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PT-76B Circa 1962
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Posted: Wednesday, May 20, 2015 - 09:01 AM UTC
After finally being able to obtain MasterClub replacement wheels from Hobbyeasy, I'm ready to depict a PT-76B tank of either East German or Soviet military; I assume both nations had and used them at the time.

Question: how were they marked? A lot of kits seem to depict East German vehicles as having simply the roundel symbols, which I find difficult to believe. Certainly tanks would have some sort of numbers?
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Posted: Wednesday, May 20, 2015 - 10:14 AM UTC
Hi;

The National Volks Armee (NVA) only used the Roundel, only the Soviets sported Bort Numbers or the Naval Flag for the Marines !

CHEERS; MIKE.
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Posted: Wednesday, May 20, 2015 - 01:39 PM UTC
Well, I do not think Leichter Schimmpanzer PT-76 of East German NVA were (always) marked with roundels only.
Yes, indeed, when on parade, their numbers were overpainted during "bullying up" preparations. But these were used when on exercise, indeed. Unfortunately, pictures of numbered NVA DDR PT-76s are as rare as hen's teeth, I agree.
NVA DDR used rigid system of numbering their vehicles...

Check this videoclip - NVA DDR PT-76 sporting tac number 452: http://www.panzerfreund.de/forum/flvideo.php?id=919f97914dd62469a965febf7f0d9fdc
Albeit small size picture, but the number seems to be there: http://www.presseanzeiger.de/media/bilder/253374-1.php
Original tac number found on the hull side of ex-NVA PT-76 under multiple layers of paint: http://www.nva-forum.de/nva-board/index.php?s=4b8cc27b1f02eae892789cc3f81b3c3a&showtopic=7399&st=105
and the same "schwimmer" was restored.
If doing NVA PT-76, then do not forget to add typical attributes of their vehicles, I mean Notek and distance light and track chocks: http://www.modell-art.de/evk.php

HTH
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Posted: Wednesday, May 20, 2015 - 03:27 PM UTC

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After finally being able to obtain MasterClub replacement wheels from Hobbyeasy, I'm ready to depict a PT-76B tank of either East German or Soviet military; I assume both nations had and used them at the time.


This is purely a question and not a criticism, but if you are not even sure that the DDR or USSR had this vehicle in 1962 why did you buy replacement wheels? I mean, how would you know they are the correct style for the vehicle and time period?

KL
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Posted: Wednesday, May 20, 2015 - 04:24 PM UTC

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After finally being able to obtain MasterClub replacement wheels from Hobbyeasy, I'm ready to depict a PT-76B tank of either East German or Soviet military; I assume both nations had and used them at the time.


This is purely a question and not a criticism, but if you are not even sure that the DDR or USSR had this vehicle in 1962 why did you buy replacement wheels? I mean, how would you know they are the correct style for the vehicle and time period?

KL

Because the kit wheels were awful and I could always use this vehicle in some other scenario instead.
long_tom
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Posted: Thursday, May 21, 2015 - 12:01 AM UTC

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If doing NVA PT-76, then do not forget to add typical attributes of their vehicles, I mean Notek and distance light and track chocks: http://www.modell-art.de/evk.php

HTH

Any way I can obtain these attribute parts?
Batpatchedscout
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Posted: Thursday, May 21, 2015 - 02:01 AM UTC

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Any way I can obtain these attribute parts?

The easiest way is to follow pictures and scratch Notek distance light (boxy thingy with four blue or green and one red windows) from some WW2 German vehicle model. Vehicle track chocks are provided for instance with both Trumpeter Akatsiya SpH models, they are useless for Soviet/Russian vehicles... And I hope their shape is not too complicated to be easily scratched, too.
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