Nice start! I really like these Takom kits. I'm building the Merkava Mk.I right now, and I have this kit in the stash. I looking forward to seeing your progress.

Thanks Bruce! I like the Takom kits fot the most part. I don't like their over large attachment points on some parts. 

Miniart tracks. This is enough for one side run. 3 attachment points and all those pins.

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You wind up with tracks that are workable and fairly durable.

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Takom calls for 92 links per side but I used 91 and the sag is a bit much in my opinion.

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That is a bit of a sag alright. Otherwise, nice work so far.

Ohhh looks cool!

Loved the Takom T30/34, great fit. The tracks on it weren't workable but did provide a great little jig to help the builder assemble them.

It's really looking nice so far. Look forward to seeing it completed. 

Thanks Mike! I think I'm going to pull at least one more link out.

Gamera, many thanks! This one came with regular indy links but I wanted to try the Miniart tracks.

Greysnake, thank you kindly! 

The hull is done and now it's on to the turret.

Thanks Greysnake! Yes, the PE is included in the kit. 

Turret is done. The spacing of the ERA blocks on one side of the turret is way too wide. My fault as I wasn't paying close attention. Having to build each frame and then put each block on is not so fun. Any how, it's ready for primer.

Whoa! Looks good! I can see what you mean about the ERA bricks though. 

Very nice job!

I like it OG! I'm looking forward to seeing some paint on it!

Thanks Gamera! I thought about trying to fix the spacing but figured I'd probably make it worse. 

Thanks German Armor!

Thanks GreySnake! Not just the blocks. Each frame is 2 pieces then 2 blocks on each frame. Tedious at best. 

Thanks Bruce! Primer is on.

Primer is on and I might get the base coat on tomorrow. Tracks have already got their primer and base coat on but I didn't get a picture of them. You can see them in the background.

That's some tedious work with those ERA blocks. So yeah, the spacing is off, but it still looks cool as heck!

Thank you kindly Mike! 

All done. Not a bad kit. Fit was good for the most part. Using the Miniart tracks worked out well and were a lot stronger than I thought. Issues I had are the turret ERA blocks and frames. Pay attention and have care and they should work out well. I didn't and the spacing is way off on one side. The brush guards for the headlights are almost worthless and if I had it to do over I'd just build new ones. The DShK AA gun is a bit fiddly but is nicely detailed. All in all only minor issues and most problems were of my own making. 

That is one nice looking model. Love the camo scheme. Congrats.

Very nice finish on this one, OG. And I have to agree, I like the camo pattern too. 

That's the same camo on the T-90K I did a couple of years ago.

What years of service did your build replicate?

Thank you kindly M1 and Bruce!

Thanks Mike! Nice looking T-90K. The T-55 is my attempt at a Syrian vehicle. I kept the weathering light. Only a little chipping with a more dusty look.

Thanks HighDesert!

She looks pretty friggin' good to me! I too love the camo. And I wouldn't know if the ERA bricks were a little off, nice work on them. 

Many thanks G! 

Nicely executed, OJ.