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Tamiya T-55A with CMK resin interior kit
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Posted: Sunday, June 05, 2011 - 05:19 AM UTC

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A perfect picture to demonstrate the turret shamfer on the bottom edge and the little vent hole on the bottom edge,



Thx


Yeah!

here http://dishmodels.ru/wshow.htm?p=1511

You can find the rest
cheers
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Posted: Sunday, June 05, 2011 - 06:49 AM UTC
Sorry Matthew but the T55 don't have T72 sprockets but T55 sprockets with a new ring equiped with T72 style teeth (i hopes you understood what i means).
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Posted: Sunday, June 05, 2011 - 07:51 AM UTC

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Sorry Matthew but the T55 don't have T72 sprockets but T55 sprockets with a new ring equiped with T72 style teeth (i hopes you understood what i means).








https://armorama.kitmaker.net/forums/175043&page=1

http://www.network54.com/Forum/47209/thread/1164253428/1164509948/T55%27s+with+T72+tracks+question%2C+specifically+the+drive+sprocket....
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Posted: Sunday, June 05, 2011 - 09:49 PM UTC

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Yes that's it Marian!

here a little walkaround of it
https://picasaweb.google.com/polar123tank/T55_Poznan_Cytadela#

Is it perhaps yours?


Nope, this is not my walkaround, my own pics of it are not published (so far). I just recognized the tank itself on the pic an thought, it must be the Poznan one... and so it was


To the sprockets: its not only the ring in the middle as stated here: the T-72 sprockets have 14 teeth as have the updated T-55 tanks. The older ("original" -> I just don't have the right identification number at hand) T-55 tracks demand the older 13 teeth sprockets... the funny thing is: there is yet another track-style buzzing around, looking like T-72 tracks but only 500mm wide and with 13-teeth sprockets... used mostly on the heavy artillery tractors AT-T and its variants. See my feature of the BAT-M:

https://armorama.kitmaker.net//features/1857
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Posted: Sunday, June 05, 2011 - 10:09 PM UTC
T-55 13 teeth sprocket



T-55 14 teeth sprocket



t-72 sprocket



If I were Matthew I'd use the t-72 sprocket wheel. After all although it would be a flaw, sprocket wheels are very similar
Furthermore as far as i know, there are no separated t-55 14 teeth sprocket wheels on sale
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Posted: Monday, June 06, 2011 - 01:30 AM UTC
how the h did i miss this post?

great work Karkov, I have same kits and will use your sweat swearing and tears for my benifit

keep up the great work!
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Posted: Monday, June 06, 2011 - 05:56 AM UTC


Well Matthew as far as i know the gun mantlet is the same for all the versions.

Different are the bolted plates (behind the gun mantlet) which join the fabric cover to the turret

Russian:



Czech (equal to the russian one)



Polish





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And thx for all your usefull unfo and pictures btw


I'm very glad to help you

cheers
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Posted: Monday, June 06, 2011 - 11:00 AM UTC

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With a ripped dust cover, not sure yet though, depends on time


It would be great Matthew


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Made a start on the lamp guards,

The Tamiya ones are over scale, and not very nice, big lumpy bar at the bottom with the light mounts on it, the lights should I think on all T-55's mount sideways, bolted to the uprights.

I simply bent some brass rod to shape using the kit part as a pattern, then glued them on with SG and baking powder.


Well done! I didn't do that improvement on my T-55 and I'm quite sorry. Although in my opinion tamiya lamp frame isn't so bad and spite of I narrowed the tubes with sandpaper and blades, it still looks too thick.

On my next T-55 model i'll do it for sure

Congrats and thanks for sharing your build

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...then glued them on with SG and baking powder.


I haven't known. Could baking powder + ca glue make the bond stronger than the one made only with super glue?
I'd like to know how you can do it

Cheers
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Posted: Tuesday, June 07, 2011 - 01:04 AM UTC
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Posted: Tuesday, June 07, 2011 - 04:59 AM UTC
I've known the mixture between ca glue and baking soda but I haven't known your tip with baking powder.

If it make stronger bonds and set the Ca glue as concrete It will be very useful for me who i have always some problem with ca glue

Thanks a milion!, i'll try for sure
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Posted: Tuesday, June 07, 2011 - 05:15 AM UTC
You might want to re-think the CA/baking soda/powder combination. Some aircraft modellers report a chemical reaction later on (couple years) from the sodium that causes a problem (oozing joints,destruction of finish). Use an inert filler like micro-balloons.

Jim
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Posted: Tuesday, June 07, 2011 - 05:26 AM UTC
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Posted: Tuesday, June 07, 2011 - 07:19 AM UTC
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Posted: Tuesday, June 07, 2011 - 06:02 PM UTC
You and yor "fliyng tweezers" have done a stunning work Matthew. Maybe the real ones have a cruder construction than yours, but anyway incredibly nice in my opinion







Now if you still have a bit of patience you could add the electrical duct on the rear of them





Regarding the baking powder tip, I've found on internet some treads about a putty done with ca glue and talcum powder. Have you ever tried?

Outstanding work so far. I can't wait to see it finished

cheers and thanks again for sharing

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Posted: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 - 12:16 AM UTC
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