Saturday, May 30, 2015

4D Models T55

This was ugly from start to finish, which it isn't. Still some paintwork to do but anyway...


Side skirts added as per suggestions; though it still has more road wheels than it knows what to do with - simply no way around that :( Fuel cans lifted to the rear deck, best I could


Petstock supplied the skirts and the kids get some of their food and toys from them so win, win


Here are the kids


Undercoated 


Gun mantle cover added using gap filler



Still some track painting to be done, etc



A couple of the decals broke up after application and I'll have to paint in the gaps on these. Command figure is by PSC


Next to an Airfix Centurion for size comparison 



Better than what it was but you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear hole. At present this range is of limited use but I'll see what else I might 'bodge' in the future.


12 comments:

  1. Well done Al, you obtained the best from a poor kit!
    it's a good result indeed!

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  2. Great result, though I'm disappointed you painted the side skirts....

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  3. You've done a great job in making the kit servicable... I'd have just done it as a dug in model.

    Cheers,

    Pete.

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  4. Great results, looks like a "brand new"...

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  5. Thanks lads, not a lot to work with, still it's the only one I have so I need to get some more T55s, just not 4d

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  6. Good recovery
    Most wargames models are viewed from 6 foot

    My bet it becomes a killer model (rolling lucky dice) on the table top

    )

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  8. With 7 road wheels I'm thinking this wasn't designed as a model of the T55 but is actually a bodged copy of the Roumainian TR-77 - essentially a clone of the T55 but with six road wheels: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-54/55_operators_and_variants#Romania

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  9. With 6 road wheels I'm thinking this wasn't designed as a model of the T55 but is actually a copy of the Roumainian TR-77 - essentially a clone of the T55 but with the noted six road wheels: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-54/55_operators_and_variants#Romania

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