papa 695s Airfix 1/76 T34

[papa 695]

This is going to be my next build.

A work colleague got it me for Christmas and he’s itching for me to start it.

 

[scottie3158]

Ian,
Count me in.

 

[papa 695]

Made a start on this one. Got the wheels put together, drilled out the idlers and drive wheels.

Also put some grab handles on and put some mesh over the engine cover.

 

[SimonT]

Brave man Ian - never been a great kit even when new all those years ago

Well done for replacing the grille but I it is far too recessed - mesh needs to be near top of the aperture with thin foil like strips over top rather than big bars
Rear edge should curve over as well down towards the hinges

Missing all the hex nuts off the rear plate

There‘s lots wrong with it but I guess it depends on how far you want to correct it, or not, as the case may be

 

[PaulTRose]

theres an oldie....one i never did

 

[Mini Me]

Ian, just think, if it was 10% smaller you would be working in Paul E. and my scale...break out the optivisor! Have fun with this, it looks like you are getting sound advice from Mr. T so I'll sit back and enjoy your efforts. I expect Mr. Race will be along shortly so you might
put the kettle on. Cheers, Rick H.

 

[papa 695]

Brave man Ian - never been a great kit even when new all those years ago

Well done for replacing the grille but I it is far too recessed - mesh needs to be near top of the aperture with thin foil like strips over top rather than big bars
Rear edge should curve over as well down towards the hinges

Missing all the hex nuts off the rear plate

There‘s lots wrong with it but I guess it depends on how far you want to correct it, or not, as the case may be

Thanks for the info Simon I’ve changed the grill now.

I’m not going too far just trying to make it look something like.

 

[papa 695]

Simon says it’s an old kit

It says 1967

 

[Deleted member 7181]

Older than me!

Best of British.

 

[Jakko]

Best of British.

Are we sure we want to see the rest, then?

 

[MikeC]

Hi Ian,
We used to build these up and use them as target practice in the Anti-Tank platoon, not the main armament but just the Bren.
I salute your dexterity in building in 1/76 scale - well done.
Cheers,
Mike.

 

[papa 695]

Got the wheels painted, both turrets put together and primed the lower hull.

 

[yak face]

Scuse my ignorance Ian but why are there two turrets , did they come in different sizes depending how fat the tank commander was? Cheers tony

 

[Jakko]

Scuse my ignorance Ian but why are there two turrets

There are two principal versions of the T-34: one is called the T-34 (not “T-34/76”) and had a 76 mm main gun in a two-man turret, the other, later one is called the T-34-85 (not “T-34/85”) and had an 85 mm gun in a three-man turret. The smaller of the two turrets in Ian’s photo represents an early 76 mm version (there were several others, all broadly similar but differing in details), the bigger one represents the 85 mm version.

Airfix seem to have provided both to give the modeller a choice of which version to represent. However, the hull details look to be wrong for one or both of them, going by the pictures above

 

[papa 695]

Scuse my ignorance Ian but why are there two turrets , did they come in different sizes depending how fat the tank commander was? Cheers tony

Just like Jakko said Tony.

 

[papa 695]

Decided to add the turret weld lines with stretched sprue. Still work to do on it.

 

[Deleted member 7237]

Hi Ian very nice work young man you must be enjoying yourself if your putting weld beads on, keep up the good work.
Pete

 

[papa 695]

Hi Ian very nice work young man you must be enjoying yourself if your putting weld beads on, keep up the good work.
Pete

Thanks Pete, I am enjoying this build. I think because it’s such a poor kit, I’m not bothered if I mess it up. Just trying different things.

 

[scottie3158]

Ian,
Nice additions you need have no worries about messing it up.

 

[papa 695]

Got some paint on this and added a little damage.