Wow! I had to break away from the hobby and group build for a few weeks, but I can see there’s some great stuff going on here! I’ll post some comments later as I’m currently at work and I need to post this update on the Russian T-26T artillery tractor before I have to disappear again!
At my last post I was faced with having to modify the upper cabin by cutting it in two and adding a strip of stryrene to make it a little bit longer to fit the lower cabin. Here’s the modified cabin with new rivets:
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And a couple shots of the new cabin fitted to the hull and all removed rivets replaced. The .032 Grandt Line rivets are a little oversized, but they were the smallest I could find
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Since I decided to depict this tractor towing artillery I figured it should at least have a driver!! With the driving hatch open I figured I better add some interior details. Just enough to give it the impression of an interior since I still plan on painting the inside black
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For the driver I stole a figure from my MiniArt T-70 and modified it slightly to fit into the driving compartment. I haven't painted a figure since I was a teen over 30 yrs ago....yikes!!
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Here’s how he’ll look with the cabin in place and the lower hatch closed. I just want to open the upper hatch, otherwise I’ll have to add an entire interior!
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Remember that missing towing assembly? I had to completely scratchbuilt one from stryrene, but at least I found some good photos at this site, http://www.armchairgeneral.com/rkkaww2/galleries/T-26/T-26T.htm , which allowed me to make this:
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Here it is on the rear plate (held in place with some blue-tac). I won’t glue it on until most of assembly is done…..I have a tendency to knock stuff like that off during the build!! Also, I installed the exhaust which I mofified and detailed for a better look.
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I really like how that tow hook came out!
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Ernest
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