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Miniatures Adventure => The Conflicts that came in from the Cold => Topic started by: Rich H on November 15, 2019, 11:08:03 PM

Title: PT-76
Post by: Rich H on November 15, 2019, 11:08:03 PM
With the Centurion at prototype stage I've started on the next: PT-76
Title: Re: PT-76
Post by: Rich H on November 15, 2019, 11:45:14 PM
Now with Gun
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Post by: Ultravanillasmurf on November 16, 2019, 09:06:24 AM
Excellent.

Title: Re: PT-76
Post by: Marine0846 on November 17, 2019, 02:04:36 AM
I like the look of the PT-76.
Look forward to seeing it printed.
Title: Re: PT-76
Post by: Wyrmalla on November 17, 2019, 09:12:14 AM
It'll certainly be cheaper than the 1/48th Tank-Mania one. :P
Title: Re: PT-76
Post by: carlos marighela on November 17, 2019, 09:37:23 AM
It'll certainly be cheaper than the 1/48th Tank-Mania one. :P

And a lot more realistic than the 1/50 Solido one.   :)

There was a Spanish company that made one in 1/50 (Combat Company?)but IIRC they went tits up. I think Rich’s version will be much nicer, judging by the previous vehicles in the range.
Title: Re: PT-76
Post by: Rich H on November 17, 2019, 10:09:19 PM
Hopefully :D  Progress
Title: Re: PT-76
Post by: Rich H on November 17, 2019, 10:09:57 PM
Read deck details
Title: Re: PT-76
Post by: Rich H on November 17, 2019, 10:11:10 PM
Currently trying to work out if the grills shoudl be recessed (As I have them here) or flush...  details are sketchy...
Title: Re: PT-76
Post by: carlos marighela on November 18, 2019, 02:30:16 AM
Definitely recessed as seen in the top photo.

Of  if you want to do one of the PT-76s that attcked the Ben Het Special Forces camp then you can 'recess' pretty much the entire engine deck.  :D
Title: Re: PT-76
Post by: carlos marighela on November 18, 2019, 02:35:12 AM
Here's a good site with plenty of detailed views:

https://thesovietarmourblog.blogspot.com/2018/02/pt-76.html

You might want to think about doing an alternate, early barrel as an option, PT-76's don't seen to have carried much external stowage anyway apart from the occasional photo of fuel drums and the snorkel of course. Very much in the minority but there are photos showing the earlier production models in Vietnam with the straight barrel and slotted muzzle brake.

Title: Re: PT-76
Post by: Rich H on November 18, 2019, 08:13:32 AM
Thanks

Both barrels was the plan ;)
Title: Re: PT-76
Post by: Rich H on November 19, 2019, 06:38:03 AM
Old gun
(https://scontent.flhr4-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/76178947_143711597037696_136882488919195648_n.png?_nc_cat=104&_nc_oc=AQnCnx7gcKFk3TV8n7tJW6sHuV04slFTOnpDOk42Sd3z3ouum0CuLPCKM9jbJaHlyWE&_nc_ht=scontent.flhr4-1.fna&oh=d73fd720e6012ac9a3eedd664a5f7ae0&oe=5E551B3A)

Rear deck detail
(https://scontent.flhr4-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/76969132_143711700371019_6135720915343769600_n.png?_nc_cat=104&_nc_oc=AQlKCuVIvlWxHwamEHzztby7p8N8PUDpCm2ZZj-v8V9s6SON5DrDWeG5pEUctVGmV4Q&_nc_ht=scontent.flhr4-1.fna&oh=2c0283a8abf23870cf3ab6562e21ea09&oe=5E581286)

