This is turning out very nicely Andrew, looking forward to seeing the weathering!

Here are some of the last few details needed, although i think i need to make a lever for the driver's compartment hatch before setting tracks, placing markings and weathering. First up I used one of the great MV lens which dropped right into the Planet Models headlight... and then i had to build the headlight cage which took several tries. Wire bending is a bit in this scale at this gage especially trying two bend two exactly the same... But trying paid off and I used stretched plastic for the cross-members.


And then there is the secondary winch just to the rear of the main superstructure on driver's side, i rigged it up with spun wire and a hook from an BA-2 kit. In this shot you can also see the main drum/spool in the rear hatch.

Maybe two or three more minimals and it's ready for finallization!

Here is my VT-34 finished, as presented for Valley-con on 3/13 in SO CAL.
There were just a few more small details added including the rear 'door' opened for the main winch,

and adding the cable aspect to the 'tool' on the front of the superstructure.

The paint job was done with Tamiya and Vallejo Air acrylics. I then applied the Czech emblem borrowed from a PST apc kit and used some Mig dry transfers for the vehicle number. I wanted to do some moderate chipping using Testors' enamal Rubber color, and an 000 brush and liked the result! I then used Windsor-Newton oils for the washes followed by Mig pigments, applied wet and dry... The leaning figure is one I sculpted using one of Mig's Post war Tank crew torso to start and the other figure walking with a tool box from Bren Gun PE was started with a copy of the tank helmet head and the shoulders section of a third figure from that kit and then i waxed the rest of the figure and duped the wax up of the figure into resin and cast it into some spare sterling i had at work. the base is a piece of a sheet of balsa foam sanded into an asphalt road section. i then added some affects like the road side markers and a wine bottle as well as some foliage. This was a fun and challenging project and is inspiring more variant projects!!!!







Cheers to all of you who commented and have enjoyed this build!

Andrew,

That is just so unique and interesting! Just awesome!!! You should be very proud of your work. Love it!

Definitely worth all of the time, energy and effort you have put into this project. Thanks for all of the views and close -ups!

-Eddy