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UM 1/72 T-34/76 (1940) with F-34 gun


srkirad

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Good evening mates, I will join this GB with one of many UM kits of T-34.

I chose model 1940 with F-34 gun.

 

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Here are the sprues with plastic parts + etched and rubber parts. Metal barrel is RB model made, and represents F-32 gun, but it looks the same as F-34 to me, so I will go with it.

 

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I'll start with assembly in following days...

 

Cheers,

S.

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With things as they were in 1941 and early 1942 at least some would still be around into the summer so you get a good choice of schemes with this one. It looks buildable but I've heard that the rubber can react with the plastic so a strip of foil or similar around the wheel edge might be good.

Best of luck with the build

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Yup, I know about possibility of problems with rubber tires and plastic - I had damaged sprues on UM T-26 kit due to rubber tracks :(

At least parts in this kit are not damaged by rubber, and I hope that superglue will act as a isolating layer beetween the two.

 

Didn't have much free time for modelling in recent weeks, so hopefully whis weekend will give me some rest so I can start with this one.

 

Cheers,

S.

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19 hours ago, srkirad said:

At least parts in this kit are not damaged by rubber, and I hope that superglue will act as a isolating layer beetween the two.

That's a good sign, I've also seen the result when they do react. I hope the superglue does work as a barrier, it could save a lot of people a lot of trouble if it does. Whether you build or not I wish you a very good weekend.

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A couple of years back, I built a UM kit that came with tyres.

On advice I replaced the wheels with resin examples, but, as a test, I assembled the wheels & tyres and kept them (no paint, no glue, no varnish) ...
... the original wheels are still good.

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At the moment I'm sanding tires' footprints because they have mouldmarks.

When I finish this phase I'll wash all tires with soapy water to remove moulding residue (if any), and then, I'm thinking of putting a layer of gloss varnish beetween tires and wheels - just to have some kind of isolation layer beetween the two.

If the fit of tires and wheels is really tight, I'll add just a few spots of superglue on their join lines but from the inner side, so that won't be seen from outside.

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On 6/24/2020 at 11:54 AM, Robert Stuart said:

On advice I replaced the wheels with resin examples, but, as a test, I assembled the wheels & tyres and kept them (no paint, no glue, no varnish) ...
... the original wheels are still good.

We Thank You for this breakthrough in kit knowledge. I apologise if my remarks have caused distress to any kits or their owners ;)

 

Keep going srkirad a messy job but it has to be done.

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  • 4 weeks later...

It took a while.... After finishing few kits in progress, I gathered some courage to tackle these wheels and tracks... 

Well, it turned out better and easier than I thought.

Plastic wheels' footprints were brushed with Tamiya X22 Gloss Clear as an isolation layer. Rubber tires were just tight-fitted to the wheels, and then I did add few drops of superglue from inner side of wheels, just to be sure tires won't fall off.

Tracks assembled beautifully - I can't recall of easier work on tracks so far (although 1 link was needed to be added around rear wheek on both sides - UM fortunately gave few spare links).

Next step is finally hull, and other details on it...

 

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Cheers,

S.

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Decals gave me some worry in advance, having some bad experience with UM decals some 10+ years ago.

Well, they didn't "disappoint" me :D Test decal just fell apart after being dipped in water.

So, I proceeded with plan B - I've applied Microscale Decal Liquid Film on decals to be used and after some 30 minutes this is the outcome - not great, not terrible - decal film is a bit visible on edges but hopefully weathering and final coat of varnish will tone it down... A coat of gloss varnish was sprayed over decals to seal them in place...

 

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Cheers,

S.

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  • 2 weeks later...

I'll call it a day - final semigloss varnish was applied since last update, and wash & weathering were done with artistic oils and MIG pigments.

I'm satisfied with painting and weathering effects, but I'm ashamed of decals on turret - I did my best to make them work, but UM decals are soooo bad that even decal solutions can't seal them for their film to invisible :(

 

Anyway, thanks to all for support and viewing, it was a pretty enjoyable build - all recommendations for UM series of T-34... (except decals of course!)

 

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Cheers,

S.

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