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Miniatures Adventure => The Second World War => Topic started by: Rich H on May 03, 2021, 04:09:04 PM
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So the idea is that this was in the ChTZ Tractor Factory at Stalingrad for repair but the encroaching Germans forced them to mobilize everything that would move
This example was in for engine work and the engine deck and transmission cover are off so I suspect it's a wobbly mess but it won't last long enough for that to be a problem... The hatches were cannibalized for a previous repair.
It's already been repaired once as the turret is off a tank from a different factory.
I still need to sort the fuel tanks and some pipes and wiring.
It'll be in every shade of green I can muster and the engine is a good mix of colours too. Hopefully will look the part :)
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Printing the fuel tanks now
(https://scontent.fman4-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/182214724_10159377161621774_3505989251908197839_n.jpg?_nc_cat=102&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=dbeb18&_nc_ohc=jXtDbP0Q98oAX-khuFE&_nc_ht=scontent.fman4-1.fna&oh=1772803f5d546302fd846780e27bb8b6&oe=60B64C72)
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Lovely job on the T-34 & engine :-*
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Great idea something different on the table.
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Thanks chaps.
One thing I realised is how tiny the fighting compartment really is, especially for 4 men!
Fuel tanks printed and in. They aren't particularly accurate but I've not found any decent references (I will now find the perfect detailed drawings obviously) however they do fill the gap and look the part.
Now did the political officer daub slogans on the side..?
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Superb, as usual.
Have you got the engine running yet?
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LoL
Sick of tiny holes and wires now...
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A great looking build - and now with even more detailing!
One thing I realised is how tiny the fighting compartment really is, especially for 4 men!
Me too, with the engine exposed it really brings home how small the fighting compartment is
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It's obvious really when you think about it but laid bare it really makes it plain. It's a tiny space.
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I think when you look, you probably mentally draw a line somewhere around the back of the turret overhang. But actually the engine goes that far along. And considering there was ammo and and weapons to fit in the fighting compartment as well!
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That’s a pretty good idea, might steal that for my own Stalingrad Russians.
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Paint WIP. It's not really this shiny!
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Done I think.
I'm always nervous about screwing up weathering so I tend to keep it simple.
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The next one will get a "short track" and missing road wheel plus a missing back deck again (with a Soviet flag over maybe)
These are test pieces not the final version. I might try and swap the rubber rimmed front and rear wheels in too...
The engine file has been tweaked to make it into a single drop in block with fuel tanks attached.
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One thing I realised is how tiny the fighting compartment really is, especially for 4 men!
Very much yes to that. On my first visit to Bovington Tank Museum,
I & a mate prized ourselves into the (thankfully) cut-away turret of
their Pz III. I was in the commander's position. I would have said,
'sat' but that would imply some degree of comfort. The guns recoil
would have come very close to my stomach, honest I'm not that fat.
As an aside, I asked my mate to have a look out of the vision block
next to him, & tell me what he could see. His reply was, 'If I didn't
know we're parked next to a Jagdpanther, I would not be able to
tell you there is a Jagdpanther parked beside us!'.
Wargamers please note this level of visability.
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Indeed, the assumption is that the interior of a tank is empty and available for crew.
I didn't want an Stalingrad force but I'm now looking.... plastic partisans and plastic soviets....
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The Wargames Atlantic kit for partisans is a good base, however you will need to provide soviet style weaponry. And maybe a few headswaps.
Apart from that, great bit of modelling with a nice blend of modern (printing) and classic (scratchbuilding) techniques! Top job.
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Excellent.
Reminds me of "The Sniper" model in the Osprey T34 modelling book (though I think that lacked an engine).
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Thanks :) I'm enjoying kit-bashing again, I probably enjoy that more than scratch build and printing.
My second t-34 arrived so I've now got a pair... Obviously I now need a third.
This one has no engine deck but the rear plate will be partially fitted (missing the access hatch and most of the bolts!). I'm also going to put a red banner over the missing engine deck (come adrift in one corner to show off the engine obvs ;) )
The engine is now modded so it's a single block and all the fiddly wires are attached and printed too
I've ordered some WG Atlantic partisans and I've got a load of Soviet rifles and assorted bits left over. I wasn't planning a Stalingrad force but now I'm pondering a full table... Don't tell the wife... :o
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I'm now pondering getting the laser cutter fired up and cutting hull panels so I can make T-34 hulls being built in the factory....
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So the model kit actually comes with a recess for the engine already? What goes in that space in the regular model? Or is it just there on the friendly (and reasonable) assumption that some modellers will want to kitbash?
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lol If only... that's after chopping!
There is a handy internal bulkhead in the lower hull but the rest is chopped out.
The engine deck is likewise one piece and needs cutting back. It's not that bad, there is a line to follow at least, it's also flat so I rough cut with a jewelry saw then file/sand flat.
(https://www.kitreviewsonline.de/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Rubicon-Models-T-34-76-6.jpg)
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OK so quite taken by the idea of empty hulls, problem is they are automatically welded (ground breaking tech at the time) so I can't really do partially built hulls as thye were in the (Big complex) machines mostly. Though a hull in a turn over jig does appeal...
