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Last of the 55s- Russian T-55 So my Sakhalin Island T-55 , its a T-55 of the 39th Independent Motor Rifle Brigade, the last T-55s were withdrawn from the Russian army in 2014, with the Sakhalin Islands based ones being the last, there's a decent article here. https://topwar.ru/7752-poslednie-t-55-rossii.html I found the colours of this particular T-55 really striking and more visually interesting than the bog standard 4BO, I decided to slightly stretch the dio to make it more interesting, I want decided to the vehicle as if it was sitting in a a firing position on a range somewhere on the island, its been a heavy day of firing practice for the crew, hence the spent cases dumped over the side. the 3D printed barrels slowly rusting and leaking oil is a nod to the fact that this far from moscow, things are left to decay and rot, the only reason that the crew have fired so many tank rounds is so they can sell off the spent cases in town for a few extra rubles. The kit is a 1/72 Revell T-55AM/2 , with some 3D printed interior parts , some 3D printed barrels and tank shells I downloaded online for free, the tree was made with florist wire, latex and clump foliage. I have to say a thank you to Dmitriy1967 on here who was able to give me some good links to further information on these particular T-55s. Lessons, paint the tree wire brown before you start lol it will save you grief later! Any feedback is most welcome on how I can make the next diorama better. Regards Mark -
Hi All, I wondered if I could pick your brains, I am considering building a T-55 and I wanted to base it on the T-55 I saw in the Russian Far East, I believe they were the last T-55s in Russian service. Im a bit stuck on the colour scheme and would appreciate any thoughts on the colour scheme, what paint should I use? I have 4 images that I found, some of them look more "saturated" than others, some look more muted , but that could be the lighting for the particular photo. the first image below is what I would like to base my model on as its the most vibrant. I know its a poor choice to pic a scheme based on the vibrance, lol Thanks in advance Mark
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I stumbled across so of the last T-55s in Russian service and decided to do a diorama of one based in the Russian far east island of Sakhalin. I got some really good help from members of the forum and some more pics of the vehicles. Im using a Revell T-55AM in 1/72 scale, I decide to place the model in a firing berm some where in the Kurils. I started building the base with tile grout mixed with brown acrylic over foam board. I also wanted to try making a tree and bush from florist wire and latex. Im intending to partially flood the berm with some muddy oily puddles. Im hoping to start the kit this week, heres my progress so far... BTW the T-80 was used just for sizing the base of the diorama Ill try and keep this upto date with my progress 🙂
