IMG_8472 by Russel Baer, on Flickr
IMG_8471 by Russel Baer, on Flickr
IMG_8470 by Russel Baer, on Flickr
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IMG_8468 by Russel Baer, on Flickr
In an attempt to use up several boxes of parts and partial kits, I put this together for the sheer fun of it. I know it's not "accurate", but it looks like a line drawing I have in an old Squadron book.... The tracks and turret are AM, Friuls and some resin part from MAC, with some bits from Trump KV leftovers too. Brass bits are DEF. I had fun, and it looks like a T-34....
I thought that since it has been a rather long time since I posted any finished or in-progress work I'd throw this out there.
T'anks y'all.
Dennis, it really is a Tamiya kit, with an aftermarket turret from a company I've never heard of (MAC), brass bits from DEF and Friul tracks. The headlamp, horn and tool box are Trump. Really. Er, the gun tube is turned aluminum, can't remember whose. It was lots of fun to build.
Michael, I agree.
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Top, I started by washing the links in soapy water, then soaking them in muriatic acid, immersing for about fifteen minutes, and finishing by painting with burnt umber acrylic. Wear points are done with Games Workshop silver, and some sanding.
Patrick, thanks. I probably have more fun doing this kind of modeling than building something closer to OOB, always have, dunno why.
Quoted TextTop, I started by washing the links in soapy water, then soaking them in muriatic acid, immersing for about fifteen minutes, and finishing by painting with burnt umber acrylic. Wear points are done with Games Workshop silver, and some sanding.
Patrick, thanks. I probably have more fun doing this kind of modeling than building something closer to OOB, always have, dunno why.
As I've said in many of my posts, I'm primarily a 1/48 Aircraft modeler, which is to say I also escape into 1/35 Military, 1/48-120mm Figurines, 1/24-1/25 Autos, and HO brass and high-end multi-media Steam-Era Locomotives and Trains. I'm the type of modeler who just won't "leave well-enough alone" with ANY of my modeling projects. It's VERY RARE that I build something straight out of the box- "Imagineering" and "gizmology" are some of my very favorite activities in this widespread hobby. Also, PE, resin and multi-media updates, back-dates and in-between-dates are something that virtually none of my modeling projects can do without... HERE'S TO THE EXTRAS!!!
There is always something to pay attention to...imagined or realized. Does my wallet suffer? Naw, I can afford whatever I wish to throw at a kit. So...cheers! Here's to the bastardization of modeling! 
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