I agree with Chris, very nice work! Joy
From: Bones <[email protected]> Reply-To: Papermodelers II <[email protected]> Date: Saturday, October 11, 2014 at 20:55 To: Papermodelers II <[email protected]> Subject: [Papermodels II 48935] T34 > 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]. > 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.
