Hi all,Im building my first T34/76 the Hobbyboss 1/48th then i hope to go on to the 85's I have been collecting references and colours for the interior but I cant find out about the engine and transmission colours, I was wondering if you guys could help me out?

Hi John

These should get you started

http://www.thetankmaster.com/english/afv/T34_EC.asp


http://www.thetankmaster.com/ENGLISH/afv/V-2-34_01.asp

http://www.flamber.ru/files/photos/1211922554/1218573655_o.jpg

http://www.flamber.ru/files/photos/1211922554/1218573653_o.jpg


http://pblinov.narod.ru/krasnT34/target34.html

http://pblinov.narod.ru/krasnT34/target35.html

HTH

Frenchy

Hi Frenchy,Many thanks for the links they will be very helpful. Cheers

You're welcome

I've corrected the first link that was apparently broken :

http://www.thetankmaster.com/english/afv/T34_EC.asp

Frenchy

The engine block and cylinder head would be unpainted aluminum.
In the handful of wartime photos of the engine the valve covers appear to be unpainted steel (or perhaps "lacquer" washed with a semi transparent protective coating?).
Radiators appear to have been either unpainted or black.

Fuel lines appear to have been yellow and compressed air lines blue though for much of the war I suspect they were unpainted at least inside the engine compartment. From recovered tanks these lines appear to have been either copper or steel (copper for fuel and steel for cooling and oil, etc?).

The transmission was also unpainted aluminum with its steel components painted black, or so it appears based again on recovered wartime examples.

I would warn against using photos of post war tanks as a guide since conventions changed after the '40s and Czech and Polish produced T-34s seem to have been painted differently than those made by the Soviets.
(For instance white engine compartments simply did not happen during WWII).

HTH

Mark

Thanks for that Mark,Those Museum jobs can be confusing I havethe Academy Tiger with full interior and that has been confusing but there is a lot more reference materiel on german stuff.