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Reccomendations for Rusian tank crews in 1/72
nikon1
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Posted: Tuesday, October 15, 2019 - 09:37 AM UTC
I currently building Zvezda's T-14 Armata in 1/72. Besides Parracel's Russian Tank Crew in 1/72. Are there any others out there. Bear in mind the T-14 only has a crew of three in the hull and the hull hatches open outward instead of upward.
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Charlie
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Posted: Tuesday, October 15, 2019 - 09:41 AM UTC
AB Figures have some Russian tank crew figures. They are WWII but in this scale it probably makes little difference as long as the headgear looks right.
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Posted: Tuesday, October 15, 2019 - 10:11 AM UTC
If you are looking into making a dio of the T-14 during a Victory Parade, I think these would do just fine.
http://tankograd-rus.com/shop/paradnyy-raschet--parade-crew/
http://tankograd-rus.com/shop/set-a53-parade-crew/

I've ordered from this vendor multiple times. They do ship fast. I highly recommend them.

-Joseph
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Posted: Tuesday, October 15, 2019 - 10:13 AM UTC
Here's another set to consider.
http://tankograd-rus.com/shop/set-a02-russian-tank-crews/
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Posted: Tuesday, October 15, 2019 - 10:39 AM UTC
I have also performed conversion on WWII crews. I needed drivers for my Balaton Models PTS-M. I am working to make my PTS-M in Egyptian service. I saw from a documentary that Egyptian crews use orange colored life preservers. Here's a screenshot.


I wanted something similar for my PTS-M crew. Here was the base kit that I used for conversion.


The figure on the left was converted using the figure on the right.


The second figure was converted from the one brandishing a pistol


Here they are position in the PTS-M driver cab. I didn't care too much about the legs because they will be hidden.


Now they have been painted. As mentioned, I was not too critical about the details of the body because the heads are the ones that will be prominent through the windows.



And here they are with the cabin roof dry fitted.


Not too bad, I think. Anyway, hope this helps.
nikon1
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Posted: Tuesday, October 15, 2019 - 10:43 AM UTC

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If you are looking into making a dio of the T-14 during a Victory Parade, I think these would do just fine.
http://tankograd-rus.com/shop/paradnyy-raschet--parade-crew/
http://tankograd-rus.com/shop/set-a53-parade-crew/

I've ordered from this vendor multiple times. They do ship fast. I highly recommend them.

-Joseph


Thanks for the link. I also found this Tankograd set
http://tankograd-rus.com/shop/rossiyskie-tankisty-leto-3-tankistacrew-in-summer-uniform/
Cheers
Charlie
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Posted: Tuesday, October 15, 2019 - 10:56 AM UTC

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If you are looking into making a dio of the T-14 during a Victory Parade, I think these would do just fine.
http://tankograd-rus.com/shop/paradnyy-raschet--parade-crew/
http://tankograd-rus.com/shop/set-a53-parade-crew/

I've ordered from this vendor multiple times. They do ship fast. I highly recommend them.

-Joseph


Thanks for the link. I also found this Tankograd set
http://tankograd-rus.com/shop/rossiyskie-tankisty-leto-3-tankistacrew-in-summer-uniform/
Cheers
Charlie


No problem. Yes, I've ordered those too. I have a lot of the Alex Miniatures figures in my stash. Only problem is when I'll work with them.
nikon1
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Posted: Tuesday, October 15, 2019 - 12:21 PM UTC

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I have also performed conversion on WWII crews. I needed drivers for my Balaton Models PTS-M. I am working to make my PTS-M in Egyptian service. I saw from a documentary that Egyptian crews use orange colored life preservers. Here's a screenshot.


I wanted something similar for my PTS-M crew. Here was the base kit that I used for conversion.


The figure on the left was converted using the figure on the right.


The second figure was converted from the one brandishing a pistol


Here they are position in the PTS-M driver cab. I didn't care too much about the legs because they will be hidden.


Now they have been painted. As mentioned, I was not too critical about the details of the body because the heads are the ones that will be prominent through the windows.



And here they are with the cabin roof dry fitted.


Not too bad, I think. Anyway, hope this helps.



What are your thoughts on the Balaton PTS-M
Cheers
Charlie
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Posted: Wednesday, October 16, 2019 - 09:06 AM UTC

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What are your thoughts on the Balaton PTS-M
Cheers
Charlie


The details are crisp. The only draw backs I can say are:
1) The tracks. Unless I received the wrong set, all the tracks supplied are molded on the same side. There are no left and right set of tracks. Which meant that I had a lot of cleaning to do to install the tracks on one side because the pouring blocks covered a lot of the details.
2) The ramp on the back does not have hinges. I had to scratchbuild them.


Despite these, I would still get another set to paint it up in a different color scheme.

-Joseph
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