Haha, nice catch Alex!
Hey Sal, Nice you are joining us mate! I've been following your progress on the proxy campaign and you will definitly raise the bar for our build

This is becoming more and more exciting
Phil.

Here is an update of my build.


I have reshape the turret and mantlet cover. I have included some pieces of a Trumpeter T-72, like the barrel, AAMG, drivers hatch, and commander's hatch inside. Some details that I'm planning to add to the hull have been already done. I will be reshaping the fuel tanks (they are already cut). I'm thinking of leaving the tank without the ERA to represent a school tank, as in a photo of this vehicle.

I'll be getting the Eduard photoetch soon. Also, I'm thinking of getting SP Designs tracks and wheels.

Happy New Year,
Raul

I was able to get some work done today. Not all of this was done today. I figured this would be a good time to post some progress pictures.

First up is the starter picture. I thought I had posted it already. So I'll take this moment to comment on it. It's an older Trumpeter kit and the molds are showing some age. Details vary from okay to soft. It appears to be a pretty straightforward build. It may just be me, but I find some of these older Trumpy kits' plastic to be weird. They take liquid cement funny.

1/35 Trumpeter Sweden Strv-103B MBT


Lower hull and drive sprockets (steps 1-3). I put the roadwheels and idlers to the side for now.


Upper Hull (steps 4-5). I opened the flashed over holes per instructions. Began assembly. I left off the headlamps for now. I'll add the spare track later as well.


More Upper Hull (step 6)I left off the axes and sledgehammer for now, as well as additional lights.


Mixed subassemblies and Upper Hull. (step 7-10). Crew hatch, a couple of sights, and the commander's MG. I kept the gun seperate from the mount and will put them aside for later. I can see me breaking the barrel off while workign on this one.
I left the light covers/guards off until I added the lights. I also left off grab handles and shovels.




Next up is the main gun. I figured this is a good spot to take a break while the glue dries. It'll require some cleanup.

I'm probably going to go with a camo scheme, just to dodge the overall RLM 02 camo scheme.

Alex! nice looking afv.

Here is some progres.
The main gun:






thx!

Looking good Philippe.

Question for you, are those 'vertical' bars on the the barrel hard to place?

Looks really great though!

@John, The straps were pretty easy to get on but, I had help from my PE roller kit wich I bought from spruebros. item number: sms014 small shop photo etch rolling set.



It is one very usefull tool and it is one of the cheap ones...for once
What I did was: roll the pe pieces to the right diameter then snap it in place like a ``c`` clip on the positioning markers and hold it snug to the barrel while I got a tiny drop of ca where the two ends of the strap met. Finaly I glued the whole strap and voila just repeat the process:) For a 8 bucks kit this cannon was close to great.

Phil.

Philippe I could have used that PE Roller tool on my fuel tank straps on my T-34 for the Civil War Campaign build, I'm gonna have to look into getting 1 of those Your progress looks great looking forward to seeing more
I started cutting and gluing my kit yesterday and this is what I got finished

road wheels return rollers and the rear transmission plate with the PE added, hope to get to some more today

Sal, you should definitly buy one, it was a charm on those fuel drum straps! Thx for thr good words. And right back at you! Nice clean start.

Phil.

Well... Getting ready to start. This should be interesting challenge for my skill level. I am going to try this engine kit. Cutting the body scare the heck out of me.

@Raul

Nice progress on your build !

@Alex
Glad to have you on board !
Nice start ! Cool tank !

Looks like a modern Jagdpanzer.

@Philippe
Very nice work there !
What paint scheme will you use ?


@Sal

Keep working on that old Pershing !

@Jeff
Welcome Jeff, I've picked a challenge for my skills too..
We're gonna make it !!!

Here's my build for this one :



with



Stay tuned ! Nice work everyone !!!

John! nice pick, those old idf are sweet modified beast

I was thinking of going with this paint scheme(I just found it good looking and somewhat original):
http://www.armyrecognition.com/Russe/vehicules_lourds/T-72M1/T-72M1_Russe_diaporama.htm

For discussion purpose only!

The problem is that I don`t have any bird eye picture of the paint scheme. If someone found something similar please forward!

Or like those:
http://translate.google.de/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fserkoff.narod.ru%2F&sl=ru&tl=en&hl=de&ie=UTF-8

Phillipe,

That striped scheme will look cool. Good luck on finding good photo(s)!

John

Found a video of DDR T-72's with some great in action footage, coloured and b&w too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8G_tKBwh3KQ

some pics













No top view ... sorry

Thanks John, I`ve I seen this right I see the early road wheels with the extra armor turret( front)...So the tam kit is not so far from reality.... am I wrong?

Here is where mines at.

Cheers Rob.

Nicely done Rob! Clean and crisp.

Saturday's update





The Resin conversion.. ( what have I got into... )














The Legend instructions are clear, but they should mention the Tamyia's instruction steps at some point.
Also a paint chart would be useful... IDF decals would be nice too.. damn I have to go shopping again...

Very cool John. Looking forward to seeing that one. The Magach series are pretty imposing vehicles.


Regards, Ian

Well, here's an update on my T-64:


Started this on the 26th of December (which is barely visible on the phone)
And this is what it currently looks like.







This is essentially OOB, except I replaced the antenna mount with aftermarket. The kit has gone together without any major issues. I still have a couple of small bits to add, but I should get the first coat of paint onto it in the next day or so.

A comparison with a T-72 that I've been working on. I was surprised to see that the T-64 is somewhat smaller.

Superb work Grant! I do like the anti-radiation turret upgrade.

Here is my progres.





Thx for watching.

Great work guys !!
.. damn I gotta get one of those T-64's...

hay all just finshed my last build and now on it this campaign




dave

Quick update on the Strv-103B

The main gun needed alot of cleanup. Probably should have went with a metal barrel. I ended up using tube glue to cement the barrel halves. I put it on heavy so the excess would ooze out of the seams. I then sanded it down, essentially using the tube glue as filler.


I jumped ahead and combined a few steps here. The plow blade, exhaust tube, and the side pieces that hold the tent poles or whatever they are. The instructions refer to them as "Descreteness Assembly".


That's it for now. I'll probably start wrapping assembly up to get ready for paint.

WOW lots of progress here and I have no idea what you guys are building cause this is not my era but it looks great keep up the good work
I have made some progress as well
Like I said this old kit is showing its age but I think the AM PE is just as old so i'm mixing and matching


Hull and wheels were primed and had base coat of OD applied today still working on al the PE on the turret
Also started on the 4 spruces of track links

I got 2 spruces of treads cut and cleaned so far but how many of those teeth will the carpet monster eat

Sal, put the lengths of track in a box top. If one gets loose chances are it'll stay in the box. Another tip is to use a pair of tweezers or needle nose pliers and just force them in. They're actually not that bad once you get into a groove with them.