SimonT - 1/35th Tamiya T62 (well worn)

[Steven000]

Very nice work Simon! :thumb2: .
Steven

[Guest]

That cast texture is fantastic as is the mantlet cover.
Mike.

[Jim R]

Morning Simon
Glad the sanding/filling/sanding/filling etc etc has worked so well. Cast texture is nice.
Jim

[Richard48]

Amazing work Simon
Really interesting.Makes me want to revisit some classic kits.I want to do some sometime to match Verlindens books to rekindle nostalgic memories of my formative years.
Watching with interest.
Richard.

[wotan]

Very nicely done Simon. With that just finished factory look perhaps this one should be finished as an almost finished factory roll out dio.

John

[SimonT]

[COLOR=rgb(243, 121, 52)]Steven[/COLOR] - thank you

[COLOR=rgb(243, 121, 52)]Mike[/COLOR] - thanks. Found the red goo is not too resilient - bits wore off with handling. It has had a second layer - this time I rolled it on with a cotton bud, using it like a paint roller

[COLOR=rgb(243, 121, 52)]Jim[/COLOR] - lot of work, but fun to do

[COLOR=rgb(243, 121, 52)]Richard[/COLOR] - :thumb2: well, there are plenty to go at. All the early panzer iv based kits (D, brummbar, stug iv, wirblewind, etc) are all 2mm too wide, road wheels too narrow, bogie positions wrong, return roller positions wrong plus a whole host of other things specific to each vehicle. The Panther A is probably one of the worst - hull width and length wrong, turret way too big (had to chop that diagonally so that when I removed a large chunk it kept some of the detail). The SdKfz7 - lots wrong with that one too. All the T34 based kits were also motorised and need a lot of work. Good thing is they are dead cheap so you can have fun with them and if it all goes pear shaped you haven't wasted a fortune

[COLOR=rgb(243, 121, 52)]John[/COLOR] - nice idea, but I want to do a worn out looking one, sorry



spent yesterday working on this one - being confined to house has benefits with regards to modelling

Needs a little tidying to remove some of the red goo overspill but essentially done

Have left off small bolt heads on purpose as they often don't cast well - they will be added to the resin casting


complete new periscope on the right side - this is the second version as the first ended up being too small

plastic tube, aluminium tube inside that form the base. The main body is aluminium tube with a notch cut out the front, plastic card lens and top

the little bulge down and right on the turret is for the wire to the searchlight


new rear hatch as the kit version is wrong shape

kit ventilator added next to it - given a bit of texture using liquid cement


new and updated vision devices on the left. Used the top for the bottom one from the Eduard set

the mantlet cover plate was cut from the Eduard set as well


copper sheet for the track guards


glacis plate sanded to get the sinkage out and filled around the edges - some damage occurred when I sawed off the track guards


front hull joint sanded back - needs a polish


same at the rear joins

after clean up of the red goo the turret should be ready for casting so will need mounting on a 'sprue' and boxing up ready for rubber pouring

[Richard48]

All looking great progress.Be interesting to see how the casting goes.Maybe you could cast some for the rabble. to use.
Richard

[Jim R]

Morning Simon
Rather a lot of very good progress. This crisis is certainly giving us all time at home but I find it hard to settle.
Jim

[SimonT]

If it comes out ok Richard that may be possible if anyone wants one

It is a bit odd Jim - I’m still working during week, just from home, so kind of still the same But my commute is now just walking from one room to the other so I have a lot more modelling time


UPDATE

just been having what should have been a last check over but have realised that there has been some creep when I did the mantlet and it is too wide and as a result, lopsided

poo

a bit of rectification required - no point casting it yet

[Si Benson]

Looks like your thoroughly enjoying yourself Mr T :smiling4:

Very interested in the copper foil, what gauge did you get?

[SimonT]

0.1mm Si

Copper foil

[Guest]

Excellent modelling Simon :smiling3:.

[minitnkr]

You most be getting enough sleep. You sound positively chipper. Maybe just from all the scratchery. Some excellent work. PaulE

[SimonT]

Morning all,



due to the right side of the mantlet aperture having wandered offline I needed to strip it all down


made some new side pieces and started building it back up


rebuilding the aperture in the correct place - the left side was ok but the right side had to move 1mm to the left

As you can see there was not much left to fasten the side plate to after chopping it all apart


but it went well and came back together - much happier with it this time


new dust cover


i also added some new bolt tops around the cupolas as the kit ones were a bit vague

unfortunately the red goo suffered from the handling and various bits are now bald, plus of course the revised mantlet area needs re-coating as well

once done I shall prime the entire thing with Halford primer - this should hopefully help to keep the red goo in place for casting

I also reworked one of the fuel tanks but don't appear to have taken a photo

The tanks are all a bit wide due to them being moulded with very sloping sides so I sanded them down to make them more vertical again

This of course removed the moulded seam line around the middle so this had to be replicated with some micro strip

Fuel tank now ready to be cast

Hull front filler also sanded down ready for building up the details again

[Steve Jones]

The Lord of the Darkside is at it again. A wonderful assortment of materials and skills to produce such a wonderful piece of work as this. Terrific work my friend