Detail growing....
(https://scontent.flhr4-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/76919761_143711413704381_1829998883795632128_n.png?_nc_cat=104&_nc_oc=AQnjg_sH9LJxI-QkKHbXDvy1QPJo3g1rG4YxcV5y16eLcx4_SdnyhPk6MBzc9eTEpV0&_nc_ht=scontent.flhr4-1.fna&oh=cb8d764e9f3214f520e07ab899a703da&oe=5E88E5B1)
Title: Re: PT-76
Post by: tomrommel1 on November 19, 2019, 10:04:07 AM
nice start indeed how often were they encountered in Vietnam?
Title: Re: PT-76
Post by: Rich H on November 19, 2019, 10:40:56 AM
No clue... apparently enough to warrant making them lol
Title: Re: PT-76
Post by: carlos marighela on November 19, 2019, 10:43:28 AM
By the Americans? Only a handful of occasions, most notably the successful attack  on the Lang Vei Special Forces camp and the less successful one at Ben Het. The latter saw the only recorded tank v tank combat by the Americans. An M-48 destroyed one in the night action.

A number of other occasions where they were sighted and sometimes engaged by air assets.

Of course, they saw quite a lot of action against the ARVN in Cambodia, then during the 1972 Easter Offensive and again in 1975.
Title: Re: PT-76
Post by: Rich H on November 19, 2019, 10:46:35 AM
Thanks Carlos

Things still to do:
Headlamps
Some bolts/rivets along the track guards
Snorkel
clips/blocks on the hull (mostly becaue they break up the big empty spaces!)
Check the tracks details
Spare track links

Thats it I think...

For the future:
BTR-50 version
Title: Re: PT-76
Post by: carlos marighela on November 19, 2019, 10:49:43 AM
A BTR-50? Now we talking!
Title: Re: PT-76
Post by: Rich H on November 19, 2019, 11:20:55 AM
It's the same hull with an roof extension. 
Shouldn't be too hard...  But not yet, I've got other (Small but fiddly) things to do first. 

Title: Re: PT-76
Post by: Ultravanillasmurf on November 19, 2019, 07:36:02 PM
Cool.
Title: Re: PT-76
Post by: tomrommel1 on November 20, 2019, 06:43:50 AM
By the Americans? Only a handful of occasions, most notably the successful attack  on the Lang Vei Special Forces camp and the less successful one at Ben Het. The latter saw the only recorded tank v tank combat by the Americans. An M-48 destroyed one in the night action.

A number of other occasions where they were sighted and sometimes engaged by air assets.

Thanks

Of course, they saw quite a lot of action against the ARVN in Cambodia, then during the 1972 Easter Offensive and again in 1975.
No clue... apparently enough to warrant making them lol

OK have to do some reading then.
Title: Re: PT-76
Post by: Ultravanillasmurf on November 20, 2019, 07:59:26 AM
OK have to do some reading then.
At SELWG I found a copy of the Osprey Vanguard (and I mean Vanguard not NVG) 42 Armour of the Vietnam War which has a small section on NVA armour.
Quote
Intrigue, be advised: one of our generators just blew down the bunker door!
Title: Re: PT-76
Post by: Rich H on November 20, 2019, 11:05:24 AM
Just the track profiles to check and spare links to make (cut/paste!) now!

Pics later.

Next project starting very soon...
Title: Re: PT-76
Post by: Rich H on November 20, 2019, 08:58:43 PM
Done!  Print tomorrow hopefully...
Title: Re: PT-76
Post by: Marine0846 on November 22, 2019, 05:44:51 AM
Looks great.
Hope the print turns out.
Can't wait to purchase a few.
Title: Re: PT-76
Post by: Rich H on November 22, 2019, 06:45:13 AM
Print failed and didn't have time yesterday to clean it out - I'll try again this afternoon.
Title: Re: PT-76
Post by: Rich H on December 02, 2019, 08:04:04 AM
OK now got a turret, both guns a hatch and one track printed out.  The other track annoyingly failed.

