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Posted: Tuesday, December 20, 2011 - 02:16 PM UTC
I didn't realize the mule was still in service. Boy, talk about recruiting at a young age!
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Posted: Tuesday, December 20, 2011 - 05:26 PM UTC
Small update tonight... got the real base coat on. Used a slightly lightened Tamiya Black Green. Then came back and added a little Nato Green to the mix and hit some highlights and a little bit of "color modulation" type color. Very subtle compared to what some folks are doing.

Anyway, here's a few pictures... Colors are lighter/warmer due to my lighting on the workbench.







BTW, got lazy with last few details, so said enough is enough and am moving on to paint. The only detail I did add was 2 "empty" ammo can clamps on the turret side. The rest of the spaces will have ammo cans, so I didn't use the PE clamps there. You can barely make them out in the 3rd photo. Didn't think to take a detail shot there.
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Posted: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 - 05:55 AM UTC
looks great jesse, the colour is really good
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Posted: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 - 06:19 AM UTC
Hi Jesse,

i think you have done a great job man! i like the way you highligted. i think modulation looks cool but IMO it can be way over done. your subtle approach looks great!

Gary
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Posted: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 - 09:22 AM UTC
For you T-55 experts out there...

What is piece C11 shown in Step 17 of the instructions?
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Posted: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 - 09:59 AM UTC
That's some awesome paint work. It really shows off your skills. I may have to steal your paint recipe. This will be my next big venture, after I finish my Pz.IV.
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Posted: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 - 11:33 AM UTC

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For you T-55 experts out there...

What is piece C11 shown in Step 17 of the instructions?


stowage of IR lens holder

https://armorama.kitmaker.net/forums/166691
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Posted: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 - 12:56 PM UTC

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For you T-55 experts out there...

What is piece C11 shown in Step 17 of the instructions?


stowage of IR lens holder

https://armorama.kitmaker.net/forums/166691


Ahh, DEFINITELY something that the Afghans would have lost a long time ago.
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Posted: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 - 07:32 PM UTC
For sure they carried IR lens also on "patrol mules"


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Posted: Thursday, December 22, 2011 - 06:51 PM UTC
Camo! Camo was free-hand, and using a small piece of poster board to help get a little bit tighter edges and avoid over-spray. Worked out alright. Went back and touched up some areas with the base color afterward, so had to redo some of the highlights. We'll let the pictures do the rest of the talking...















At the end, I mixed up a filter of a couple drops of yellow-green, water, rubbing alcohol, and Future. Sprayed that all together and it should give me a decent surface to lay down the Bison decals. Once that's done and has another coat of future on it, it'll be time to make her dirty.

Also ended up ordering a pair of CMK Afghan figures. This set: http://www.martola.com.pl/vdata/_obrazki/cmk/mar%5B44124%5D_f35073.jpg
The fella with the Stinger will probably end up in the spares pile, but the standing guy will likely end up in the final presentation. I "really" wanted to find the Warriors Afghan T-55 crew, but those figures are out of production, and I wasn't able to find a set for any sort of reasonable money.
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Posted: Thursday, December 22, 2011 - 07:02 PM UTC
Hey Jesse, have you looked for this?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Soviet-Afghan-War-Mujahideen-4-Figures-1-35-/220916503492?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item336fa653c4

Anyway, a great job indeed. I really like the camo

Congrats, now i'm waiting for your final steps
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Posted: Thursday, December 22, 2011 - 07:10 PM UTC

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Hey Jesse, have you looked for this?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Soviet-Afghan-War-Mujahideen-4-Figures-1-35-/220916503492?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item336fa653c4

Anyway, a great job indeed. I really like the camo

Congrats, now i'm waiting for your final steps


I had seen those, but I was just a little concerned about the quality as I've never seen them built up beyond that photo. That said, I do know a shop that has the Afghan Head set in stock, so I could at least replace the heads of the ICM figures if they weren't so great...
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Posted: Thursday, December 22, 2011 - 07:37 PM UTC
Well I have the ICM set of Soviet soldiers in Aghan war issued by Tamiya, and I can say that its quality is very good, I think it could be the same for this set

Cheers and many thanks for sharing your build
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Posted: Friday, December 23, 2011 - 07:18 AM UTC
jesse looking great love the camo keep up the great work
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Posted: Friday, December 23, 2011 - 07:30 AM UTC
Hi Jesse,

Great camo man!

Gary
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Posted: Friday, December 23, 2011 - 12:17 PM UTC
I agree on the paint job. Wish I could get lines that defined.
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Posted: Friday, December 30, 2011 - 07:43 PM UTC
Well, haven't had any time to work on this for the last week or so with Christmas, family in town, etc. Only thing I was able to do was get the decals on.... all 3 of them.

Finally got back to the bench tonight, and did some assembly of the tracks.

Here's a quick picture I snapped. Now I'm going to bed.


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Posted: Saturday, December 31, 2011 - 01:17 AM UTC
That's really good, congrats!
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Posted: Saturday, December 31, 2011 - 01:26 AM UTC
The barrel reminds me of an evil candy cane Are you going to put the drums on the rear of the tank?
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Posted: Saturday, December 31, 2011 - 06:33 AM UTC
Mauro, Thanks!

Matt, Nah, no extra fuel drums on this one.
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Posted: Saturday, December 31, 2011 - 07:02 PM UTC

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Well I have the ICM set of Soviet soldiers in Aghan war issued by Tamiya, and I can say that its quality is very good, I think it could be the same for this set

Cheers and many thanks for sharing your build


I ended up ordering the ICM set. Have to say I'm disappointed. Soft detail, lots of flash, and a couple of big sinkholes on the legs/hips. Hopefully I can fix them to be presentable.
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Posted: Sunday, January 01, 2012 - 01:13 AM UTC

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Well I have the ICM set of Soviet soldiers in Aghan war issued by Tamiya, and I can say that its quality is very good, I think it could be the same for this set

Cheers and many thanks for sharing your build


I ended up ordering the ICM set. Have to say I'm disappointed. Soft detail, lots of flash, and a couple of big sinkholes on the legs/hips. Hopefully I can fix them to be presentable.

You must have got a bad batch. The set I bought was excellent, except for the helmets being three pieces.
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Posted: Sunday, January 01, 2012 - 03:26 AM UTC

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Well I have the ICM set of Soviet soldiers in Aghan war issued by Tamiya, and I can say that its quality is very good, I think it could be the same for this set

Cheers and many thanks for sharing your build


I ended up ordering the ICM set. Have to say I'm disappointed. Soft detail, lots of flash, and a couple of big sinkholes on the legs/hips. Hopefully I can fix them to be presentable.

You must have got a bad batch. The set I bought was excellent, except for the helmets being three pieces.


This isn't the Soviet Soldiers. It's the Afghan set that Mauro linked above.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Soviet-Afghan-War-Mujahideen-4-Figures-1-35-/220920471896?_trksid=p4340.m185&_trkparms=algo%3DSIC.NPJS%26its%3DI%26itu%3DUA%26otn%3D5%26pmod%3D220916503492%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D5304684607545729702
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Posted: Thursday, January 05, 2012 - 06:02 PM UTC
Still haven't had a lot of time at the bench... but finally made some progress. Got the other set of tracks together, and got a coat of paint on them. Also did some of the detail painting. Tires, tow cable, MG and mount, etc. Also got the second coat of Future on it. A few more detail painting items, and then it's off to weathering.

Thanks for looking!









Any and all comments welcome!
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Posted: Thursday, January 05, 2012 - 07:37 PM UTC
I really like it Jesse ! A stunning painting job

I'm sorry for the set, I thought it had the same quality of the other one
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