Work on the T-34/76 is still going at a snail's pace. Aside from the heavy schedule I have at work, the weekend also saw us working on the renovations of our bodega. I managed to squeeze in some free time though to add some detailing to the tank. SO, I whipped out the reference pictures I gathered from the net as well as some books I found while reading up on the tank.
The wheels have been dry fitted and the seams sanded out. I've disassembled them for painting and stuck them on masking tape.
Holes have been drilled for the grab handles. I opted to make new ones from wire instead of the flimsy plastic ones supplied with the kit. The original part though was used for a jig to help shape the wire. These were then glued in place with superglue and Mr. Surfacer 500 and Tamiya putty was used to mimic the weld beads around each connecting part to the hull. These putties wer also used to roughen up the surface of some of the parts, especially near the lower hull.
The headlight bracket was removed from it's previous location and the hole filled. I had to sand out some wire detailing but this wikll be recreated later with smaller gauge wire.
A groove was also carved on the mantlet near the gunner's sights. Seems like the Russian crews found it necessary to do this for better aiming.
So far, so good. More WIP pix soon:)
The wheels have been dry fitted and the seams sanded out. I've disassembled them for painting and stuck them on masking tape.
The headlight bracket was removed from it's previous location and the hole filled. I had to sand out some wire detailing but this wikll be recreated later with smaller gauge wire.
A groove was also carved on the mantlet near the gunner's sights. Seems like the Russian crews found it necessary to do this for better aiming.
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