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t-34/76 supplemental fuel tanks

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    July 2013
t-34/76 supplemental fuel tanks
Posted by First City modeller on Thursday, July 18, 2013 10:25 AM

Gentlemen,

     i am wondering if anyone has any information regarding the half-circular cut-outs on the DML t-34/76 40-42 pannier type spare fuel tanks. The kit provides a bottom with fillers to close these off that leave a pair of very visible half-circular seams on the narrow sides. Fill these in, or are they a retrofit? I notice that the BT series of tanks used a similar design. Any advice would be immensely appreciated!

  • Member since
    July 2004
  • From: Sonora Desert
Posted by stikpusher on Thursday, July 18, 2013 8:49 PM

Fill in the seams. The side armor plates on a T-34 are single pieces of armor, and would not have any indents/cut out for the external fuel tanks,

 

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Posted by First City modeller on Friday, July 19, 2013 4:23 AM

Thank you for the confirmation on my suspicions. Sure would have hated to find out later that there was a  purpose for them and clever moulding would have been wasted ( I sanded the exhaust pipe on the first Dml 1940 when it came out). I plan on having ten of these things on board with one marked engine oil. It struck me to build a grassy road dioram with the tank attemting to cover a lot of open ground at the path's end. Scouts with assorted weapons and extra ammo on back sound nice?.

  • Member since
    July 2004
  • From: Sonora Desert
Posted by stikpusher on Friday, July 19, 2013 11:52 AM

LOL! yes the dioram sounds good! What scale will this be in? In 1/35 with 10 tanks it would be HUGE!!!

 

F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!

U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

N is for NO SURVIVORS...

       - Plankton

LSM

 

  • Member since
    July 2013
Posted by First City modeller on Wednesday, July 24, 2013 2:23 AM

Fuel tanks. Ten in 1/35 would seem like a factory setting dio, maybe?  Not yet...    This has been a build with a Ferdinand, Tiger(P), Pzr II C, two t-34s and a 251 half track. A shipment from Home in Alabama from my Mother. I miss my stash. This Alaskan town has No model shops and a bad postal reputation. I do what I can.

  • Member since
    July 2004
  • From: Sonora Desert
Posted by stikpusher on Wednesday, July 24, 2013 11:12 AM

sounds like a close combat melee'...

 

F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!

U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

N is for NO SURVIVORS...

       - Plankton

LSM

 

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