new tanker

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Re: new tanker

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Welcome to the Forum. Your Mancave betrays all the classical signs of modelling mania, and the battered and bruised T34 just confirms it. :D We will look forward to the T34s progress in pics, as well as the fleet of additions that will almost certainly follow on from it. :thumbup:
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Re: new tanker

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Off to a great start, you've done a fantastic job with the battle damage and streaking/weathering.

The Heng Long T-34's a pretty damn good runner straight out of the box, and it looks the part too. The only problem it has is that the road wheels sit too low; ideally, the tops of the idler, road wheels and sprockets should be in a more or less straight line.
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You just need some small spacers to sit at the bottom of the suspension arm slots to limit their travel by a few millimetres or so. Herman used brass tube in his (you can see it here), but anything will do. It's an easy fix and really emphasises the T-34 that low, mean silhouette.
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Re: new tanker

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i seen in another post styrene was used. I definetly think it needs to be lowered a bit. thanks for the link to the other post i will check that out

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With a piece of sprue from a Stuka it seems to be at about the right height. I think. Image

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Mr Woolen it's vastly improved :clap:
Tanks alot.... :wave:
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Re: new tanker

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Here's a working T34/85 that came to visit the Highlands last May. It even fired the cannon, and deafened all the local seagulls....
T34 Scotland 2017
T34 Scotland 2017
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Here's one I snapped in the Swiss Military Museum back in 2016. Getting full profile shots is not always easy, unfortunately...
T34 Swiss Military Museum
T34 Swiss Military Museum
They may help a bit..if only with a bit of image variety
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Hmmm. What about drilling different holes for the spring. You would still have room for droop then.Image

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Nice. Now i have to put a log on it to.


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Re: new tanker

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Much better. Drilled a hole staight across from the top hole. Next question. Will the slack cause an issue running?Image

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