today I want to show you a recently mastered model from AMG, which is made on the old kit from Bilek.UAZ-452D Golovastik. What can I say about the model? Nothing good. LND of the 90s. All the shoals of the old Bilek kit multiplied by the mockery of her from AMG. But the model is the only one in 35 scale, and I wanted to have it on the shelf. There was, of course, the idea of making friends with this set with 3909 from the Zvezda, but after viewing the plastic, it was decided to simply assemble as is. At the beginning of the assembly, I enthusiastically remade the muzzle, taking a piece from a new Zvezda kit. The body has also undergone global changes (hinges have been redesigned literally from scratch, handles too) I added all sorts of gophers to the cabin (fire extinguisher, battery, redesigned dashboard), optics from Armor35, wheels from them. Painting as usual, with Comrade Akanikhin's paints (except metallic) Numbers, sticker in the glass - self-made. I personally like the result, although the model was hard to build. All have a nice viewing and have a nice day.

Good afternoon, colleagues and interested. And finally I was able to force myself to do something after the New Year and finish something started or start something new. I present to you build started at the end of last year. In fact, like all AVD models, she gathered in the evening. But I worked with the details for a long time. To begin with, the purchase and replacement of all optics. A little photo etching (nameplate, wipers) Wiring and hoses. It was very "fun" to do them with an extremely meager amount of information and blueprints. Made them by photos and videos as I saw. I opened the upper hatch and threw garbage inside. And of course, rotary front axle. The prototype is randomly selected.(Liked) Coloring - Akan Pigments - all sorts. Thank you for your attention, enjoy watching. м

Thank you) This truck is rather the predecessor of the ZIS GAZ A is already a consequence of the purchase of the Ford plant)

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Good day, colleagues and sympathizers. Today I want to present to you for inspection a fresh model from SPM - truck AMO F-15. The second in the epoxy recently. At one time, I missed a model from the company OtVinta and this time I decided to buy it. A lot has been said about the prototype, if you search. In short, a one-and-a-half-ton truck, the first serial in the Soviet Union. As with many cars in the USSR - in the girlhood it was a Fiat 15 ter, somewhat redesigned as a result by our engineers to match the "beautiful" roads) An overview of the details of the model I posted here not so long ago -; https://karopka.ru/community/user/24492 /?MODEL=631069 The box gives a choice of 3 assembly options, all for the early production period. Assembly - everything is easy to assemble, the parts practically do not require fitting. Olives are thin, neat, I got them without defects. There are several nuances in the correspondence of the model to the prototype. The absence of a window in the tent, the absence of a second handle on the right (the handbrake and gearshift were still both outside). I didn't dig deeper into the match, but judging by the photos, people who are "sick" with this will have questions) As I wrote above, there are 3 model assembly options in the set: 1. The earliest "First AMO" 2. The next issue, 1925 (if I found the info correctly) 3. Differs from the second variant by the stamp of the hood sidewalls. It's generally difficult here, but there are photos of such cars. I chose the second option. A car that participated in the 1925 Leningrad-Moscow-Kursk motor rally (for trucks). It is noteworthy that both AMOS from the participants of the run came taking 1st and 2nd place. I don't want to make a very clean or very dirty car, so it turned out something in between. We will assume that they have recently left) Coloring - traditionally AKAN, a little Gunze (supermetallics top). AK oil, pigments - strategic reserves of masterpigment) Enjoy watching, thank you for your attention) Good day, colleagues and sympathizers. Today I want to present to you for inspection a fresh model from SPM - truck AMO F-15. The second in the epoxy recently. At one time, I missed a model from the company OTVINT and this time I decided to buy it. A lot has been said about the prototype, if you search. In short, a one-and-a-half-ton truck, the first serial in the Soviet Union. As with many cars in the USSR - in the girlhood it was a Fiat 15 ter, somewhat redesigned as a result by our engineers to match the "beautiful" roads) An overview of the details of the model I posted here not so long ago -> https://karopka.ru/community/user/24492 /?MODEL=631069 The box gives a choice of 3 assembly options, all for the early production period. Assembly - everything is easy to assemble, the parts practically do not require fitting. Olives are thin, neat, I got them without defects. There are several nuances in the correspondence of the model to the prototype. The absence of a window in the tent, the absence of a second handle on the right (the handbrake and gearshift were still both outside). I didn't dig deeper into the match, but judging by the photos, people who are "sick" with this will have questions) As I wrote above, there are 3 model assembly options in the set: 1. The earliest "First AMO" 2. The next issue, 1925 (if I found the info correctly) 3. Differs from the second variant by the stamp of the hood sidewalls. It's generally difficult here, but there are photos of such cars. I chose the second option. A car that participated in the 1925 Leningrad-Moscow-Kursk motor rally (for trucks). It is noteworthy that both AMOS from the participants of the run came taking 1st and 2nd place. I don't want to make a very clean or very dirty car, so it turned out something in between. We will assume that they have recently left) Coloring - traditionally AKAN, a little Hansa (supermetallics top). AK oil, pigments - strategic reserves of masterpigment) Enjoy watching, thank you for your attention)

