Ontario, Canada
Joined: September 28, 2006
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Posted: Sunday, October 21, 2012 - 09:04 AM UTC
Well while I was killing time in Toronto yesterday I decide to visit the LHS (Panther Hobbies).
Picked up this old Dragon kit;
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And will use these walk arounds as my main reference;
http://dishmodels.ru/wshow.htm?p=1701http://photo.qip.ru/users/coast70/150152777/?page=1Now I ask you, what is available with regards to any aftermarket for this kit? Especialy photoetch.
thanks all !
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Australia
Joined: April 04, 2010
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Posted: Sunday, October 21, 2012 - 05:52 PM UTC
Hi there
I am pretty sure Eduard do a set for the skiff T80 Which should or could work for this kit I am not sure on availability However SP Designs do road wheels and Tracks as well as the drive sprockets which are way better than the kit parts Good luck with your build.
Cheers cuny12.
Correze, France
Joined: June 10, 2004
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Posted: Sunday, October 21, 2012 - 05:53 PM UTC
Hi Richard,
I can't tell concerning the PE but you'll need to replace the oversized gun barrel. You can consider changing the NVST as well.
For the tracks you have some options among them are SP Designs, Master Club. But you must check that they come with new sprockets.
Olivier
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Napoléon
Ontario, Canada
Joined: September 28, 2006
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Posted: Monday, October 22, 2012 - 02:00 AM UTC
Groovy, thanks for the input so far!
Things to buy;
Gun barrel, tracks and wheels. And perhaps a PE set.
cheers
One of the serious problems in planning against Canadian doctrine is that the Canadians do not read their manuals, nor do they feel any obligations to follow their doctrine.
---From a Russian document
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District of Columbia, United States
Joined: March 05, 2009
KitMaker: 154 posts
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Posted: Monday, October 22, 2012 - 04:35 AM UTC
Hi Richard,
I would encourage you to read this link:
https://armorama.kitmaker.net/forums/167909&page=1 The Eduard photoetch set is:
http://www.eduard.com/store/Eduard/T-80UD-1-35.html?cur=2&listtype=search&searchparam=t-80UD Panzerart makes a nice wheel set:
http://panzerart.pl/index.php/welcome/produkt/96 The SP designs wheel and track set can be found in:
http://saammodels.tripod.com/t-80.html If you have more money, Master Club, Modelfixer and Sector 35 make nice tracks. If you replace the tracks the most likely thing will be that you will need to replace the wheels.
Good luck with the T-80UD!!
Best Regards,
Raul
Workbench:
T-34/85 (Dragon)
T-80U (Skit T-80UD + SP Designs conversion)