T-34-85 Egyptian, Miniart 37071 Interior Kit.

[edjbartos]

 

Carrying on with the build, I started to add bits and pieces to the body, photo showing some links on top of the fender with PE straps....

 

 

I started to add brackets for the external fuel tanks, the bar joining the brackets broke upon cutting from the sprue so it was easier to make out of copper wire...

 

 

Some tanks added to the back plate, also storage at the bottom to accommodate jerry cans etc...

 

 

Miniart seem to add far too many gates onto their ropes making it difficult to detach and clean without breaking so I decided to make my own and attach to the blocks. I'm not sure what these are used for, anyway I have temporally attached these hence the presence of maskol around the edges..

 

 

 

Next up is to start adding the wheels and external fuel tanks, I'll post when that is done..

 

all the best

 

Ed

[Dads203]

Lovely clean work Ed, it’s also looking proper nice fella 

[Cerberus]

48 minutes ago, edjbartos said:

I'm not sure what these are used for

 I've got a sneaky feeling they are something to do with track maintenance, pulling the tracks onto the idlers/sprockets, and joining them up, maybe 

 

 Very nice progress, looking good.

 

 Matt

[vytautas]

Hi Ed, great job, as always!

 

Vytautas

[edjbartos]

11 hours ago, Dads203 said:

Lovely clean work Ed, it’s also looking proper nice fella 

 

Thanks Dan, appreciate that..

 

Ed

[edjbartos]

10 hours ago, Cerberus said:

 "I've got a sneaky feeling they are something to do with track maintenance, pulling the tracks onto the idlers/sprockets, and joining them up, maybe " 

 

Could be, that makes sense Matt, thanks for looking in and commenting

 

all the best

 

Ed

[edjbartos]

10 hours ago, vytautas said:

Hi Ed, great job, as always!

 

Vytautas

 

Thanks Vytautas, much appreciated

 

Ed

[Bullbasket]

Sometimes it's a blessing when the kit parts break, and you have to make your own. The copper wire looks much better. Nice work Ed.

 

John.

[edjbartos]

11 hours ago, Bullbasket said:

Sometimes it's a blessing when the kit parts break, and you have to make your own. The copper wire looks much better. Nice work Ed.

 

John.

 

Thanks John, I think it's pretty much a given with Miniart and replacing some of the small thin parts with copper, I'm just amazed how none of them got broken when they packed them into the box..

 

all the best

 

Ed

[Bullbasket]

12 hours ago, edjbartos said:

 

Thanks John, I think it's pretty much a given with Miniart and replacing some of the small thin parts with copper, I'm just amazed how none of them got broken when they packed them into the box..

 

all the best

 

Ed

There are two things that I find totally baffling. One is the fact that swmbo thinks that it is completely impossible for her to ever be in the wrong, and two, once you've removed all of the parts from a Miniart box, it's impossible to get them all back in again.

 

John.

[Vaastav]

Very nice work Ed. Love the handles on the side. 

[edjbartos]

1 hour ago, Bullbasket said:

There are two things that I find totally baffling. One is the fact that swmbo thinks that it is completely impossible for her to ever be in the wrong, and two, once you've removed all of the parts from a Miniart box, it's impossible to get them all back in again.

 

John.

 

Absolutely bang on, on both counts John...

 

Ed

8 minutes ago, Vaastav said:

Very nice work Ed. Love the handles on the side. 

 

Thank you Vaastav, very much appreciated..

 

Ed

[Phil1960]

On 13/04/2021 at 04:48, Peter Browne said:

Miniart have also released a non-interior version:

 

 

https://www.scalemates.com/kits/miniart-37098-t-34-85--1311252

 

[Phil1960]

Just now, Phil1960 said:

 

Sorry for the double post! I bought the T34/85 from Miniart without interior as I would like to built one from  1956 Suez Crisis. Lovely kit with minute details but it seems to me that the plastic is in general very weak if compared with Tamiya or Dragon models. What do yuo think about?

Ciao Filippo

[edjbartos]

36 minutes ago, Phil1960 said:

Sorry for the double post! I bought the T34/85 from Miniart without interior as I would like to built one from  1956 Suez Crisis. Lovely kit with minute details but it seems to me that the plastic is in general very weak if compared with Tamiya or Dragon models. What do yuo think about?

Ciao Filippo

Hi Filippo, thanks for posting, Miniart plastic is generally very soft compared to Dragon and Tamiya and on small thin parts you really need to be careful when cutting from sprues. I have now done a few kits from them and still have problems with parts breaking, One advice I would give is to get a good pair of sharp cutters like Tamiya ones which are very sharp and cut beautifully. I first started to use cheaper cutters but I found in my experience that parts broke more often leading to frustration. But I love Miniart kits with the detail that you get, so I don't mind one or two breakages along the way...

 

all the best

 

Ed

[Lummox]

3 hours ago, edjbartos said:

I first started to use cheaper cutters

As my Mum always used to say: 'don't buy cheap shoes or sprue cutters'

[edjbartos]

 

Hi folks, another quick update, I have now added the fuel tanks to the rear sides of the tank with the associated PE straps. I have also assembled and added the wheels, they are just temporarily stuck on  at the moment and will remove when painting.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That is pretty much most of the main body complete now, all that I have left off is the front hatch which is assembled, as is the machine gun and tow ropes and tools which I'll add on later. Next up is the assembly of the MasterClub tracks.

 

Will be back when those are done

 

thanks for looking, all the best

 

Ed

[vytautas]

Looks really great! 👍

It looks like it will be one of those tanks that don't need to paint because it looks great anyway.

 

Vytautas

[Dads203]

Lovely work as always Ed, it’s going to look superb with some paint on fella.

 

[edjbartos]

3 hours ago, vytautas said:

Looks really great! 👍

It looks like it will be one of those tanks that don't need to paint because it looks great anyway.

 

Vytautas

 

Thanks Vytautas, yes I know what you mean, sometimes it is a shame to add paint because it hides all the extra detail that you have put into it, I just hope that It will look ok when I've painted it..

 

thanks for commenting and looking in

 

Ed

[edjbartos]

1 hour ago, Dads203 said:

Lovely work as always Ed, it’s going to look superb with some paint on fella.

 

 

Thanks Dan, much appreciated, this is the time that I get a bit nervous, in that I hope I don't ruin it doing the paint job, hopefully it will turn out ok

 

all the best

 

Ed

[Phil1960]

Great work Ed.  And great pictures. 👍 

Ciao

Filippo

[edjbartos]

9 hours ago, Phil1960 said:

Great work Ed.  And great pictures. 👍 

Ciao

Filippo

Many thanks Filippo, much appreciated, thanks for commenting and looking in...

 

Ed

[Geo1966]

Hi Ed,

 

Do you know why this has 2 different types of wheels? I have the Miniart T-34/85 composite turret 1944 and that suggest on a couple of the painting options to use 1 or 2 different wheels, but on others all the same. Perhaps it represents field repair or am i missing something?

 

George

[edjbartos]

Hello George, It could indicate where the tank was produced. As far as I can see, looking at reference photo's on some Russian tanks, they for example will choose a different colour for the exhausts to indicate which factory or plant that the engine was built in. Looking at some reference  photo's the wheel configuration for this tank indicates that it was of a Czechoslovak production. I had five different options to choose from for this tank and I mainly chose this one as I liked the different wheel configuration, the others being solid wheels rather than having one spider wheel plus this was the only version which has got the lovely DShK machine gun on the turret... 🙂

 

all the best, thanks for commenting

 

Ed

Edited May 3, 2021 by edjbartos