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Best kit to start with for T-64???
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Posted: Thursday, December 05, 2013 - 03:37 AM UTC
Just thinking about doing a T-64 variant in braille. Thoughts on best kit to start with???
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Posted: Thursday, December 05, 2013 - 06:22 AM UTC
No idea if it was ever released but Tankograd announced one over a year ago.

https://armorama.kitmaker.net/forums/190341&page=1
Panther64
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Posted: Thursday, December 05, 2013 - 09:03 AM UTC
Yes I saw that and was very hopefull as it looks very well done but nothing ever came of it. I PM'd him last week, so far no joy.

Doesn't the T-64 and T-80 have some commonality? I was thinking of starting with the Revell T-80 and then heading down the ol' scratch-building path.
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Posted: Thursday, December 05, 2013 - 02:15 PM UTC
Kerry,

You might want to ask this question in the Russian/Soviet forum as they have a T-64 thread there. As for using the Revell T-80 as a base for a T-64, I think that the T-72 M1 would be a better choice. The T-80 turret is way too off and would require a lot of work (it has a fair overhang in the rear).

HTH,
Jan
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Posted: Thursday, December 05, 2013 - 02:23 PM UTC
Thanks Jan, I thought about posting it in their forum but I'm more interested in doing this in 72nd scale and don't think it would be of much help in the 35th scale forum.

I guess the biggest hurdles will be deck lay-out, turret, and road wheels to name but a few. This will definitely test my skill sets. I was under the impression that the T-80 series had more in common with the 64.
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Posted: Thursday, December 05, 2013 - 02:50 PM UTC

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Thanks Jan, I thought about posting it in their forum but I'm more interested in doing this in 72nd scale and don't think it would be of much help in the 35t
h scale forum.


To be fair, it's not totally 1/35 and the people there know quite a bit about the differences.


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I guess the biggest hurdles will be deck lay-out, turret, and road wheels to name but a few. This will definitely test my skill sets. I was under the impression that the T-80 series had more in common with the 64.


There are drawings on the Net of the T-64 and there are walk a rounds on Prime Portal. The T-64 and 80 are both from the same design team but the 64 and 72 are very close. The latter was a less expensive version of the former. I'm no Russian tank expert and my info is based on what I've read and pictures that I've seen.

Cheers,
Jan
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Posted: Friday, December 06, 2013 - 03:17 AM UTC
Took your advice, so far a positive experience, cheers Jan!
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Posted: Friday, December 06, 2013 - 09:06 AM UTC

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Just thinking about doing a T-64 variant in braille. Thoughts on best kit to start with???



OKB Grigorov does a T-64 in resin here is a link to the kit on the braille scale forum you can buy it from www.shop.okbgrigorov.com



http://www.network54.com/Forum/47210/message/1382967791/T-64B+mod-+1981+is+in+production+from+OKB+Grigorov
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Posted: Friday, December 06, 2013 - 01:54 PM UTC
Yes I've seen it and it looks very nice, just not sure I want to sell a kidney to get one ($91.00).
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