Would you believe

Sounds like a candidate for scrap/spares or, as you said, salvage for a dio or something similar.

Sorry to hear about your misfortune, it's always painful to discover something like that at the very end when you're feeling good about the build and nearing the finish line.

Miller,
what kind of glue did you use?
if it was CA, de-bonder might work.
for liquid cement, a bit more might melt the plastic enough to get them free.

i know you painted already, but given the location of the problem,
it might be pretty well concealed, so a decent touch up and a spot of mud
might do ok.

but putting it in the box for a bit is a good idea.
take a little time and decide if you want to try to salvage it.
i would take a shot at it, because someday you will do something
like this on a kit that you don't want to write off.
so you might as well 'learn' a bit more on this one.

good luck.
let us know which way you go.

I'm not sure what this entials, not having built their T34. So forgive this question, but is it salvageable? I mean, will the wheels still go on? If so, I say the heck with it. Put the wheels on and apply tons of mud.

Ot make a diorama and have the tank wading, or stuck in the ice of a frozen river.

As Larry and others have mentioned, perhaps it is salvageable. In a worst-case scenario, all you have to do is cut off the wheel supports and reattach them in the correct position.

I can understand the immediate shock of discovering a big mistake right at the finishing stage, but I think once you have had some time to clearly consider your options, you may indeed find a way to correct the problem in a satisfactory manner. Now THAT would be a good learning experience!

And if you can't fix it, then just sink it up to it's fenders in mud in a nice diorama!

Hey man... I feel you. keep it around and come back to it.

KC

I had one mistake I made on a model.
I built a t-55 tank with one of the tracks backwards!
I didn't care too much though... because it was my first model tank and everyone who I've shown it to haven't noticed yet

QUOTE: Originally posted by stukabomb88 I had one mistake I made on a model. I built a t-55 tank with one of the tracks backwards! I didn't care too much though... because it was my first model tank and everyone who I've shown it to haven't noticed yet

Lol! I have several tanks like that! Mine are all Braille Scale, so nobody has been able to tell!

Ouch, tough break.
Too bad really, as the kit is a beauty when built up, from what I've seen. To repeat, is it salvageable?
Would it be that bad to just remove the offending supports and remount, albeit after some sanding and fixing?
I'm just asking as it really is a beautiful little kit, and should not be condemned to the parts box.

I agree...worst case, cut the support and glue it in the correct position with CA. Add sufficient mud covering and viola!

Things like that happen...so don't worry.

in another post you treadies have it has a link to this russain archive sight that show (mostly german...) tanks in battle damage. One of them ( a german again...) was driven into a hole or burm of some sort ad abadandoned. Might be a good one for your own personal backwards build there.

That's a bummer, hopefully you will be able to get some use out of it.

If it is not to bad, maybe you can put it in a dio, where the tank is crossing a shallow stream. Depicted after the Spring Thaws, the water would be very muddy and you wouldn't see the wheels and tracks at all.

sounds like you have a plan.

joe

Good idea to put it out of sight for a while, mate. Plenty of good ideas here when you can look at it again. I seem to do something similar, if on a smaller scale, on every build! Brain freeze, I think.