T-34/76 finished pics

Thanks Mike.  But are you saying you like it only because there is some green peaking through

Seriously, thanks Mike... and yes there is a muddy base in its future.

Musta misseed this one the first timne around, Marc--DAMN, that;'s a sweet job on that model! If I didn';t know better, I'd have sworn I was looking at one of "Biffa"'s models! (Don't know if yupou knew him, but he was a real finishing master along the lines of what you made here)

This is simply BEAUTIFUL!

Picks jaw up from floor and staggers back to computer...

WOW !!!  This build reminds me a lot of Rick Lawler's work and I consider him a Master...5 star effort here...particularly good weathering w/o a lot of rust (which I think is generally overdone)...nice whitewash, crylic writing and mud effects...is this the Dragon or Tamiya offering?

My tum to say wow.  Thank you guys so much for the compliments.

Doog, I know biffa, and the secret factory.  It's too bad that he is kind of in and out here.  i really do admire his work.

Manny, this is the Dragon 1941 w/cast turret. For the weathering this is my 1st 100% MIG pigment.  Love 'em.

wing_nut:  I have a tear in my eye...she's such a beautiful thing to look at.  You sure didn't hold anything back on this one.  AWESOME SIR!!! 

Psh, I'm not building my Dragon T-34/76 Mod.1941 Cast Turret anymore for this GB ...

Josh

Thanks Steve... that is high praise coming form the king of all things dirty

Thanks Josh but yes you will build the T-34 or I will come out there and kick ya in the hind quarters.  Wait... ID, that Idaho right?  OK I am not coming out there.... but build it anyway

Lol, alright, I suppose. If it gets me away from a boot to the rear! I could skim through the entire thread to see how it built up for you but I'll just ask here. So, how'd it build up for you?

I took a peek inside the box and test fit a few odds and ends and it seems to go together really well so regardless of how insignificant mine will look compared to yours it should be a fun build.

Josh

Josh the kit went together pretty well.  I had a bit of a warp in the hull but nothing that glue and a clamp won;t take of.  I was not to happy with the way the underside of the fenders went together.  Dunno what Dragon put the seam like that.  It was more of a problem for me since I removed the front and rear mud guards.  Something Dragon didn't figure for that's for sure.  The fenders needed a lot of scraping as a result since it was more visible.  But the rest of the kits went fine.  Can't comment on the kit tracks since I used Friuls.  I will say this was the worst set of Friuls I've worked with yet.  They are very thin and bent easy.  That's not their fault because the real tracks where "thin".  And there was a lot of flash that needed to be cleaned and most of the holes needed to be drilled out.

Jeez, where have I been? That thing rocks!

Thanks for making it over here... and for the compliment.

wing_nut

 

Here is my T-34/72 1941 w/cast turret that was completed for the Winter Warriors-The Wintering GB.  Progress and build detail can be seen in the GB thread.

Do you have a link to this thread?

It is over in the group build forum... starts on this page

This is very Yummy Marc!

I love the look of russian armor!!

Thanks Edmund.  I know what you mean about the Russian armor.  I think I need to do more/  I was fondling my 1/16 T-34/76 this afternoon.