Totally cool idea...love it. My one thought is think as the fire hit the front...the items sticking up on the turret would also get burnt.....or welded. the searchlight might be blown off!.... Just some thoughts

Love it!

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hey DOOG

welcome back and congrats on the house. definitely have to put ivan nukeski next to it, perhaps with mounts of rubble ala TERMINATOR  and lots of dust. think i'll stick to my warwheels and pass on this one though i do have a couple of tracks in the queue. have a safe trip.

Thanks for all the comments, guys! To be honest, I'm still figuring out "how I'm going to pull this off", lol. It's probably a good thing that I've got a 10-day trip coming up---lots of time to strategize and weigh pros-cons of this vs that!

One thing's for sure--I"m looking forward to getting back and getting back TO it!

Hello!

Now the idea is certainly fresh! That's creativity Karl!

I don't have a good idea yet, but I guess some research would make it even better - does anybody have photos of test objects at a nuclear range? Like maybe taken frome some "Duck and cover"-like movie?

Once you have something to hold on, the intensity of the effect would surely vary with the distance from the detonation point. The way I understand it there are different damage from the "flash" and the shockwave - those would have to be held in proportion - or maybe I'm getting too picky here?

Anyhow, good luck with your projects and safe travels, too!

Paweł

Sounds like a really cool idea Karl, looking forward to seeing how you pull this off!

Karl, interesting project.

Cool idea with the nuclear blast effect.  I've never witnessed one of these, but wouldn't the whole vehicle get "baked"?  Of course, there is artistic license, or you could be portraying a moment in time as the event is happening?

regards,

Jack

This is gonna be a blast!

What great imagination here Karl!

 I was thinking that other smaller, less prominent peripheral fittings such as the guards around the lights and the search lights themselves would take a serious smelting too.

Should be fun to see you bring this 'post-nuke' premise to life Karl. Looking forward to it.

OK, I'm starting to paint!

Here's my "vision" for this beast: since this was a "nuclear tank" which had its "boat" shape designed to withstand the shockwave from a nuclear blast, I figured I would play with that. I see a tank which has just come through the shockwave and the tremendous hurricane of heat and flying debris resulting from the detonation at Ground Zero, The front surfaces of the tank--having absorbed all of that--is scarred, burnt, and scorched; the paint burned off, the tool handles reduced to ash. Hell, if I get inspired enough, I may even do a desolate base to mount "Nookular Ivan" on next to the thing!

With that in mind, I've primed with Tamiya Gray primer. I then used enamels (a rarity for me!)-- Steel, Black, Rust and Rubber from Testors' to paint the undercoated metal of the tank where the degradation will be. I'm going to try to use the "Sand Technique" to really degrade the top camo scheme...oh yes---did I mention a camo scheme? I'm going to go for a fictitious "post-apocalyptic" (yet plausible) Soviet camo scheme in three colors. Man, I hope I can get that to all come together....!

Anyhoo...stay tuned! I have one more day "in country", and then will be gone until the 25th of May. Updates most likely after that date!

Thanks, guys--painting today!

Wow...that's a lot of road wheels...looking forward to paint.

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Looking forward to seeing this one with paint on Karl, so much real estate to play with there!

   Details, details, details........... it all appears to be on the right track  ( or is it on the left?).

           I'm glad I got back on tonight to see this.

Ready for paint!

I noticed some small details that I could ad here; look at the wire pulls on the bottom of the tank's sides here. Also, there are some "loop"-type things that are actually hollowed out, but molded as solid in the model. I cut out the middles of the loops and pit in styrene "wires" between the small stays. I"ll add the actual wire after painting.

All the parts laid out for painting.

And the wheels---thank god these are steel-rimmed!

That's it for now! I should get some base paint on it by the time I leave again on Wednesday! Thanks for looking in and any comments are always welcomed!

Update soon! Just got back from a short trip; working now on the final details.

Nice models, Melchior. Just one question: why did you build all three? Did you do a kit review or something?

Doog's back! Cool......

So, I kind of get the feeling that all this "tank" needs to finish it off would be a giant outboard on the back.

Wow, those look great Melchior! Did you have a favorite or one that seemed to build with less problems/have more detail out of the three?

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Hey guys, all tracks, neither Takom nor Panda or Amusing Hobby, will be easily handled in accordance with the sprocket wheels.

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Thanks for looking in and commenting, guys!

Gamera, it's not so bad once you get committed to it. It's just like building two tanks on the bench a the same time. Just need to commit to a longer period between building the suspension and laying down paint,. :)

Mke, you said it right----"patience" is a virtue in this build, for sure!

Wow- that's some intense work Karl! This thing is definitely an oddity and definitely an interesting piece of armor history.

Dave

Twice the tracks, twice the fun, twice the PITA!! Looks great.  Also shows twice the patience!!

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That is looking good so far Karl! I see echoes of other Soviet tank designs- T-10/IS III, T-62... all on top of a sci fi hull. Very cool apocalyptic project!

Very cool! One of the bigger sticking points to me buying one is looking at those tracks gives me the screaming heebie-geebies (how on earth do you spell that!?!) I can barely get two sets built- four on one tank- ACK!!!

I have been looking around for reviews on the three kits and it looks like this one gets the nod, the Panda and Amusing versions seem to have a few more issues.

Thanks for looking in, guys!

Bill, yes, it's a bear to snip off and clean up all those links! LIke doing two kits at the same time---quite the challenge!

Brian, you have to really love road wheels and tracks tackle this baby! Not that I really DO, but the end will be worth it. :)

the doog

This photo is just epic!  They must have used half the ore from the Baltic just to make that many tracks!

Brian

Karl what a beast that thing is and thanks for the pics.

Nice work on the tracks Karl, definitely more than your 'usual' share of links on this one eh?

Looking very good so far Karl.  This is sure an odd one!