Hisham: The green color is Tamiya's Dark Green (XF-61?) and the sand color is a mix of Tamiya Dark Yellow XF-60 and Buff XF-57. Hope this helps
Here's the turret.

Jacob

Yes, Jacob.. this helps me a lot.

I'm working on mine now.. I just hope I can stay focused on it until I finish it

Hisham

Looks awesome,
I better add this kit to my stash

Jacob, your doing amazing job in this tank. I have been thinking about this kit since I saw the review. It's a great looking kit, so I'll follow along the rest of your journey and see her in full glory

nice job !!

Question for Jacob or any other experts....do you think it is possible to make "plain" T55 from this kit by discarding era blocks and filling their mountings?
Or there were some other differences preventing this?

Jacob, your -55 looks fantastic thus far. I am building one of these myself and I think it probably ranks as one of the most difficult armor kits I have ever built. The Syrian ones are great subjects for weathering and I love how you have the reactive armor bricks in disarray. Looking forward to more.

Best wishes,


Ian

Thanks guys
Just returned home from vacation, where I've been off-line for a couple of weeks, but now I'm ready to get some more work done on this project.
Domagoj: I really hope some of our real T-55 "nerds" will give you some advice on that question, becauce I'm myself quite a modern Russian tank newb.
Jacob

Todays update.
Washes have been applaid, which give more depth and blends the colors a bit.




Mud and dust have been added on the lower hull, so it will look more convincing once the Wheels are attached.

Jacob

Hi,

I have a T-54B from Takom and it has many T-55 parts in the box from the other kits (including boxes, fuel cells, hatches and also an engine deck, etc) so with some extra work it could be a nice T-55 out of the box, depending on the version you are after.

You will need to remove the dome vent, the MG port and rework the welding on the front of the hull. Also a periscope should be added to the turret but as said T-55s were constantly developed/upgraded so many possibilities are available. If you are willing to do some extra work it is much better out of box than Tamiya (in my opinion).

You can check Takom's T-54B here:

http://armorama.kitmaker.net/forums/247642&page=1

Cheers,

Adam

Adam: Thanks for your reply, it is very helpfull and kind of you, to share your knowledge.
I've lurked at your T-54 blog from time to time, and it's very inspirational to follow.
Jacob

Jacob,
Beautiful so far! Your dust and blending are superior!

Gaz

Looking good Jacob. Really nice work.

Now the tracks has been fitted, painted and weathered. Also my scrach build un-ditching "log" are placed on the rear armor plate and the rubber side skirts with the ERA Blocks are in place.






Jacob

Jacob,
Excellent painting! Tracks look great and I like the rims where the paint has been rubbed away.

Question: why the chalk X's on the reactive armor parts?

Best Wishes,

Gaz

Beautiful work sir. I can't wait to see it all come together.

This looks like another stunner getting close to completion Jacob.

Thanks guys, your comments means a lot
Gary: The crosses/scribles on the ERA blocks are some kind of camouflage pattern. It's shown on several pictures found on the internet
Jacob

This is superb.

How many track links per side? The sag looks spot on.

Ian: Sorry my friend, but I have cheated. The tracks are not connected under the skirts, so I don't know the real number of links.
The kit does provide enough links, though.
Jacob

The painting and weathering of the hull is now completed.







Jacob

Looking good Jacob - Crew ?

This is looking really nice. Looks like you are almost to the end.

I'm planning to crew it, but I can't really find any good "arab/Syrian" looking figures.
Can anyone please point me in a direction?
Jacob

Hi Jacob.
I recently built trumpeter`s BMP-1 in a syrian conflict scheme, and I went and used Verlinden`s Iraqi POW set as they look quite Arabic. Maybe something you like for a simple vinnet.

https://www.verlindenonline.com/1-35-iraqi-pow-39-s-599.html