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Post by CarlRF (R.I.P.) on Mar 3, 2018 13:18:52 GMT -6
This Russian T 72B3 participated and won in 2015 at the Tank Biathlon held at Alabino army base near Moscow . The other 17 countries that participated used T 72 also except for China which used its own ZTZ 96A tank . The kits .  I'm going to add some figures .  The painting guide .  Here's a few pictures of this tank in the contest .  bbcode image  I'll be back with more ........soon ? |
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Post by BUCKY on Mar 3, 2018 13:53:57 GMT -6
Really interesting subject! Looking forward to watching this one!
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Post by JCON on Mar 3, 2018 15:30:07 GMT -6
This is cool Carl, I'll follow along!!!  |
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Post by JEFF on Mar 3, 2018 16:22:42 GMT -6
Great looking Tank, Carl. I'm in. Bud.  |
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Post by ogrejohn on Mar 3, 2018 17:17:29 GMT -6
Oh heck yeah! Very nice kit. I know you can get a separate engine from them for T-72s does it come with this kit?
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Post by CarlRF (R.I.P.) on Mar 4, 2018 14:42:03 GMT -6
Thanks for stopping in everyone . I have the suspension and road wheels assembled and put on temporarily. Here's the clear jig provided in the kit for mounting the torsion arms .  Inside the hull with a look at the torsion bars .  The road wheels in place .  |
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Post by CarlRF (R.I.P.) on Mar 4, 2018 14:49:35 GMT -6
Hey John the kit does not come with the engine buddy . |
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Post by JEFF on Mar 4, 2018 15:35:11 GMT -6
Nice progress, Carl. Clean building, Dude.  |
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Post by JCON on Mar 4, 2018 15:45:17 GMT -6
Cool jig for the arms...
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Post by ogrejohn on Mar 4, 2018 18:39:23 GMT -6
Hey John the kit does not come with the engine buddy . Dang it!  |
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Post by CarlRF (R.I.P.) on Mar 4, 2018 19:20:41 GMT -6
The Meng T 90A came with an engine John . I won't be needing one any as this one will be passing in review . |
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Post by CarlRF (R.I.P.) on Mar 4, 2018 19:22:12 GMT -6
Hey Jeff and Joe |
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Post by thug626 on Mar 5, 2018 0:49:01 GMT -6
Oh yeah! Count me in Carl.
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Post by tojo72 on Mar 5, 2018 6:23:37 GMT -6
Should be nice,loved their T-90
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Post by feldgrau23 on Mar 5, 2018 7:37:23 GMT -6
Looking good so far.
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Post by CarlRF (R.I.P.) on Mar 5, 2018 21:40:25 GMT -6
Thanks Dave, Tojo , Feldgrau . Even after fitting the jig I still had to twist the arms to get all wheels flat on the ground . The flexible tracks are a treat but time consuming to assemble . the jig for the track was not usable for me so I put on each end connector separately with needle needle nose tweezers . The way the instructions show it the end connectors would be backwards when finished . Not all of the end connectors were completely molded and could not be used . Here is the pieces required forks .  No use in wasting my time assembling all of the extra track links so I use stretch / flexible string to adjust the slack .  Tracks on ! Skirts will hide the gap .  |
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Post by BUCKY on Mar 5, 2018 22:30:45 GMT -6
Nice idea for the tracks! Things are looking great, Carl!!
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Post by JCON on Mar 5, 2018 22:34:12 GMT -6
Works for me Carl!!! Nice job!!!
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Post by thug626 on Mar 5, 2018 23:26:18 GMT -6
I like what you've built Carl. I especially like your "it aint gonna be seen" approach to the track situation. Well done buddy!
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Post by ARMORGUY on Mar 6, 2018 1:37:43 GMT -6
Bravo Carl, good move with the trackage lol !
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