Graeme's Dragon T-34/76 Model 1941 1/35

[Graeme C.]

Here's my entry as the thread title says.


The obligatory sprue shots.



This will be pretty much out of the box, which has indy link tracks & some etch. The only addition is a metal gun barrel.

 

[Lee Drennen]

Graeme very nice lots of parts I’ll be following along

 

[GerryW]

One of these days, I'll try indy links, but until then, will continue to use cotton to shape the rubber ones.

 

[Tim Marlow]

Nice choice Graeme. That is THE iconic RussIan tank of WW2

 

[Graeme C.]

Thanks guys, good to have you along, plenty of parts, mostly the tracks! The T-34 is certainly one of the iconic weapons of WW2, definitely the best known Russian tank.
A start has been made this week, the lower hull having been built up with suspension transmission, fairly straightforward so far.

 

[Allen Dewire]

I'm in Graeme.....Ya gotta love a good Rooskie Bummskie machine and being a Dragon kit, you will probably have lots of extra parts for the spares box too.........

Prost
Allen

 

[Lee Drennen]

Nice start Graeme hope things goes well for you here on out.

 

[Graeme C.]

Alan & Lee, so far so good, plenty of parts in the box, just a question of how many I'm actually going to use!
A bit more progress, the upper hull has been attached to the lower, various hatches & other parts added. The kit gives two options for the grill on the engine deck, a solid plastic one or an open one with an etch grill, the latter looks much better so I went with that. The grill is suppose to attach to the cover on the rear deck, the instructions show that the grill fits from under the cover, wrong! Dragon instructions strike again! It fits on the real thing from the top, but Dragon have moulded the grill surround on the cover, cue some scraping with a scalpel & filing smooth so the grill will sit down to the cover.

The result is seen above, there's a hole in the deck which could be seen through the grill, but Dragon thoughtfully provide a piece of printed card with engine detail, but thoughtlessly don't mention in the instructions!

The exhausts are each made in two parts, which I've glued together, but need a bit of filling & sanding, hopefully I'll find a bit more bench time this week & do a bit more.

 

[Tim Marlow]

Good progress there Graeme. The blue colouration in the pictures confused me for a little while, but then I realised it’s shadow….

 

[Lee Drennen]

Good progress there Graeme. The blue colouration in the pictures confused me for a little while, but then I realised it’s shadow….

Me too thought it was masking tape

 

[Steve Jones]

Great choice for the GB Graeme. Looks a nice kit. Best of luck for the rest of the build

 

[Tworrs]

Interesting kit Graeme, looking forward to seeing it progress.

 

[Graeme C.]

Tim, Lee, Steve & Garry, thanks for the encouragement, the shadow does look odd, I took the pictures without flash, using a lamp which my camera must have compensated for! Managed a bit of work on it last night, the exhausts are sanded & fitted, a start has been made on the gun mount & mantlet, pictures to follow.

 

[GerryW]

Watching with great interest - will have to see about trying a tank in the near future.

 

[Graeme C.]

As promised a photo of progress, the gun mantlet sanded & metal barrel fitted. The boxes are apparently additional fuel tanks, a version found only on early T-34's.

 

[Mark1]

Looking tidy so far.

 

[JR]

With so many building Russian for the GB it's a joy for me
You'll have plenty of fun building this Graeme, that PE is well worth the effort . As for Dragon say no more !

 

[Graeme C.]

Thanks Mark & John, The PE is a big improvement over the plastic part, feel like I've got my mojo back with this kit.
With the weather being a bit poor I've got a bit more done, with the gun assembled & the turret going together. It's going together quite nicely despite the odd instance of 'Dragon instructions'.

 

[Lee Drennen]

Thanks Mark & John, The PE is a big improvement over the plastic part, feel like I've got my mojo back with this kit.
With the weather being a bit poor I've got a bit more done, with the gun assembled & the turret going together. It's going together quite nicely despite the odd instance of 'Dragon instructions'. View attachment 445444

Glad the Mojo is flowing looking good. I’m finally getting rested and it’s getting back to a little normal at work now so maybe I can get mine started.

 

[Graeme C.]

Hi Lee, thanks, hoping you can get started soon, you need something to relax after work.
A bit more progress, the wheels, sprockets & idlers are done, a bit of sanding required, but nothing too serious, although Dragon did put all the sprue attachment points on the tyres.