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The Wonderful world of the T54/55/62
1721Lancers
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Posted: Wednesday, April 23, 2014 - 07:54 PM UTC

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Now to the Gallery thing, I have never tried to talk anyone through this before, so here is how I load pictures:

1. Shrink your picture using an image changing website, I use this place doesn't cost anything and the pics are downloaded straight from and to your pc, after an hour they erased from the site:
http://www.resizeyourimage.com/

2. Shrink the image to ca. 389 in width and 292 in height,
after you have shrunk it and downloaded to your pc, you must take the image from "downloads" and place it a normal file.
There is a limit to the size of your picture, but I am not sure what it is any more.

3. Go to the Gallery page:
https://gallery.kitmaker.net/showgallery.php/cat/28824

4. Click the "choose image" image button and add the pictures.

5. hit the upload button at the bottom of the page, this should then go through to the next step.

6. now you can add some info about your build, if you wish to.

7. click the "submit" button and that is it.

I have just done a test run and and added a StuG to the gallery .

If anyone knows an easier method then please let us know.






Paul


Hi Mathew cool build there now for a second one eh .
Try this SBS for getting pics into the gallery, this is how I do it. You can get larger pics in there now, but I don't know what the maximum size, width 450 height 357 instead of the above mentioned.
Hope it works, if not let me know where it sticks





Paul
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Posted: Wednesday, April 23, 2014 - 09:55 PM UTC
I use a free program called photrazer to resize my photos, it makes the file size smaller and the picture smaller without losing quality. It is fast, easy to use and will do a whole folder at once.

Cheers Rob.
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Posted: Thursday, April 24, 2014 - 05:20 AM UTC
Paul[/quote]
Try this SBS for getting pics into the gallery, this is how I do it. You can get larger pics in there now, but I don't know what the maximum size, width 450 height 357 instead of the above mentioned.
Hope it works, if not let me know where it sticks




Thanks for the walk through, Paul. I'll upload a couple of pics to the gallery later. And, yes, time for the KV now!
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Posted: Thursday, April 24, 2014 - 05:59 AM UTC
John nice camo there. Not too far now.
Rob good job there mate! I love the camo! (Reminds me of that Gremlin with the white striped hair! )
Ko Sprue One you are a very patient man if you managed to tackle that kit! Waiting to see more.
Matthew the T62 looks great!
Paul sorry mate but no back legs survived the battle.

The knife is done and it is workable. As a later addition to the kit Trumpy made a much better job with it.



The suspension arms were glued higher as to reduce ground clearance. It sits way to high. The upper hull was cleared form some molded on details because PE parts will go there. The sprocket wheels will also need to get narrowed in oerder to use the link by link tracks from Trumpy. The main gun also needed some filling and sanding. The auxiliary fuel pump box needed to get sorter because the turret cant turn otherwise. External fuel lines are to be made tomorrow. And now time to fix myself a drink and off to sand those wheels....

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Posted: Thursday, April 24, 2014 - 07:58 AM UTC
Have just successfully uploaded some pictures to the campaign gallery, so I guess I'm saying it's done, not that I won't go back and fiddle with it a bit more. So, my first campaign completed, it's been great fun (most of the time) but my next one will definitely be an OOB build.

Here's a few more pics of said article:




Until the next time, happy tanking all!
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Posted: Thursday, April 24, 2014 - 01:51 PM UTC
John - thanks for the progress shots. I'm paying attention

Jon - Great looking finish. Your scratch built additions really pay off




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Posted: Thursday, April 24, 2014 - 05:41 PM UTC
Just finished the painting, started to apply decals and weathering.


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Posted: Saturday, April 26, 2014 - 01:58 AM UTC
Hay'll sorry that I have not posted in some time after AMPS nats I had to get caught up with the fun stuff around the house have to keep the wife happy as of right now it dose not look like I'm going to have this finshed by may 1 but it will get done !!!! so here is what I have been up to as of late thanks dave

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thanks for looking
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Posted: Saturday, April 26, 2014 - 02:42 AM UTC
The end date has been extended to 22 May. Your progress looks almost finished or at least about ready for paint.

Question on the two hatches on T-55 turrets - Do both articulate around to any radial position by the operators?




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Posted: Saturday, April 26, 2014 - 03:04 AM UTC
KoSprueOne that great news and yes they do
dave
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Posted: Saturday, April 26, 2014 - 08:06 AM UTC
David nice work there! I admire your patience.

Got some more work done but still too far from finishing with the hull. Too much work and a lot of PE still to go there. I must admit that the Eduard set for Trumpy's kit is excellent! I hope for those of us that have not finished yet that we will be on time!