Good day, colleagues and sympathizers! Today I want to introduce you to a rare animal! The Soviet five-towered monster, the T-35 tank. Once upon a time, about 6 years ago, a cherished HUGE box from a Star got into my then-just-trying-to-model paws. Naturally, the tank was immediately knocked down and assembled. And, as I thought then, I was ready for painting. I've never been so wrong before) And after a while, I still decided to finish off this "miracle" of the engineering thought of Soviet designers. Armed with available materials, having seen enough photos and read a couple of blogs from neighboring forums, we proceed. To begin with, some improvements were purchased. A set of gun barrels from Zedval A couple of sets of PE from Microdesign (about them later some obscene phrases) Tracks from HobbyBoss Lots and lots of bolts from MasterClub (and a little screws from E.V.M.) A little sheet plastic ... And most importantly. A sea of desire to make something similar to a tank. Let's start with the most important points. Guns are really needed. Zvezda went to scrap. Almost all bolts, nuts and rivets on the tank have been changed. Welded seams. Everywhere (where required) Then the use of PE. A set of grids is a must have. He is needed. He's useful. A set of fasteners for a chance tool - collected swearing recklessly. Over-sized, non-overlapping parts. In addition, they are not very similar to what really (judging by the photos) stood on the tanks. The anti-aircraft turret is also taken from a micro design, also a useful thing and pleasant to assemble. Well, there are many, many different little things. I was just redoing something because the Star is somehow wrong. Something was done from scratch, because the manufacturer forgot (or scored). A striking example is one of the handles of the jack. The entire volume of improvements can be seen in the photo before painting (well, except for the bolts on the flaps). I have already made a post with photos of WIP -> Prototype - T-35, shot down in the summer of 41st on the road between p.Bird and p.Willow There is an identification mark in the form of 2 parallel stripes on the tower, stars on the shields. All identification marks is a self-made stencil. Coloring - AKAN. I like his colors. Pigments are different AK Oil That's it, enjoy watching!

Thank you for your kind words. This build squeezed me dry. In battle they acted extremely unsuccessfully. The tanks themselves were so-so, the chassis did not hold up well. Fire control is extremely inconvenient, although later machines tried to implement something similar to the ship's fire control systems. And the number of released ones is 63, taking into account a couple of prototypes. As a result, in the summer of 1941, all of them were somehow disabled/abandoned/just broke. His younger brother T-28 proved himself much better, although also not very successful.

Greetings, Francis! Thanks for sharing the link, I missed it) A very, very beautiful painting job. Neat assembly, impressive weathering. And Zvezda OOB is very good. In my model, I tried to eliminate those "inaccuracies" that the manufacturer could not / did not want to reproduce. And there are a hell of a lot of them.

So, my playful paws finally got to the T-35 from the Star. This model was bought about 6 years ago. Then it was assembled and "brought to painting". Heh ... naive on my part. It's been 6 years. I have somewhat changed my views on the assembly of models. And then an old slightly dusty box catches my eye. All the improvements that you see are the result of the last month of work. Complete replacement of rivets/bolts/nuts Replacement of gun barrels Adding welds Alteration of the jack and its fasteners Alteration and addition of the jack handle Photo etching. Working trucks from HobbyBoss, the conversion of native support rollers into something closer to the real ones. Modification of gun masks on medium turrets And that's not all. I just won't remember everything. And tomorrow I'll start painting this monster.

Great model. Painting, weathering, chipping. I enjoyed watching it. But there is a nuance... the KV-85 tower from trumpeter has the wrong geometry. The KV-85 and IS-1 should have a symmetrical tower. I'll attach a drawing. At the same time, the gentlemen from trumpeter to IS-1 then put the right tower in the set (at least according to the upper projection) Of course, there are also enough shoals, but mostly similar. I haven't delved deeper yet, but colleagues from different forums wrote about small nuances such as the number of bolts on the engine compartment lid and other small things.

Master Club rivets and bolts different sizes) Like this https://www.super-hobby.ru/products/flat-spherical-rivets-0-7-mm.html

Many thanks to all!

