Post by aerofoto - HJG Admin on Jan 25, 2024 8:28:14 GMT
Couple of new one's completed this week .... both Russian T-34's (of varying period construction and armour type) from the early 1940's ....
1/35 TAMIYA T-34/76, 1st Battalion, 2nd Company, Russia, Winter 1942
FULL PHOTO MOZAIC OF COMPLETE MODEL
www.scalemates.com/profiles/mate.php?id=65866&p=albums&album=107828&view=thumbs
1/35 TAMIYA T-34/85,T-34/85, Unknown Unit, Minsk, July 1944
FULL PHOTO MOZAIC OF COMPLETE MODEL
www.scalemates.com/profiles/mate.php?id=65866&p=albums&album=107829&view=thumbs
Russian/Cyrillic branding on the turret of this one .... "червонец" .... reads "chervonets" as best I can translate. This's a traditional Russian name for large foreign and domestic gold coins. The name comes from the Russian term "червонное золото" ("chervonnoye zoloto") meaning red gold (also known as rose gold) and which was an old reference to high-grade gold.
BOTH T-34/76 AND T-34/85 KITS TOGETHER
HISTORY:
Not much more can be said about the T-34's than is already globally known/acknowledged (history's already spoken as loudly as it has clearly) .... beyond the fact these vehicles were by their strength, reliability, and simplicity the best examples of Soviet produced armor throughout WW2. A total of some 80,000 T-34/76 and T-34/85 vehicles were produced between 1937 and 1940 and over multiple versions .... many of which were extensively modified during and following WW2. T-34 tanks were operated by 39 nations other than the Soviet Union .... with some examples apparently still remaining active today .... whilst quite a number of others have since been preserved as static outdoors public exhibits or displayed as part of historic military armor collections/museums and other wartime memorials around the world. "Since 1940/WW2" these vehicles have seen action in each of the following conflicts ....
Korean War
East German Uprising 1953
Hungarian Revolution 1956
Bay of Pigs Invasion Cuba
Vietnam War
Suez Crisis
Six-Day War
Yom Kippur War
1974 Cypriot Coup D'état
Turkish Invasion Of Cyprus
Ethiopian Civil War
Angolan Civil War
Ogaden War
Vietnamese Invasion Of Kampuchea
Sino-Vietnamese War
Soviet–Afghan War
Iran-Iraq War
Yugoslav Wars
Houthi Takeover In Yemen
Syrian Civil War
Donbas War
SPECIFICARIONS:
26.5 tonnes: T-34/76
31 tonnes: T-34/85
Length: 6.68 m (21 ft 11 in)
Width: 3.00 m (9 ft 10 in)
Height: 2.46 m (8 ft 1 in)
Crew: 4
ARMOR:
Hull front 47 mm/60° (upper section)/45 mm (1.8")/60° (lower section)
Hull side 40 mm/41°(upper section)
Hull rear section 45 mm
Hull top section 20 mm
Hull bottom section 15 mm
Turret front section 60 mm
Turret side section 52 mm/30°
Turret rear section 30 mm
Turret top section 16 mm
MAIN ARMAMENT:
76.2 mm F-34 tank gun .... 76-100 rounds depending on period production version (T-34/76)
85.0 mm ZiS-S-53 tank gun .... 60 rounds (T-34/76)
SECONDARY ARMAMENT:
2 × 7.62 mm DT machine guns
ENGINE TYPE:
V-2-34 38.8 L V12 Diesel engine 500 hp (370 kW)
OPERATIONAL RANGE & PERFORMANCE:
330 km/210 miles (road)
200 km/120 miles (cross country
Maximum speed 53 km/h (33 mph)
Both of these are "GREAT" kits as can be expected of TAMIYA production/s.
As usual .... these particular builds were each completed using "custom matched" WW2 Soviet colors produced by AMMO BY MIG (this line of products is highly recommended). The weathering and wear was applied using a combination of pigments, powders, washes, oils, and detailing pencils produced by a variety of suppliers .... all of which were used to simulate our preferred/desired used/in-service appearance featuring accumulated dirt, grime, dust, chipping, scratching, and corrosion effects .... to literally transform the plastic into the artists canvas so to speak.
Mark C
AKL/NZ