Hi All,

First, here are some turret top photos of the T29E3 and T30 at Benning, along with some interior shots:

http://www.com-central.net/index.php?file=viewtopic&name=Forums&p=92811

I don't know where the "bulb" on top of the plate for the breech inclination area comes from that Takom found since none of these photos seem to show it, but they also don't fully capture that area. It also looks like the rear edge of these plates are far too severe in the triangle plate. The photos show this triangle to be more subdued, and not as equal as the Takom rendering (the HB inclination plate looks to be completely off as a blister rather than a flat plate). Also, neither top plate looks to be wide enough to allow for the breech to fully incline for cleaning the main gun (too severe an angle running from the mantlet opening to the rear). Also, and this is from the way the photos look, the rangefinder housing on the T29E3 doesn't actually have the sharp "line" running all the way across like the Takom seems to have. The photo of that area on the reference page shows the housing to be more of a smooth rounding of the housing all the way to the turret joining area, rather than the top rounding, then vertical plate of the Takom housing. Also, it looks like it's sitting too high as opposed to the actual one.

As for the road wheel spacing, here's an easy way to find out what it was. Count the number of track blocks from center to center of the road wheels, and that will give you the spacing since the T80E3 track has a known width.

Jon

I think I have tire wear limits for the 26-inch wheels;

Thank you for the photos.

Looks like Hobby boss did not do their homework, but not a bad model after all, especially if someone is planning for a what if service version of the T-29

they were there, and they still did it the way they did? They looked away while taking measurements of this area or what?

Are there manufacturers that actually care or does it all come to market domination in any possible way?

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they were there, and they still did it the way they did? They looked away while taking measurements of this area or what?

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It all gets more and more 'interesting'. Few people have kits on hand, but those kits are just as good as Dragon's 'outstanding' M103, which, in its turn, was a huge disappointment for many of us. Are there manufacturers that actually care or does it all come to market domination in any possible way?

Using Scott's photo for illustration, just where the h... did they (takom) got the idea to do these:



I mean, they were there, and they still did it the way they did? They looked away while taking measurements of this area or what?

Greg

Using Scott's photo for illustration, just where the h... did they (takom) got the idea to do these:



I mean, they were there, and they still did it the way they did? They looked away while taking measurements of this area or what?

Greg

And to get correctly dimensioned road wheels they didn't have to go across the ocean as there is a perfectly preserved Pershing in museum in Beijing.

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And to get correctly dimensioned road wheels they didn't have to go across the ocean as there is a perfectly preserved Pershing in museum in Beijing.

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So what? The efforts that both companies made to research these kits prove that they were honestly trying and apparently did care. The fact that there was one little thing that still could've been done does not negate the 999 things they did do.

KL