Mathew no problem mate, anyone can change their minds

KoSprueOne now those are nice choices and certainly different too Hope they go together well.

Andrew now that sounds like a huge bag of fun you're going to have there



Paul

Edit:

by the way here is my start pic:

On the way to my Trumpeter / Legend Tiran 6 madness



Paul

Got the tracks on. Quite pleased with the angle of the sag. Sawing off the excess from the resin turret base was a pain, but it is shaping up. Here are a few pics.

I am not much of a modeler of Russian subjects but I was recently given some T 55 and IS 3 kits, built and unbuilt, by someone pruning his stash, so I thought I would give this campaign a go.
So I hope to use this,

and this,


together with these bits I picked up,
(Sorry I could only find Monday's Times)
To produce this;

An SU 122-54 which I hope comes within the rules

regards

Since its built on the T-54 chassis I can't see why it wouldn't be allowed (since its technically closer to a Russian T-54 than my Chinese copy is. If allowed will be nice to see some variation.

Mathew,nice progress there

Mecanix,now that I have never heard, seen or dreamt of
After Googling it I found all of three pics, so yes you may build it .
What do you need the built kit for, the DShK 12.7 AA gun?
This will be a nice variant in here, get stuck in




Paul

Edit:

Operational Overview
This campaign is for anything built on the T54/55 T62
hull. So all of the following can be built in any scale for any nationality:
Anti-Aircraft - e.g. Marksman or ZSU 57-2
MBT´s - straight from the box
ARV´s
all that wonderful Israeli stuff
Rocket tanks - Tank destroyers armed with a missile
MBT´s with add-on armor - eg Yugoslavian rubber tanks
Prototypes - one must have been built and tested
And the father of them all the T44

The Rules and Regs
1. The base vehicle must be the T54 T55 or T62 chassis

Paul looks like we're working on the same parts..

Isn't resin horrid stuff to work with?

Here's a couple of pictures of my progress with the Verlinden Type 69 conversion set.




As you can see I've managed to finish off all the 'boom-bar' baskets and then attach them to the Verlinden turret. I'm not quite sure whether I should have waited to do this until after I'd fitted most of the other turret details but to be honest, I just wanted to get this bit out of the way. Soldering the photo-etch to fabricate the baskets seemed a breeze when confronted with the complex angles that you have to deal with when attaching the things. Plus, of course the perverse pleasures of coping with resin dust and cyano-acrylic glue...

Still, done now, so I can look forward to indulging myself with some easy plastic stuff when I start on the hull proper.

BTW, some of you guys have really stolen a march and are well into your builds. Those Trumpeter T62's look really nice kits, and I've one in my stash....hmm perhaps I should start on that too!

I've been working on my T-62BDD for the past few nights with good progress. I'll try to get some pictures up by the weekend.

Cool ! Let's see our little T-62 squadron !

Not much done today, hopefully I'll finish cleaning up those wheels soon.

Andrew, Paul Thanks for your support.

Paul, No the SU uses two 14.7 KPVT,s and not the DHsK.

I have a couple of RB barrels but the casement AA gun will be one of the

challenges. The wheel spacing on the SU are diiferent from the norm so the built

kit has been reduced to its basics and I am now using the lower hull to practice

dealing with that.Basically feeding it into a band saw at each wheel station and

glueing the six separate bits

back together, some widened, some shortened till I get the correct hull length

and wheel spacing.

regards

Sounds like a daunting job on experimenting for the SU, best of luck.

More progress. But it stops here now until mid-January after the Christmas madness... Here are a few pics... Hope you like them...

John : I've gotten the wheels cleaned up too. The tyres
sure look good but the they are a pain in the butt to clean up.

Jon : fantastic building there , if I had tried that it would probably look like it had spent its life as a hard target on a gunnery range

Mecanix : after seeing your Guinness armoured car I have no doubts to your success on this one either

Mathew nice progress, not much more and the paint will be flowing




Paul

Matthew: Boy, that MIG upgrade sure looks nice, especially the antiradiation pads.

Mecanix: never seen that SU122-54before and I look forward seen you some magic to that styrene.

Jon: Good work on that turret, requires a steady hand...

John: looking good

Paul: Looking forward to the Legend upgrade

Progress on the Enigma:



Turret almost done, DHsK and minor details are missing



Added welds for some of the extra armor



Exhaust cover is replaced by lead foil

Ole

Hi Ole,
the Enigma is looking great , I like the weld seems you have made. Are they stretched sprue?
I take it you will also soon be going to the paint shop

Here's my update, got the running on. Tomorrow will be paint before it gets too tricky for it:






Paul

Edit:
I couldn't resist, here is the first step into the resin-etch
madness:




Paul

Hi Paul,

very nice but go on, give us a clue?

What bit is it?

Jon

Alright Jon, it's the rear hull stowage box and here it is on the vehicle:



and some more work on the front:



back to the bench, there is plenty more I can do before I start painting, mostly trying to work my way around the Legend instructions




Paul

Ole,Andrew and Paul again thanks.
Using the Tamiya hull as a test run was rather successful.
In fact so successful that I fed it back length-ways into the band saw to reduce it's width by 2 mm to enable the Trumpeter engine deck to fit.I think it looks more suited to an SU rear deck than the Tamiya with a bit of bodging.
I adapted the only drawing that I could find it's OK'ish in outline and the spacing works from photo reference so;



The green is Citadel Liquid Green Stuff, which I am impressed with, covering the cuts.it's not perfect but close enough for Government work and those I miss will be covered in mud, ah the joys of AFV modelling.
Next the Casement, back, sides and roof, hopefully over a quiet Christmas break.
regards

Some work on the hull,



and still cleaning wheels,

Time to show some work I guess.

Bottom hull with add-on armor and suspension.


Rear. I left off the external fuel drums for now.


And the front.


Upper hull sub-assemblies and fenders.


I went back and started the roadwheels.


Paint for the roadwheels. I went ahead an shot a coat of flat black on the "rubber" pieces.


And that's where I am. They are literally drying in the next room. I'll tackle the tracks next.

Alex, what camo scheme will you be using ?

John,
Glorious overall green. I thought about doing the camo scheme but I think doing it up in green just seems so Soviet Cold War.

Guys if your building T-62's check these galleries for references..

http://fotki.yandex.ru/users/siba219/album/117398/

I would lke to try this camo





I'be seen plenty of photos with slat armour on..

John,
I like the BDD with the slat like that. I'd probably go raving mad trying to replicate that though. I'm probably going to stick with overall green. My last couple of tries at a Soviet camo scheme didn't turn out that well.