RC Tank Warfare community hobby forum

Those are not welding marks on the turret cheeks, rather the casting flash that has been cut off.
The welds are typically rough and certainly not put in to a level that would pass even a casual NDT inspection !

The T34/85 in Chris' picture is post war production (Polish I think?), and pretty poorly put together - you can put your fingers into the missing weld seam around the rear plate! Wartime ones would probably have been more rushed...

MrChef wrote: ↑Mon Feb 12, 2024 2:45 am

cmryanuk wrote: ↑Sun Feb 11, 2024 11:05 pm Wow, amazing. The only giveaway they're models is the string that doesn't hang like rope. And I'm being pedantic here. Very well made and photographed.

Thank you very much. I appreciate the comment and support. I have burned the offending string since it was first mentioned.

Hopefully you removed it from the tank first, Mr Chef

Gorgeous!

Very well done! Nice attention to detail!

Herr Dr. Professor wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2024 7:52 pm 4. Humble suggestion: the 'rope' holding on the log looks quite like real rope. The 'rope' on the front of T-34(85) 3A looks like packaging cord.

I finally found a pic of the tank with the rope I was sorta, kinda, trying to emulate unsuccessfully=

Amazing work and great photos. Hard to tell them from the real thing!