Tamiya 1/35
M-84 7th Guards Brigade "PUMA" 1995

work:
- cut off all T72 features on turret
- remove T72M/84A extra front armor plate
- re-shape turet's right side and manlet cover
- scratchbuild DNNS optics box and telescopic meteo-sensor
- re-position smoke launchers with wires and chains

- yellow circles were Pumas markings for summer of 95

collection at this moment

This is a great collection,just great .

Super collections of all the different variations one could observe over there.
Plavi (Šljem)

Isaw in the TV,that several serb and croatian t-55 tanks were completely cover by rubber "mattress",the only space not cover were the gunner and commander sight.
wondering if these rubber "armour" provide some sort of a protection against small arm fire or even RPG?.

I presume this should say T-72M1 which is an export variant of the T-72A which had extra armour and on which M84A was based.

Looks pretty good. Did you perhaps post your other tanks on this forum previously?

yes, M1 version that is in tamyia's box
all my tanks are on Armorama

avenue
rubber was protection against all anti tank weapons with shaped charges so that rubber would activate projectile's head before contact with steel armor. Similar to german schurzen, russian "spring bed" armor and normal rubber side skirts on T-72, T-80...

I'd be curious about the effectiveness of such closely positioned armor. IIRC, setting the shaped charge earlier will just give the cumulative jet extra time to form better.

no, shaped charge doesn't work that way, it needs direct contact with steel to make best penetration. Kinda like cutting steel with torch, you can't do it from distance

Wow, that is a great collection. You adding a T-34/85M any time soon?
-Seth

some day but not soon,
future Balkan list looks like this:
BVP M80 (BMP), Gvozdika, 2-3x T55, M84A, T72, M36 Jackson, BTR-50PU, PT-76
and maybe
M18 Hellcat, M-47 Patton...

losts of plans not so much moneyz

How do you plan on doing the BVP? I'd love one for my collection. I finally got all the stuff together to do another M-84, but can't decide what nation to do. I'd also like to do another Serbian T-34, but with rubber armor. Can't wait to see the next build.
-Seth

gonna massacre BMP

A friend of mine took a great time and effort to scratch built one..it wasn't easy
http://www.maketarskikutak.com/index.php?topic=4843.0

Great collection mate. What did you use, to make that JNA rain-poncho that cover the machine gun on one of the T-55's?
And also, is there a color that match the JNA green?

thank you
i don't know, i always mix my own colors

to help a colleague - it was very popular to use revell 362 or 362:361 mix 1:1. If you don't like enamels, you may use standard US OD and progressively add white with a drop o yellow if you prefer. Color changed due to sun beams and other effects - paint chips that i took from a tank while serving the army revealed that top color was very light, compared to the color from beneath that was very dark - so you might play with different shades

Very cool collection! How did you make the netting on thoes two tanks? It looks similar to Hessian Tape cammo. Can you tell me how you do that?

M84 has netting (medicine mesh for wounds) with branches

https://armorama.kitmaker.net/forums/224684&page=1

but T-55 has only branches

https://armorama.kitmaker.net/forums/225262&page=1