_GOTOBOTTOM
Яusso-Soviэt Forum: Cold War Soviet Armor
For discussions related to cold war era Russo-Soviet armor.
Hosted by Jacques Duquette
Skif 1/35 T-54 Egypt Army 35232
dobon68
Visit this Community
England - South East, United Kingdom
Joined: June 19, 2007
KitMaker: 392 posts
Armorama: 329 posts
Posted: Saturday, May 29, 2010 - 10:06 PM UTC
Has anyone seen or built this kit?
I have always wanted to build a North Vietnamese Army T-54 and was wondering if this kit would be any good to use?
Any advice would be gratfully received.
Cheers
David
Jacques
Visit this Community
Minnesota, United States
Joined: March 04, 2003
KitMaker: 4,630 posts
Armorama: 4,498 posts
Posted: Sunday, May 30, 2010 - 02:18 AM UTC
The SKIF T-55 kits are BAD. You would be MUCH happier and better off starting with the Tamiya T-55. I cannot stress enough that the SKIF T-55's are not worth anything other than as cheap kits to practive painting techniques...

Why? They are way off dimensionally. Bad enough that they are worse than using the Trumpeter or Esci kits. Really.
afv_rob
Visit this Community
England - East Anglia, United Kingdom
Joined: October 09, 2005
KitMaker: 2,556 posts
Armorama: 2,199 posts
Posted: Sunday, May 30, 2010 - 02:31 AM UTC
I second what Jacques said. The Skif t-55's are utter crap, even if you ignore the massive accuracy problems, the plastic is awful (at least in the kit I had) and the details are incredibly soft and toy like.

The Tamiya kit an be bought from ebay for a reasonable price, they are listed on there all the time.
dobon68
Visit this Community
England - South East, United Kingdom
Joined: June 19, 2007
KitMaker: 392 posts
Armorama: 329 posts
Posted: Sunday, May 30, 2010 - 02:34 AM UTC
Thanks for the warning gents.
What would I have to do to a Tamiya T-55 to make it a NVA T-54?
Cheers
David
andymon
Visit this Community
Hamburg, Germany
Joined: July 26, 2009
KitMaker: 126 posts
Armorama: 124 posts
Posted: Sunday, May 30, 2010 - 05:00 AM UTC
Hi David,

do you mean a East German T-54? than look here: NVA T-54 or this.

Andreas
dobon68
Visit this Community
England - South East, United Kingdom
Joined: June 19, 2007
KitMaker: 392 posts
Armorama: 329 posts
Posted: Sunday, May 30, 2010 - 05:09 AM UTC
Thanks for replying Andreas, I meant a North Vietnamese Army T-54.
I should have remembered NVA can mean two different things!
My bad!
Cheers
David
Jacques
Visit this Community
Minnesota, United States
Joined: March 04, 2003
KitMaker: 4,630 posts
Armorama: 4,498 posts
Posted: Sunday, May 30, 2010 - 06:54 AM UTC
To make a T-54 the easy way, I would recomend the Tank Maker conversion: T-54 conversion

I cannot comment on the accuracy of the conversion for a NVA tank as I have not researched the real thing and I do not own the conversion.

There are other ways to make a T-54:Armorama thread

dobon68
Visit this Community
England - South East, United Kingdom
Joined: June 19, 2007
KitMaker: 392 posts
Armorama: 329 posts
Posted: Sunday, May 30, 2010 - 10:20 AM UTC
Thanks for popinting me in the right direction Jacques.
cheers
David
Luty
Visit this Community
Russia
Joined: August 23, 2005
KitMaker: 310 posts
Armorama: 299 posts
Posted: Monday, May 31, 2010 - 08:59 AM UTC

Quoted Text

Hi David,

do you mean a East German T-54? than look here: NVA T-54 or this.

Andreas


Hi Andreas!
Can you post bigger pictures of T-72M1 23. Pz.Reg. "Julian Marchlewski"

I especially interested for Blast-Models T-72A(M1) turret.
How good is it in compare with miniarm?
andymon
Visit this Community
Hamburg, Germany
Joined: July 26, 2009
KitMaker: 126 posts
Armorama: 124 posts
Posted: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 - 03:12 AM UTC

Quoted Text


Quoted Text

Hi David,

do you mean a East German T-54? than look here: NVA T-54 or this.

Andreas


Hi Andreas!
Can you post bigger pictures of T-72M1 23. Pz.Reg. "Julian Marchlewski"

I especially interested for Blast-Models T-72A(M1) turret.
How good is it in compare with miniarm?


Hi Taras,

this is not my model, sorry. But i can tell you, that the quality of the turret is very good from Blast. I have this too for my t-72M1 in East German service.

Andreas
Luty
Visit this Community
Russia
Joined: August 23, 2005
KitMaker: 310 posts
Armorama: 299 posts
Posted: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 - 07:31 AM UTC
Oh.
If you have it too maybe you post photos of yours turret?
Like this http://miniarm.com/index.php?menu=afv-t72
seanmcandrews
Visit this Community
Pennsylvania, United States
Joined: May 09, 2009
KitMaker: 561 posts
Armorama: 553 posts
Posted: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 - 11:27 AM UTC
Hello Taras,
hope you don't mind me jumping in with a reply but I can provide a second vote for the Blast turret. It's very nice and includes everything needed so there's no robbing parts from the Tamiya kit. I understand it's getting a bit hard to find, though.

Sean
andymon
Visit this Community
Hamburg, Germany
Joined: July 26, 2009
KitMaker: 126 posts
Armorama: 124 posts
Posted: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 - 04:11 AM UTC

Quoted Text

Oh.
If you have it too maybe you post photos of yours turret?
Like this http://miniarm.com/index.php?menu=afv-t72


Ok, i have taken some pics.

BlastModels Turret

Andreas
lukiftian
Visit this Community
British Columbia, Canada
Joined: March 12, 2010
KitMaker: 791 posts
Armorama: 592 posts
Posted: Saturday, June 05, 2010 - 07:50 PM UTC
The Tammiya T-55 has been or is about to be reissued. It's the best place to start. But you'll have to replace or rework the turret.
 _GOTOTOP