1/72 Revell T-34/85 w/Factory 112 turret, spring 1944 production

[Roman Schilhart]

Dear fellow Britmodellers,

here's my 1/72 Revell T-34/85.

 

 

I replaced the kit's turret with a resin item from Goligov Project, representing an early production batch from spring 1944.

The kit's spider wheels were swapped with OKB Grigorov resin wheels.

The fenders, grills and various small pieces are photo-etch parts from PART.

The towing cable is from Karaya.

Painting & markings according to a color profile in Kagero's "The Eastern Front".

This vehicle has a slightly different arrangement of external fuel tanks and stowage boxes, which I corrected referring to Kagero's book.

Painted with Mr.Hobby arylics, weathered with artist oils, pastel chalks and graphite pen.

All photographs by Wolfgang Rabel.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you for your interest.

Best greetings from Vienna!

Roman

[Stef N.]

That is rather special. Very well modelled and painted. Top work Roman.👍

[Milan Mynar]

Great work, I like it.

[echen]

Did you put the "256" moulding on the turret or was it original to the kit?

[Roman Schilhart]

40 minutes ago, echen said:

Did you put the "256" moulding on the turret or was it original to the kit?

The "256" casting is a feature of the Goligov Project resin turret.

[echen]

 

5 minutes ago, Roman Schilhart said:

The "256" casting is a feature of the Goligov Project resin turret.

Terrific build all the same. It just looked to me like an add-on and with your skills I thought you might have added it.

Great work as always.

[StuartH]

Beautifully finished. Cracking work 👍

[Rumblestripe]

Nice job.

 

I've got a 1/72 Revell T34/76 nearly finished (just applying the weathering) and I had trouble with the lower chassis sub assembly not fitting into the hull properly, being too narrow. I have bodged it by slightly splaying the tracks but I'm not impressed. There was also an error in the instructions on building the tracks with the wrong component sequence but once I worked out the mistake the tracks themselves went together nicely. It's a shame because the model other than that went together very easily. I might replace it with a Zvezda model. I have built the Zvezda T34/85 and that is a lovely model with no issues other than being a bit fiddly in places.

[Bertie McBoatface]

That's a nice one. I like the rain streaks on the turret