It really was an enjoyable bit of gear to build Chris, looks difficult but with a bit of care and time it's really not hard.
Bones On Monday, October 13, 2014 8:33:24 AM UTC+10, [email protected] wrote: > > That looks fantastic! > > On Sun, Oct 12, 2014 at 2:55 PM, Bones <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> I have just finished this diorama from World of Tanks of a Russian T34 >> and a thatched cottage. I have to say that this is one of the nicest and >> most accurate, with a couple of notable but easily fixed errors, models I >> have ever put together. The fit of he parts for such a small scale model is >> nothing short of astounding. The exceptions were where the top hull fits >> onto the lower hull where it was a couple of millimetres short and I had to >> put in a small strip to make up the difference, the tracks which were about >> 4mm too long and the insides of the rims on the road wheels that were a >> fraction short. >> >> All were fixable with very little effort and the rest fitted together >> like a finger in a glove. I don't really understand how the thing can be so >> accurate and yet miss on a couple of parts. In addition there are 2 >> different models of the T 34 to build with 3 variations on the track >> builds. I chose the most difficult track build where each of the 10 road >> wheels, 2 drives and 2 idlers have about 11 pieces in each wheel. >> >> I learned a lot about butt joining small parts but considering that tank >> models have always put me off because of thee many small round parts to be >> cut out for the wheels, I have to say this was a pearler to build. All up >> I'm guessing about 40 hours to finish, well worth the effort and I would >> highly recommend this model for anyone who wants a detailed and easy to >> build model that takes up very little room. >> >> The cottage was made in 200gsm, the majority of the tank was 150gsm and >> the gun barrel and tracks were done with 80gsm paper. the base that it sits >> on was glued to some 3mm packing card that I scrounged from somewhere or >> other. As previously posted the models can be downloaded from World of >> Tanks here... >> >> http://worldoftanks.ru/ru/media/10/?page=1 >> >> I wouldn't normally paste the cardmodel download page but if you go to >> the main site you'll probably never find the models pages. I wish I >> could've posted the original photo I took so you could see a bit more >> clearly how detailed this but I know not all here have a fat connection to >> the net and a 2.2Mb pic is too much on dialup. >> Build and enjoy. >> >> Bones >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Papermodels II" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Papermodels II" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
