OK, that's fixed somewhat but the fit in the front is pretty funny IMHO.

hey Dmitry

great t-62
ive bin keeping my eye on this and the tracks look great

are you going to be weathering it??


tony

A beauty it is Dimitry! The front idler wheels are indeed a bit to wide. I had some difficulties too to get the tracks right. I almost finished the fenders but not realy interesting to show at the moment.

Looking forward to your next update!

Jurjen

Jurjen, How did you fix it? DK

Well, I cut some plastic away. Here is a rough sketch.



Hope this helps? Good luck!

thats a better idea than what I did, but I was too late for this type of mod.
Thanks

Wow!!! That's a nice looking T-62; You feel that you don't want to weather it. I bought one myself, I'll be looking forward to how it turns it out.

Thank you for sharing these pics!

It might not be perfect but what an amazing looking tank. I can't wait to get one.

The T-62 looks great in "Dmitry Green"!

It's a shame about the idler bugaboo and resultant track positioning, though. Does this happen on just one side of the tank, or both? You would think that someone at Trumpeter would have caught this sort of error before the kits went into production.

-YL

Hmm, from the beginning I took a look at our build-log. The tank looks really good!
But what is the problem with the tracks now? I can not see anything...


greetings...
Soeren

That is a beautiful T-62! I like green tanks!
What camera do you use?The photos are really good.

Hi Paul, The last few are taken with Nikon D700. Most initial ones are with a D5000. But really it us mostly PhotoShop. HTH, Dmitry

Soeren, Kit tracks are fine, very good actually, I just like workable tracks for my models. These are MasterClub, but I really recommend Modelkasten.
DK

Yoni, I think both sides are the same. It may just be my screw up too. In any case, somewhat fixable.
DK

Gentlemen,

So far on my build, I used the Traxz damaged road wheels and the drive/idler sprockets from the Tamiya T55. I have the ModelKasten tracks on it and everything lined up perfectly.
I didn't have to do any surgery to get things to fit.

Great build and lovely painting!

It has probably been mentioned earlier in a previous post, but why does the front Idler sit strnagely like that? Is it a fault in the kit?

Hi Jon, I dont know if its my fault or how it is. I am not the best at this, myself.

Did some weathering today.

Well the painting and the rest of the build is great! So I'm sure it's not your lack of skills!

It will be interesting to see if anyone else has the same issues, maybe your kit was an unlucky one?

One more. I think I really like weathering with Humbrol flat enamels. I cant belive I've never tried it in 5 years of this hobby

Hi very nice build so far , for more information on the T 62 go to the following legion afv narod link and scroll down the left hand side till you come to T62 . It has loads of close up photos . cheers ian
http://legion-afv.narod.ru/new.html

Ian,

Many thanks for posting that link!!! Never seen that site before. Lots of good stuff there.

Cheers,
/E

That looks great Dmitry !

What Humbrol enamels dd you use and what did you 'suspend' them in ?

Explain your process please... the result is first rate

Cheers

Paul

Hi Dmitry,

very nice painting job on that beast, love your weathering so far. Keep pics coming

Best regards,

Andreas

Paul, They are mixed with Webber odorless turpenoid. Humbrol thinner seems to make too many tide marks.
I also mix in oil paint colors too, Its pretty easy, just try it.
Here is where I am now.

Thanks Dimitry !

What color Humbrol's did you use in that wash ?

Cheers

Paul