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Russian T-90 MBT ( Zvezda 1/35)
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Posted: Sunday, January 15, 2012 - 09:56 AM UTC

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I agree with you Mauro, at least here in Austria I get a whole ZVEZDA T-90 for the price of Miniarm T-72 road-wheels

All the best,

Andreas



Yes.It cost me 32€. Last Christmas I bought for 30 € the Bronco Gaz 69 and I paid 28 € for the Miniarm ba-64
which as you kow are smaller kits. I think they are going to raise their price but they will be however less expensive than other companies
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Posted: Monday, January 16, 2012 - 11:22 PM UTC
Reference for you

Here a an article full of pics and colored profiles

http://otvaga2004.narod.ru/publ_w7_2010/0045_t90.htm

Here a Russian site (use google translator)

http://tank-t-90.ru/
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Posted: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 - 12:43 AM UTC

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Reference for you

Here a an article full of pics and colored profiles

http://otvaga2004.narod.ru/publ_w7_2010/0045_t90.htm

Here a Russian site (use google translator)

http://tank-t-90.ru/



Thanks alot Mauro!
Interesting stuff there!

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Posted: Thursday, January 19, 2012 - 02:02 AM UTC
UPDATE 12

Hello again comrades!

How are your T-90 builds coming along?

One of my friends from work bought the T-90 kit a few days, and brought it to work for me to " view it". Oddly enough there was several pieces that looked almost like they had melted on the sprues. I had no such problems in my kit but one odd thing i got in my kit was a dubble set of decals and clear plastics for the glass.
So, if anyone is in dire need of a extra set of clear parts,PM me.

Now to the main build.

I've started whit the front of the upper chassie.




So far i have not found a suitable replacemant for the OOB plastic netting ( for the engine compartment). Looked though hardware stores and various hobby shops but no luck.
Do you guys have any tips?


Tried to fit the turret to the chassie but then this decided to happen...

Somehow the turret doesnt click into the chassie turret-ring. It also appears to somewhat warped, and, the opposite locking-blocks doesn't overlap the inner part of the turret-ring. Despite trying hulk strenght to get it in place it wouldnt fit.
Annoying, but not a major problem.

And the hatch machinegun has been given more parts
I'm quite impressed whit the detailing on the ammo belt. Well done Zvezda!



I'd like to appologice for the slow progress on the build lately.
This is the cause of the slow-down:








Last, but not least!

If you are concidering buying the Zvezda T-90 or just looking for some sprue photos, then the superb T-90 review by Karl is for you.

T-90 review

T-90 kit discussion
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Posted: Thursday, January 19, 2012 - 04:14 AM UTC
I also did a little start on the turret, now i'm waiting for news from Miniarm,they are also doing new side skirts,which are wrong shaped on the Zvezda model.

Christian, you'll need to add some plastic on the underside of your turret to jack it a little up,otherway your turret will grinding over the bulletprotection-ring.
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Posted: Friday, January 20, 2012 - 04:42 AM UTC
Hey Christian- I noticed a couple of small bits on the back of the wheels in my kit that looked like they had been melted. I also think the detail on the ammo belt for the 12.7mm MG is great, a nice touch.

Thanks for the link to my review by the way> ! I have actually skipped ahead of you in the build, to the tracks, and I have posted a bit about the way I'm tackling them in that thread.

What ship kit is that you are doing?
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Posted: Friday, January 20, 2012 - 11:34 AM UTC

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Hey Christian- I noticed a couple of small bits on the back of the wheels in my kit that looked like they had been melted. I also think the detail on the ammo belt for the 12.7mm MG is great, a nice touch.

Thanks for the link to my review by the way> ! I have actually skipped ahead of you in the build, to the tracks, and I have posted a bit about the way I'm tackling them in that thread.

What ship kit is that you are doing?



Hmmm, most interesting ( although bad luck on getting melted parts)
I had a quick look in my kit and my wheels look fine. Can the problem whit the melted parts be isolated to a specific production batch?

Your info regarding the track was most helpfull for me.

