Hi,
recently I finished an T-34T recovery track depicting one abandoned egyptian army vehicle checked by Israeli's inteligence.
I was based on six-day war T-34T photos but I did some modifications (different wheels). So it is not depicting actual vehicle but something that may exists...
In fact I built this model only from some junk and leftovers from my other T-34 projects. Generally speaking the hull comes from T-34/85 produced by Revell.












Cheers!

Lovely work. This is really impressive - I had to look twice to check that this was 1/72 scale.

Thats one you don't see very often,diffrent subject executed nicely,I like the sand base.

I agree. That's impressive in any scale. Having never seen a photo of it, I can only speculate that the exhaust shrouds might need to be scalloped. The figure climbing in to take a look is priceless.

Really nice T-34T. Nothing wrong with the exhaust covers. These were purpose built vehicles on Russian built hulls. I'm sure this is the picture you built it off of.



One thing for future reference is that the Egyptians raised the front fenders on all their different T-34s. It can be hard to catch. It is an identfying feature of Egyptain T-34s. Here is The front fender enlarged on the T-34T.



Here it is on a T-34/85.



This can be seen on their T-34/85s, SU-100s, and the various SP guns they built off the T-34. Once again, really nice.

Hey Z, great looking (and unusual) subject! I agree with 18 Bravo on the figure. I really like the different road wheels as if it was "thrown" together, nice touch.

Thanks.
The figure it is modified preiser's german WWII tankists. I know, it is a bit funny to convert nazi tankers into israeli's soldier but what to do
TonyDz: Thanks for posting the real photos. Yes, I used them as my reference.

Mixed wheels: it is something common for post-war T-34's. I saw that also on some egyptian vehicles as well. Unfortunately there is only one photo of T-34T with "full" wheels only but since that vehicles was usually constructed based on defected regular tanks everything is possible...

Exausts: right. They look unusual. But all egyptian T-34-base vehicles have this type. Sometimes even with longer pipes.

The base: rocks were made from the pieces of styrodur plates (the same as used as the base for laminate floors). Dunes were modeled with plasticine then covered with acrylic paint and pigments

Cheers!

Very nicely made dio my friend. I especially like the way that you made the sand.

How did you make the sand?
Euan

Euan,
The procedure was more less following:
1. I modelled dunes with plasticine
2. I painted plasticine with a surfacer
3. I sprayed a hairsptay on it until it was wet (i used hairspray as a glue)
4. I put a thin layer of loess dust (loess is a kind of rock/soil that you can find in many places in Northern Hemisphere)
5. When dry I used hairspray and MIG fixer to fix it
6. I added some pigment to highlight the color of my sand.

My conclusion: sand from loess and pigments is ok. but basement made from plasticine wasn't a best choice.

Cheers

Very nice build and a great looking dio base!
Cheers,
Tim

Thanks very much!
I have started my sand dio and this method is proving useful.
Euan

Curious and unusual model. Good job.

Regards.

Pedro.