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Tamiya T-55A with CMK resin interior kit
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Posted: Thursday, June 30, 2011 - 09:13 PM UTC

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It's Quiz time folks

How many German Tiger 1 exhaust muffler parts have been used on this build so far ?





20?

I really admire your constancy
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Posted: Saturday, July 02, 2011 - 05:02 AM UTC

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It's Quiz time folks

How many German Tiger 1 exhaust muffler parts have been used on this build so far ?





20?

I really admire your constancy


Here's a clue, they are all in the last 2 images

Winner gets to choose what colour it gets painted, your choices are -

Green
Green
Green
Green
Green
A darker Green
Green
Green
Olive Drab



hmmmmm

if I were you i'd paint.... GREEN
It would be an ORIGINAL IDEA INDEED

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Posted: Saturday, July 02, 2011 - 08:23 AM UTC
Hi Matt,

just stumbled on to this build. amazing work man. i am subscribing to this build log. very inspiring.
as for the tiger parts im gonna say three. i think. if im right i think i will choose ummmm... GREEN!

Gary
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Posted: Saturday, July 02, 2011 - 09:39 AM UTC
Hey Matt,

you are spot on too matt! you have just described my painting techniqe. .

Gary
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Posted: Saturday, July 02, 2011 - 11:51 PM UTC
Matt - I vote for green if no one has suggested that yet. Seriously, I've been following your build and it's inspirational. Shows me how much room I've got to improve.
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Posted: Sunday, July 03, 2011 - 08:46 PM UTC
Hi Matt

nice to see you still plugging away at this, although curious to know why you
didnt add extra thickness to the front of the turret?...this is in reality is the area with the thickest armour protection.

Andy
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Posted: Monday, July 04, 2011 - 06:44 AM UTC
ah right i see, no problem i understand . Interested to see your paint stages..

Regards
Andy
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Posted: Monday, July 04, 2011 - 09:02 PM UTC
It's been getting impressive indeed!

Really can't wait for the paint rendition

I'll stay tuned


cheers
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Posted: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 - 12:41 AM UTC

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1. Make a Polish snorkel, need pictures of how it fixes to the fuel drum mounts.







(look at the shadow cast on the snorkel. Fuel drum mount doesn't touch the tube)



Actually snorkel doesn't seem fixed to fuel drum mounts. It seems that is fixed using the rear clamps (the same as the russian version)

Furthermore I've seen lots of JNA russian made T-55 which mounted polish snorkels. They must be fixed using just the clamps
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Posted: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 - 02:45 AM UTC
Hi matt

A few good close up pics of the attachment brackets can be found in the Rossagraph book on the T-55... Here is a pic i took at Bovington...



Regards
Andy
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Posted: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 - 04:34 AM UTC
Yes, Andy's pic is very clear (thanks a lot Andy ) and I was wrong

Anyway that is a Russian snorkel, here another pic taken from a t55 am2 Merida w.a.



This instead is an Iraqui T-55 am2 which mounts a polish snorkel



As you can see bolt plate is located to the inner side of fuel drum mounts.



....I may have to modify the snorkel of my JNA t-55



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Posted: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 - 06:34 AM UTC
Well, unfortunately I know

Anyway my snorkel looks not too different from the real one so actually I think I won't change it...

I NEED TO FINISH THAT TANK!....



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