That looks fantastic! On Sun, Oct 12, 2014 at 2:55 PM, Bones <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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.
