Ah thanks! I've tried glueing the treads down and using metal pins but not the fishing line technique yet. I like your results, they seem to be sitting where they're supposed to. 

The commander looks pretty good, kudos! 

They are tied down with fishing line. I'd either seen this trick at a show, or read about it somewhere. Reference photos showed some sag, but they also showed the tracks floating off the very end road wheels, on the top side. So I think I tied them down one wheel in from the end to get that effect. 

And yes, I guess I did hit the turret with a grinder and a stiff brush to get the cast look. I don't know if it's accurate, but it looked pretty good to me. Good catch!

Today I finally finished up the tank commander. I'm not the best with figures, but I've been getting better after I watched a tutorial given by a guy in my club. I gave him a base coat of Model Master Medium Green, and followed up with a wash of olive drab darkened a bit with some flat black. Topped him off with some Dullcote and called it good.

IMG_907.3 by theirishavenger, on Flickr

IMG_907.2 by theirishavenger, on Flickr

Thanks for your comments, guys.

She looks pretty darn good to me for a 'slap-together' kit. I have to agree, building something out of the box is a good way to recharge from more complex stuff. 

Just wondering but are those the 'rubber-band' tracks from the kit pinned or glued down? Looks way better those gawd-awful things from my ancient Trumpeteer Type-59 (Red Chinese version of the T-54). 

Nice job on the old pig.

You did some work on the turret to simulate cast texture. I dig OOB builds. 

I know how you feel. I'm really in the mood to knock out some 1/72 armor, but I don't have any lol.

Chris, I like it for what it is. Just a quick OOB that looks good. We all need this once in a while because those monster builds do soak up so much time and appear to crawl to completion and they are worth the effort, but so is this.

I wish I could have gone as detailed as the other T-62 build going on in the forums. That one's going to be impressive. Lately it's been hard for me to really go all out because I end up having a kit on my bench for months, it collects dust, and it's prone to having parts broken or scattered by the kids. So I end up just doing an OOB build. Thank you for the kind comments!

Chris

Considering the fact that you basically slapped this together without much effort and it still turned out more than good enough to add to the display case (as far as I'm concerned) tells me you're that good without even really trying. But then, I've seen what you can do when you ARE trying. :)

My favorite shot is the very last one. Good perspective shot.  :)