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Posted: Saturday, April 26, 2014 - 08:21 AM UTC
My order that includes the tracks for my T-55 has been shipped and may actually get here in time.

Cheers Rob.
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Posted: Saturday, April 26, 2014 - 10:07 AM UTC
Hi Alex, just remembered that I took some pics of an Iraqi T62, with skirts. It was a bit of a problem getting any decent shots, the exhibits are rather jammed together in this display hall but here goes:





Hope these are of help.
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Posted: Saturday, April 26, 2014 - 11:09 AM UTC
John - yes, I can't wait to get into mine

The FAVORIT is done, I think.










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Posted: Sunday, April 27, 2014 - 02:56 AM UTC
John jkb a nice and speedy start there my friend , you 'll soon be hitting paint


John H lovely finish there, well worth the effort you put into that tank


Lap Man she's coming along fine and you have plenty of time left yet


Dave don't rush anything you doing fine and as you have noticed you still have plenty of time left


Rob I sure hope the tracks turn up in time, would be a shame to have to use the rubber band things


KoSprueOne Nice job, you sure shown that dog of a kit who the boss is . I like the dirt you have added
are they ground chalks or purposely bought powders?







Paul
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Posted: Sunday, April 27, 2014 - 04:53 AM UTC
I've been working on the hull, finished the camo added a Matt Coat before starting filtering & washing.

On the turret I'm still adding small parts & PE, Primer will be added soon, I hope.

No point on adding photos since Photobucket account reached maximum traffic, I should post less photos and work on fewer builds...
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Posted: Sunday, April 27, 2014 - 10:00 AM UTC
Paul - Thanks for the comment. I used ground up art chalks applied with water.

I couldn't leave well enough alone and started in with pin washes. I'll follow with dry brushing too. It just looks too plain to me




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Posted: Monday, April 28, 2014 - 01:06 PM UTC
T-62 Mod 1962 finished.


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Posted: Tuesday, April 29, 2014 - 02:30 AM UTC
Nice finish Lap Man . It looks just like the dirty looking thing I could have been up against, if the cold war had gone hot







Paul
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Posted: Tuesday, April 29, 2014 - 06:19 AM UTC
eMan the T 62 looks really good. I like the weathering, especially around the gun manlet.


Ok, one question to anyone that can help guys. In the pic below you can see the anti radiation shield that most Soviet built JNA T 55s had. Has anyone scratchbuilt these parts? From what i found the loader's hatch has the same thing plus a piece between the two hatches. Is that correct or there are more stuff i must do? Any help is more than welcome!
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Posted: Tuesday, April 29, 2014 - 05:18 PM UTC
Wow gents, some serious progress, looks like things are hotting up towards the end.

Bob, Lapman and Jon - very nice lads. Jon your weathering certainly has finished your T-69 off very nicely.

I'm reaching the finishing stages now - a little more still to do but nearly there:



Photos are coming out a lot better now so went a bit crazy on the pics over on the BLOG!
A couple of examples:





Cheers,

James
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Posted: Tuesday, April 29, 2014 - 07:23 PM UTC
James - Wow! your T55 looks incredible. Thank you for your kind words re the T69 but looking at the pictures on your blog I realise that I'm only playing at it.
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Posted: Wednesday, April 30, 2014 - 09:51 AM UTC
Some great work going on here. John, Kosprue, and lap man congradulations on finishing your builds, they look awesome. James outstanding work there, keep it up. I hoping to have some posts here in a couple of days, family has been sick so work has come to a stop. In the mean time I found some interesting photos on the web I wanted to share. Here is a T-62 rocket pods removed from a hind that has been installed in the turret. A BMP-1 with a gun pod installed both were taken in Astan but no clue if they were used by the Russian or Afghan army. Paul if you can get the part 2 of the T-54/55/62 campaign off the ground, I'm going for the T-62


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Posted: Thursday, May 01, 2014 - 02:57 PM UTC
eMan - nice and grimy finish. Very realistic effects

James - I can't see it anymore either

kruppw - Thanks! More updated FAVORIT pictures will follow as soon as I have time to take them . . .

BUBLINA and SLAPC building continues as well




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Posted: Friday, May 02, 2014 - 10:10 PM UTC
James since you are a popular guy i visited the blog. Outstanding job!

Ko Sprue One nice job with that hog for a kit.

Work on the lower hull is over for mine, except the sprockets and the tracks. Made a new wooden log for the back, since i didnt really like the one that the kit had. Hopefully it looks convincing. It's only primered but with some extra paintwork i think it will look ok. All those PE were a real pain to do. I think that by now my neighbors know that too! Some more things that needed to be added at the front were added too. That was about the best i could do with it. My camera is "kaput" and i had to use my phone, so sorry for the poor quality pics.







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