Hull will be in one piece and will totally fill the build plate... not 100% sur it'll work as is, might need the mudguards cutting off and adding to the tracks to reduce the width.
Title: Re: PT-76
Post by: Rich H on December 03, 2019, 07:48:09 AM
Chassis was stil printing when I left for work this morning... looked OK o_o
Title: Re: PT-76
Post by: Rich H on December 04, 2019, 06:40:10 AM
very full bed!

(https://scontent.flhr4-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/p720x720/78178464_10157810449071774_8414429618261458944_o.jpg?_nc_cat=108&_nc_ohc=rD4GVgHNcyoAQlJ96c9uOL0QDqcXmseyvZMyD102km9YbwseXSW4ubWBA&_nc_ht=scontent.flhr4-1.fna&oh=a816bdf1f4156fcb69f8d1ddf243e007&oe=5E7C989F)

(https://scontent.flhr4-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/p720x720/78525965_10157810449341774_6428015713536966656_o.jpg?_nc_cat=101&_nc_ohc=BmXOzRKLgHQAQkEd0vi9vGlb9IQDSLbCV3Ep7C3kLv8Es2F3bS011hmvg&_nc_ht=scontent.flhr4-1.fna&oh=ba78732b53a92386aa5495b54b75f4e3&oe=5E78E2E0)

Even managed to print the forgotten centurion exhausts under it!
(https://scontent.flhr4-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/p720x720/78776994_10157810449576774_3695044902590087168_o.jpg?_nc_cat=100&_nc_ohc=2N3yOb3vbawAQnm8FGypWfXH7pjSFB0asUuVPyqe2IRXT98FMq2Ct0Ddg&_nc_ht=scontent.flhr4-2.fna&oh=9208431b69ad4073b2853dc7fc3df209&oe=5E836984)
Title: Re: PT-76
Post by: carlos marighela on December 04, 2019, 06:51:41 AM
Always fascinating to see the gubbins of the manufacturing end of things. Bit like looking under the hood of a modern car. You might have a vague grasp of how it works in an abstract and conceptual sense but no real idea of how it actually does work but it’s still satisfying to look under the bonnet. The blue bits in your otherwise shiny, shiny, black resin. Are those just reflections from the bed?

Anyway it looks pretty bloody good. I’m always impressed with the way you manage to print stuff with a minimum of little ridges.
Title: Re: PT-76
Post by: tomrommel1 on December 04, 2019, 07:13:41 AM
Looking very good. My printer often looks like that ,too.
Title: Re: PT-76
Post by: Rich H on December 04, 2019, 07:56:52 AM
It's the first time I've tried nesting prints like that - but it won't be the last!  I can get loads of fiddly bits under the hulls I reckon without compromising the supports too much.
Title: Re: PT-76
Post by: Rich H on December 04, 2019, 08:29:52 AM
tracks
Title: Re: PT-76
Post by: Marine0846 on December 04, 2019, 02:37:11 PM
I like the look.
Well done.
Title: Re: PT-76
Post by: Ultravanillasmurf on December 06, 2019, 08:57:52 AM
Always fascinating to see the gubbins of the manufacturing end of things.
I agree.
Title: Re: PT-76
Post by: Rich H on December 06, 2019, 09:02:55 AM
Test assembly
It's a big bigger!
Title: Re: PT-76
Post by: Shahbahraz on December 06, 2019, 09:37:41 PM
Looks terrific. I don't need one, but I want one..
Title: Re: PT-76
Post by: carlos marighela on December 06, 2019, 09:48:26 PM
Looks great and I want some and not just for Vietnam.
Title: Re: PT-76
Post by: Ultravanillasmurf on December 07, 2019, 08:35:16 AM
Looks great and I want some and not just for Vietnam.
Me as well.
Title: Re: PT-76
Post by: Sparrow on December 07, 2019, 07:25:06 PM
Looking really good!
Title: Re: PT-76
Post by: Rich H on December 23, 2019, 02:19:03 PM
Few minor tweaks and it's reprinted ready for Empress :)