vytautas Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 Impressive! I really like colors and shades. And weathering too. 👍 I don’t know why, but this whole assembly is slightly hypnotizing. Vytautas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil1960 Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 Spectacular! What did you use to make weald seams? simply perfect. Ciao filippo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APA Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 If I didn't know better I would swear this was 1:16 or bigger. Amazing work of the first order 👍👌 Andrew 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaoinas Posted June 12, 2021 Author Share Posted June 12, 2021 16 minutes ago, Phil1960 said: Spectacular! What did you use to make weald seams? simply perfect. Ciao, Filippo, Welds are made using Tamiya Quick Type Epoxy Putty. My technique isn't quite as sophisticated, but pretty much the same, as this guy's tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3GlNC2cK8s Kristjan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaoinas Posted June 26, 2021 Author Share Posted June 26, 2021 Hi, Despite all the hot and summery weather that we've had here last few weeks, I've got a little update to share. The turret basket and the lower part of the turret is assembled and ready to paint. I added PE latches to a few boxes and shaved the storage shelf edges thinner. And also added some wires to an electrical box. It's pretty crowded there so some of it is dry-fitted to allow it to be decently painted and weathered. Cheers! Kristjan 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edjbartos Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 Great work Kristjan, nice and clean work, the detail on this is amazing, looking forward to seeing this painted up, should look brilliant... Ed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robw_uk Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 stunning work.... am about to start the T-54-2 from Miniart with interior so will be looking at this (and others) interior buiilds (thats you@edjbartos) for inspiration 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaoinas Posted July 9, 2021 Author Share Posted July 9, 2021 Thanks, Ed and Rob! Turret basket and the lower part of the turret is now painted. Nothing spectacular there, business as usual. And it sits quite snugly in in the hull Cheers! Kristjan 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f matthews Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 Stunning work! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longbow Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 Very nice work !! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRK Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 You say nothing spectacular but that turret interior is amazing- is that real leather on those seats?😉 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vytautas Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 Well, if everyone already says that looks maybe not too bad... perhaps one could assume that they are right... Maybe it really isn't that bad? Although I'm tormented by doubt... Okay, that is a joke. Everything looks more than perfect! Vytautas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff72 Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 Stunning work,I could no even think of tackling a full interior kit but looking at yours some day I will. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edjbartos Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 Beautiful work Kristjan, the interior looks fabulous, tremendous work...👍 Ed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nenad Ilijic Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 Simply stunning, what else to say! This is one of the best interiors I have ever seen! Cheers, Nenad 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Klugman Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 Well this is an outstanding build, one of the finest I have seen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIK122 Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 Astonishing work. Your painting skills are superb. It's almost criminal to hide it all away. Following with great interest 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamden Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 Just found this one (don't know how I've missed it before) @vaoinas. This is stunning both in build and paint looking forward to the next instalment now Stay safe Roger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaoinas Posted July 14, 2021 Author Share Posted July 14, 2021 Thanks, friends, you are too kind. Little more to share about the mantlet and the main gun. The aluminum barrel is ABER's and it's a beautiful thing. All the gray plastic you see, is basically straight out of the box and one can see, the gun breech is very well detailed by Takom. It all went together with no effort and can be disassembled for painting. Cheers! Kristjan 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaoinas Posted September 30, 2021 Author Share Posted September 30, 2021 It's been pretty long, but after finishing my Panzer IV I can finally move on with this one. There's a plate with hatches over the drivers and radio-operators head that was considerably warped in my kit. I tried to straighten it using boiling water but after having no luck, contacted Takom about it. Luckily they were kind enough to send me another sprue and even though it was pretty poorly packed, the detail I needed was straight in it. So finally I could move on with it and the forward hatches with the plate has now been completed. I added a magnet under the plate and also replaced the plastic handles with the brass ones where needed. On the turret shell I tried to add most of the exterior details as I figured It would be easier to do it now while it's not glued on to the turret basket yet. Lifting eyes are replaced with a 0.8mm brass wire and the handle with 0.5mm wire. I also made a new commanders hatch cause the hinge on the original plastic one broke off and there really were no good way to replace it on such a thin detail.. Interior of the turret consists pretty many details. Some of them has been replaced with the ones in the Aber kit. Also much of the stuff is missing here - Details are cleaned and prepared but havent been glued on to allow them to be painted separately. Vision blocks in the commanders cupola needed replaced too as for some reason Takom had these opaque. I used transparent ones from some Dragon kit, that needed some work to make these fit. And that's all the stuff that needs to be painted this time. Cheers! Kristjan 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelscale Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 Superb work. Just caught up with your progress. Loving the build and paint finish you have acheived. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edjbartos Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 Beautiful work Kristjan, the detail you have put into this is just amazing...👍 Ed 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shotandshell Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 Just joined the community and read through this thread. Inspirational! Simply inspirational! I am utterly gobsmacked! Mike 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 Just catching up with his build Kristjan, and I have to say that your work with the etched brass is absolutely stunning. Great job. John. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaoinas Posted October 8, 2021 Author Share Posted October 8, 2021 Thank you, chaps All the details you saw in the last update, has been painted now. Here's a few photos of driver's and co-driver's hatch. I used a bare metal foil to cover the axles the hatches turn on. It sits quite nicely in the hull. The gun: Turret shell. I opted for a later ventilator with a hose. It looked better and I really wanted to use that hose. It's a bit later feature for Panthers, but I guess it could have been retrofitted as well. The hose itself is a rubbery thing and the paint doesn't stick on it too well, but when handling carefully it eventually sits in the turret quite well protected. The turret with a gun glued in its place: And after that I glued two halves of the turret together. When fitted to the hull, the gap underneath the turret isn't even - It's almost none at front and about half a mill at back. At first I thought it's the heavier aluminum barrel that's the culprit, but it seems that the basket inside the hull doesn't line up with the floor perfectly and thus pushes the turret a bit forward. But after giving it a thought I think I may have a quite simple fix for this problem that needs to be tried out. Here's the whole thing: Cheers! Kristjan 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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