Good day, colleagues and interested! According to the tradition that has developed for myself, by May 9 I am trying to build a sample of the Red Army equipment. This time BT came to hand. After the BT-7A, the tower from Tamiya remained. And the tower is good. And then the HobbyBoss arrived with their BT-2 "medium" release. The BT-5 model from Zvezda/Italery has long been the only opportunity to assemble something similar to BT. But, as has been discussed more than once on all possible forums, there are quite a lot of irreparable jambs there. Yes, and the model from Hobbyboss is more elegant and more carefully cast. But just like that, it didn't work out to assemble the model, as always. To begin with, the entire model was completely riveted. Hobbyboss rivets and bolts are extremely sad. Added welds in the right places. The tower from BT-7 is also brought to mind by the photo and by the preserved samples. In the course of the assembly, the PE by Microdesign was purchased, gun from MagicModels and under the curtain the trucks from MasterClub. Additional tanks from Dragon, a roll from gloves, self-made ammo boxes, duffel bags - pouring what was found in the "stocks". The comrade in the tower is a tanker from the Zvezda with a changed head. Coloring - good old Akan, a little Tamiya, a pinch of humbrol Oil and pigments - Mig and co. Enjoy watching! Thanks for attention. And as usual - a photo of the prototype :

Good day, colleagues. For a review, I offer you a fresh build. Somehow it took me to the 43rd scale. I've been wanting to make a fire truck for a long time. The cherished box from AVD was bought a long time ago, the hands reached recently. The beginning of the assembly was marked by the purchase of a set of photo etching and a set of fire equipment from Petrograd, because what AVD offers did not fit into any gates. Like all AVD models, the assembly involves a lot of sawing, a lot of skinning and a lot of grinding. From the self-made - I redid the fastening of the stairs. Slightly modified the handles on the body Remade the "matyugalnik"(Speaker) Modified the roof of the cabin I made a kind of walkie-talkie with a wire inside (something is even visible on a couple of photos) Well, the use of photo etching and fire equipment, which is written above) Coloring - Tamiya X-7, Tamiya LP-2, a little Akan The prototype was chosen by chance (I liked the photo =)) Enjoy your viewing. And some photos before painting) And prototype

Good day, colleagues and sympathizers. For a review, I present to you a model whose appearance in plastic I have been waiting for a long time. American one-and-a-half-ton Chevrolet G506 truck in the G7107 variant. The second largest truck delivered to the USSR under Lend-Lease (47700 units!) And here in my hands is the cherished box from ICM. Start building! At first everything seemed fine... We are studying the prototype. The first thing that catches your eye is the body ... Incomprehensible short beams, the absence of a box at the back from below. And the body is metal. Disorder. Sawed through. I didn't bother with the cabin, and it looks more or less like it. We redo the fat bumper and its fasteners at the same time (hello, thin metal and evergreen), slightly modify the front grille. Making new wipers. Throw out native wheels with native hubs. Wheels - PanzerArt from GMC, self-made hubs. Adding some wiring. We fill the body. An canvas made of tracing paper, all sorts of junk from stocks. The most interesting task was to make straps on the left side of the body similar to the photo. It seems to have worked out. The driver is ICM, the comrades in the body are hybrid from ICM, Zvezda and MSD. A pair of machine guns, a Zvezda and an ICM. Coloring - Akan, Tamiya, GSI. Marking is a stencil. Oil and pigments - AK, MIG, etc. Enjoy watching! Thanks for attention.

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Thanks! Only this is not a conversion, this is a kit from ICM - https://www.scalemates.com/kits/icm-35591-bm-13-16-on-wot-8-chassis--1259855

Good day, colleagues! I finally completed my "long-term construction" The model started at the release, but somehow the assembly did not work right away. Later, the box was again "dug out" in stocks and thoughtfully and with the arrangement "brought" to mind. So, "Katyusha" on the chassis of the British 1.5t truck Fordson W.O.T.8 of these trucks were delivered to the USSR under lend-lease approximately 730 pcs. and naturally, due to the lack of chassis for the Katyusha, the installation was pushed onto this truck as well. In principle, there are few photos of this car, but with Katyusha on board there are 5 pieces at all But even when studying these photos, there were quite a lot of inconsistencies between the ICM product and the real prototype. So: 1. Added the "Katyusha" control panel to the cabin 2.Added Battery box 3. Redesigned front window flaps. 4.Added a junction box on "Katyusha" 5.Corrugated flanks added 6. Slightly "welded" the "Katyusha" 7. Completion of the Katyusha farm 8.Completely redesigned the jacks 9. Modified rockets Of the additions - wheels from PanzerArt with a disc replaced with a native one (wheels from W.O.T. were not on sale then, I had to scratchbuild) Etching from Microdesign Driver from ICM A certain number of bolts from MasterClub Coloring - Akan, Alclad II, a little Tamiya Oil and pigments - some "Hispanic" The result is in the photos Enjoy watching.