Tha ship kit that i'm building in tandem whit the T-90 is a Trumpeter 1/350 Russian Battlecruiser Admiral Ushakov (ex-Kirov)
Massive might be an understatement...
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Posted: Friday, January 20, 2012 - 11:36 AM UTC

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Christian, you'll need to add some plastic on the underside of your turret to jack it a little up,otherway your turret will grinding over the bulletprotection-ring.



Danke schön Evgenij for the tip!
I've just recently bought some plasticard material and aerials for the T-90.
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Posted: Friday, January 20, 2012 - 10:31 PM UTC
Christian - thanks for this detailed build log. You are doing a great job.

I am building up mine and have a question -
on top of the turret is moulded on wiring it leads to era blocks on left side front of turret. But no wiring goes to the shtora devices? is this correct

thanks
Mark
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Posted: Friday, January 20, 2012 - 10:47 PM UTC
Me too I have a question for you and Karl.
Maybe is too early, but what colours are you goung to use for the 3 tones scheme?
Of, course, I might be wrong ( I really don't think so), but I assume that you are very fond with this interesting camo

cheers
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Posted: Friday, January 20, 2012 - 11:54 PM UTC
Ah the Kirov, nice choice of ship- it already looks huge!
About the melted batches- I wonder if there is a code for the batch numbers somewhere on the box- could be the same for those that had missing parts, I will have a look for any codes.

Mark- I believe there is a wire from the Shtora devices- I think it runs from the rear of the devices to the large box shaped piece on the nearest frontal ERA block, running into the side of it. Check out the wiring at top right in this pic:



I'm trying to find a better picture, and I'll be sure to post it when/if I find it.

Mauro- color wise there is a range of colors for the tri-tonal scheme. The hues of each color differ quite a bit in some cases. Personally I'm not going with the fairly vbibrant box art hues, but the more muted tones seen here:



At the moment I'm thinking Tamiya Olive Green, Deck Tan and NATO Black.
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Posted: Saturday, January 21, 2012 - 12:21 AM UTC
Looking good so far Christian! And that Kirov is a monster!!!

Regarding the front Shtora emitters, there is a cable running from the modulator box fixed to the right most K-5 armour block to the back of the emitter. See this pic:

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Posted: Saturday, January 21, 2012 - 12:36 AM UTC
Thanks for that pic Rob.
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Posted: Saturday, January 21, 2012 - 02:47 AM UTC
Well spotted Mark !

Might this be the wiring?



Although it doen't appear to be wired to the boxes on the frontal ERA (like the real tank) but i think this is the Shtora wiring intended by Zvezda.
I'm planning on addind a wire to link up whit the shtora boxes...even though this might not be 100 percent accurate (??) Looks slightly odd just to leave the wiring as it is whit an abrupt ending into nothingness.

Quite easily fixed, to the Shtora boxes, whit a small amount of lead wire.


/ Christian
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Posted: Saturday, January 21, 2012 - 02:52 AM UTC

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Me too I have a question for you and Karl.
Maybe is too early, but what colours are you goung to use for the 3 tones scheme?
Of, course, I might be wrong ( I really don't think so), but I assume that you are very fond with this interesting camo

cheers



*EDIT - Now whit link*

Mauro, i've thought about using the model master colors but i saw a really good looking BMP-3 made by a swede here on the forum and i think i'll roughly use the same mix of colors he used.

*I found his thread:

https://armorama.kitmaker.net/forums/184180


I think it was a blend of Gunze + Tamiya. I'm not sure but i think i'll use something similar.
I'll write more in-detail about the paint choices when my tank is ready for the airbrush.

What colors will Karl use?
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Posted: Saturday, January 21, 2012 - 02:56 AM UTC
Thanks for the informative pics Rob!
What about putting together a photo-info thread on the forum on the T-90, whit specially catered for the "difficult" areas on the zvezda kit. Such as reference pics on the shtora wiring, engine compartment etc?

MAybe too much work, perhaps?
Just thought it would be nice to have it all in one place and efficiently categoriced.

