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Armor/AFV: Braille Scale
1/72 and 1/76 Scale Armor and AFVs.
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RoG's T-55
Biggles2
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Posted: Saturday, August 12, 2017 - 11:08 PM UTC
This is Revell of Germany's 1/72 T-55 in North Vietnamese colors. Nice easy little kit with link-and-length tracks. Commander figure is from Preiser.













Strictly OOB (except for figure), otherwise I would have used thinner wire for the turret grab handles.

JSSVIII
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Posted: Sunday, August 13, 2017 - 12:45 AM UTC
Nice work, the quality of the kit may not seem to be the same level as your Flyhawk FT, the quality of your build sure is!
Cantstopbuyingkits
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Posted: Sunday, August 13, 2017 - 03:16 AM UTC
Do Preiser's figures have moulded eyes or just face dimples?
Biggles2
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Posted: Sunday, August 13, 2017 - 08:14 PM UTC
The eyes are slightly engraved, so with a careful wash you can outline the eyes. Adding eyeballs and irises are a completely different matter. Also age of production will matter - figure sets produced in 1998 are quite a bit better than those from 1996.
Biggles2
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Posted: Sunday, August 13, 2017 - 08:29 PM UTC
The right side eliptical shape on either side of the gun mantlet is missing - an unfortunate sacrifice to the Carpet Monster!
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