HI all...

this is my second build this year....got so busy with work n personal matters until my staff give this kit as my birthday present as well as to remind me how old i am now... haha

ok... to the build...

like others, me too was surprised to see the level of details of the kit. I build two old zvezda kit before and this is like heaven and earth... although there are some forgiven seam lines, pin marks...

i believe there are many in box review for the kit as well as the construction..so i just go straight to my build
the work has begun 3 weeks ago...and my now the construction of the kit has 98% completed ..

some progress photo

the busy turret...i think most of the parts goes here



some AM goodies that goes with the kit... PE mesh screem, smoke grenades, tow cable.


comparison between kit and AM smoke grenades

There are many seam lines on each of them..since i'm too lazy to clean all of them, i opted for AM.
next, i installed them all




The nylon mesh screen were replaced with PE screen


and also the nylon thread with brass wire


i also replace all the kit transparents plastic headlight with extra MV lenses i collected over the years

hollowed out the MG barrel


i add the ring for the fuel drums.. based on photo on the internet, there are 2 rings each for the drum but i only add one outer ring. There are not perfectly round.... i hate the shape... but since the fuel drum lack of these ring, i just add them for extra realism.


i dry fit every part and now ready for paint job.





that's for now..

cheers

Zaidi

Hello Zaidi,

Thanks for sharing your T-90 build. Looks great so far!! I have this kit and will be building it next year so ill pay close attention to yours. keep it comin' man!

Gary

Nice, thanks for sharing. I also started with this kit (progress 5% ), Looking forward to your next update!

Nice clean work. It takes a lot of work to build this kit's turret. Waiting to see more.

thanks guys for the comments.... right now progress has to be temporary halt...work get in the way as usual and also LHS running out of paints... already ordered from LM ..expecting to arrived this week...
i already primed the kit and so far so good....
will continue painting probably next weekend...

thanks for being patience with me....hihihih

Very good build I look forward to more.
Jim

Hi all....
Sorry for keep this build dusty..
works got in the way..and only today i got the chance to continue...
primed..preshaded n gave it the first color.. russian green..

more color later.. thanks

Zaidi

Hold on let me pick my jaw up off of the floor. That looks outstanding, what colors did you use for the camo? I'm building another one myself soon, might have to make it camo'd can't wait to see the final.

Hey Nick,

thanks for ur kidn words...i used Mr Color 136 russian green

another update...

i applied the final color.. i used Mr Color 313...color looks good in reality....





i put back all the stowage cases and others equipment..test fitting.





There are some areas that need to be touch up...
The fuel drum will be hard to get correct alignment. I will try my best to get it align properly.

well, thats for now.. thanks for looking


Zaidi

Good job! On to some dirt..

Looking good. Is that paint enamel? And if not is it ready for direct airbrushing? It looks like the perfect shade. I'm not a big fan of cleaning my airbrush after enamel.

Jurjen,

yeah sure will do...but im not sure if modern russian tank are well cleaned and maintained.....not sure how to weather it...maybe keep to minamal...





the paint is acrylics..been using it for the last 10 years.. its acrylics but have to be thinned with thinner (not airbrush ready out of the bottle)...
thanks all

Zaidi

It looks very good.

One question. I see very few T-90´s with soft border scheme....usually it´s hard or more defined (I think so).

Did you use a real scheme or it´s an interpretation? I wonder this because I´m looking for a scheme that I can paint without masks.

Thanks.

hey bro..
i also dont know teh correct scheme...at first i plan to go for hard edge...but too lazy to mask.... but i think i like the hard edge better...

would someone clarify?? i still need to touch up the paint job and if required i can do hard edge

This is my old T-90. Maybe you can get some weathering ideas. Depending on environment, add dirt/dust, rain-marks, and a lot of bare metal/rust as Russians like to sit on/store things on/ walk on their armor, creating a lot of surface wear. I will post more photos with my camera instead of my phone if you would like.

Hi Silantra;
Looks GOOD MATE Soft or Hard Edge, its a personal choice, both can look good. Your paint work is OUTSTANDING and the Camo is Awsome also

Looking Forward to seeing More.

CHEERS; MIKE.

that is really looking good

Nice build so far, Zaidi. Good looking camouflage.

Looking forward to see more

some update.....too busy to update

a few more steps before i call this done!







will be back for the final output..


Zaidi

I like your old T-90.

Gimme gimme gimme !

cheers

John

Whos T-90? Thanks for the compliment?

Bloody fantastic T-90 my man! Well done.

Gary

Nice weathering Zaidi.

cheers
Walter

Hi guys....sorry for the long delay...
I finished this build in January...only managed to shoot photos now...

enjoy the photos... thanks for viewing
















Zaidi