And yes...the Kirov is a behemoth.
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Posted: Saturday, January 21, 2012 - 04:59 AM UTC

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Mauro, i've thought about using the model master colors but i saw a really good looking BMP-3 made by a swede here on the forum and i think i'll roughly use the same mix of colors he used.

*I found his thread:

https://armorama.kitmaker.net/forums/184180


I think it was a blend of Gunze + Tamiya. I'm not sure but i think i'll use something similar.
I'll write more in-detail about the paint choices when my tank is ready for the airbrush.




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Mauro- color wise there is a range of colors for the tri-tonal scheme. The hues of each color differ quite a bit in some cases. Personally I'm not going with the fairly vbibrant box art hues, but the more muted tones seen here:



At the moment I'm thinking Tamiya Olive Green, Deck Tan and NATO Black.



Christian I've already seen that impressive BMP-3.... but I didn't remember

Yes Karl, colours could be quite different. In my opinion deck tan is a perfect choice, I have just some doubt about the olive green. I might be wrong but it seems to me that actual color is closer to a brown shade rather than a green one. Anyway, I really wanted to know your opinion about so thanks a million guys!

Cheer
Anyway, I needed to know our opinion
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Posted: Saturday, January 21, 2012 - 05:53 AM UTC
Yeah Mauro, I hear you about the brownish shade of green. I initially thought Tamiya Khaki Drab would be perfect but it looks too brown to my eye when compared with the Olive Green. In any case if I'm not happy with the Olive Green when it is on I can always dull it down a bit by mixing in some Khaki Drab. Once I finish the hull side painting, which I'm doing Olive Green, I'll get a picture up.

Christian- I checked out the area around the Shtora devices and I also found that wire that kind of leads nowhere. I hadn't really noticed it before. I think I will attach some lead wire the way you have as the wire looks a bit strange ending for no reason.
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Posted: Saturday, January 21, 2012 - 06:00 AM UTC
Yes it looks brownish...





I'm very interested about your results Karl so please, let me know

Cheers
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Posted: Saturday, January 21, 2012 - 07:52 AM UTC
Karl - big thanks for not only the information - but excellent photos !

Christian - yes that was exactly what I was meaning I have also wired up this area now.

cheers
Mark
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Posted: Thursday, January 26, 2012 - 02:55 AM UTC

UPDATE 13


I've done some pondering about the aerial on the T-90. To my eyes it looks to short, so i decided to cut the aerial off from the "anchor" and attached the aerial-anchor to the turret.




The replacement is a 0.66mm Guitarr string. The sting is super strong but using a cigarette lighter you can bent it at a specific spot. I've got high hopes on this one and i have to wait untill after the painting process to add it to the turret.
Don't want to snap it off accidentaly during the airbrushing.




And now for the, by far, most annoying part of the build so far.
I didn't manage to find any good replacment material for the plastic netting that comes in the kits. Decided that i'd better use what i had and get along whit the build than just moping about how bad it might look and grinding the build to a halt.
This is the result of one hour of grueling workd trying my best at cutting and fixing the net in place.

Not perfect but at least now that section of the build is history.



Now i can finally get to it and start whit the lower hull and suspension. I've been following Karl's build and thanks to him i have a clear view on how...and what...to assemble and paint when it comes to the lower hull section.


Untill next time comrades
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Posted: Friday, January 27, 2012 - 01:12 AM UTC
That mesh doesn't look too bad at all Christian. Interesting observations about the antenna aswell.
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Posted: Friday, January 27, 2012 - 02:16 AM UTC

UPDATE 14

Time to start whit the lower hull.







I used a transparent ruler and a cutter of medium weight to make sure that the arms all lines up flush.





A test fit...


Looks like i'll be spending a couple of hours filing down the mold line on the wheels. :/


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Posted: Friday, January 27, 2012 - 02:20 AM UTC

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That mesh doesn't look too bad at all Christian. Interesting observations about the antenna aswell.



Thanks Karl! I really struggled whit the mesh for quite some time.

Concerning the antenna, to me at least, the one supplied in the kit looks to short. I might be wrong??