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Armor/AFV: Allied - WWII
Armor and ground forces of the Allied forces during World War II.
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T-34/76 Frankenstein finished (pics)
biffa
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Tennessee, United States
Joined: September 07, 2005
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Posted: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 - 10:43 AM UTC
calling this one done and im quite happy with this concidering it was built from scrap and left overs and the biggest thing is it was so relaxing and fun because i had nothing to lose and it beat just tossing them away, quick recap of the build and reason for it, i currently have 3 new different dragon kits in the ever growing stash so i had absolutly no use for all the parts involved in this build but need the space they were occupying so i decided to just build them, i started with an incomplete tamiya kit but hated the front fenders sticking out like they do so i chopped them of and used a spare dragon set, the wheels were maquette as were the early tracks (i built this as a what if, no real accuracy is intended ) and the grill came from an old verlinder set everything else was scrounged up from the spares box.

thanks for looking and all comments are welcome.













tony55
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England - South West, United Kingdom
Joined: July 20, 2005
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Posted: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 - 11:51 AM UTC
Ron, for something made entirerly of scrap parts thats amazing! Looks really good and I love the weathering.
Supprising what we have ready to just throw away.
Nice model.
Cheers

Tony
SGTJKJ
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Kobenhavn, Denmark
Joined: July 20, 2006
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Posted: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 - 12:43 PM UTC
Nice one. Good weathering. What colours did you use for washes? How did you do the "polished" edges of the tracks?
MiG-17
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California, United States
Joined: September 01, 2006
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Posted: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 - 01:34 PM UTC
Ron-

Great looking T-34/76!! Look at it this way, many Soviet AFV,s during the war were built from scrap parts, or worse!!! Again, great T-34!

Rob-

MiG-17
biffa
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Tennessee, United States
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Posted: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 - 03:15 AM UTC
many thanks for the kind replys guys, jesper i used "shadowed steel" by reaper and dry brushed the tracks for the worn look, the washes are mixes of van dyke brown, burnt sienna, white and lamp black oils pic below shows the colors i mix.

mstcls
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Ohio, United States
Joined: November 13, 2005
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Posted: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 - 03:46 AM UTC
Nice work. I especially like the appliqué amour on the front of the vehicle and the tracks in the photo of the rear of the vehicle look almost real. Once more great job!
PanzerEd
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Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Joined: January 14, 2006
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Posted: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 - 04:00 AM UTC

Quoted Text

many thanks for the kind replys guys, jesper i used "shadowed steel" by reaper and dry brushed the tracks for the worn look, the washes are mixes of van dyke brown, burnt sienna, white and lamp black oils pic below shows the colors i mix.




Great job on your T34. I envy your tracks. hope one day I can produce finishes like that

Des
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Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Joined: May 14, 2006
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Posted: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 - 04:11 AM UTC

verry nice kitbash u have there!

love it when people just go at it, instead of counting the rivvets on the bottom of one's shoes héhéhé

lol
Greetz Peter
blaster76
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Texas, United States
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Posted: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 - 04:13 AM UTC
Interesting. Good use for your left-overs. a litle too over-weathered for my taste, especially the track. Mabe if you had beat up and bent the fenders etc the weathering would look appropriate
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