(https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/yuripasholok/765139/239872/239872_original.jpg)
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A great looking build - and now with even more detailing!
Me too, with the engine exposed it really brings home how small the fighting compartment is
Lol, just scratchbuilt that engine for a captured German t-34 and KV-2 in 1/35
BTW, to learn EvERY detail of t-34, buck up, drop 40 dolluhs, and build the AFV Club T-34 with full interior.
I can now make a full interior on a 1/56 model using scraps, without measuring, after doing the AFV
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Cool, any more pics of the whole thing?
I've recently done a captured KV1 and KV2 in tropical colours for the invasion of Malta
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Cool, any more pics of the whole thing?
I've recently done a captured KV1 and KV2 in tropical colours for the invasion of Malta
Yes, hang on, ill do it right now
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Decided against airbrush, hand pInted for fun. Too dark, but ill drybrush it lighter. :)
Hope you can see interior, very bright Fla sun today
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Nice. If you've access to a resin printer I made the German ammo rack for the KV2.
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lol If only... that's after chopping!
There is a handy internal bulkhead in the lower hull but the rest is chopped out.
The engine deck is likewise one piece and needs cutting back. It's not that bad, there is a line to follow at least, it's also flat so I rough cut with a jewelry saw then file/sand flat.
the lower hull picture was what I was referring to. It's hard to see in your photo of the assembled lower hull (sans engine), and the sprue picture just shows the lower hull halves side-on. The transverse bulkhead is what made it seem like it was all part of the original lower hull model. So you just cut away the rear of the lower hull behind the bulkhead to create the recess, but ordinarily the lower hull's top surface is level all the way back and the bulkhead is just a structural brace underneath?
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Correct. there is a double bottom as it were with reinforcing cross members too.
It forms a strong chassis for the whole thing, overkill IMHO.
You can see it on the sprue pic the rightmost lower hull pic shows it.
Also the rear of the upper hull needs to be cut if you want to remove the back plate. The back plate is separate (Providing for early and late back plates) but the upper hull has a solid bulkhead still (Again for strength I guess?)
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Nice. If you've access to a resin printer I made the German ammo rack for the KV2.
Lol, thanks. I built one, but it fell off during pictures. Got a great deal on Verlinden ammo cases for it
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Yes it's a bit fragile, I should have made it a bit more overacale.
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Second tractor factory T34
Just the commander to paint.
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That second one is posh, with hatches and everything!
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And a helmet! Obviously got to the parts bin first. Note the colour of 29s driver's hatch...
Or, working in a similar industry the goalposts moved.
Commissar:
Get tank 29 out now! Take bits you need off number 126.
Ten mins later...Commissar again:
Right good work on 29 lads, does 126 still start? Good... We need you in 126 now! I know that hatches are on 29 but we've painted a slogan on it instead!
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Ivan takes command.
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For the last one I'm going to pop the engine deck off again but this one has had a significan 'inconvenience' as my Italian colleagues would describe it. Therefore it'll get a slab of applique armour welded over the front glacis. Something like this but more crude. Probably cut from another T34
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Getting out of hand as usual
Full Stalingrad table in planning obvs
Rusty T34 hulls for the main hall. Just need another 25 or so...
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Brilliant project Richard :-*
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Very cool, better than Berlin table.
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By the way, I read that at the time of the fighting close to the Stalingrad Tractor Plant, freshly made tanks with crews of factory workers went into battle from the shops. The tanks were not painted. It was only bare armor with technological markings.
Well, the militia from the factory workers will also be appropriate on the table.
(http://forkettle.ru/images/video/istoria/WOW/8/18.jpg)
(http://volga-kaspiy.ru/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2ea7f8b57c3ac2b28f9219cd424214d6_xl.jpg)
(http://pbs.twimg.com/media/DlRx35HWsAAdRCe.jpg)
(http://ds04.infourok.ru/uploads/ex/0aea/000dc689-819b667a/2/hello_html_49fe4b70.jpg)
(http://iskra-dnr.ru/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/11-107.jpg)
(http://pbs.twimg.com/media/D47uspDW4AAwP1I.jpg)
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Stalingrad_1942_author-E_Evzerihin.jpg)
(http://maxpark.com/static/u/article_image/14/11/08/tmpZ4yuaf.jpeg)
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How many T-34 kits had to die to supply all those hulls?
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Thanks, the bare metal tanks are legendary... But there seems to be little consensus on if they really existed in bare metal.
My interpretation is they were damaged tanks returned to fight.
I've some factory militia in progress too :) wargames Atlantic partisans with various weapon swaps. Couldn't use a quarter of them as they have obvious zip up jackets which doesn't really fit!
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How many T-34 kits had to die to supply all those hulls?
None ;)
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For reference each hull costs about 50p in resin and takes 10 hours
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Stalingrad Tractor Plant is one of the main manufacturers of T-34s. So it will probably be the hulls of the new tanks. Although, of course, the plant was also repairing damaged tanks, being in the immediate zone of hostilities.
Although I do not think that there were very many of them, since the battlefield then often remained with the opponents, and even only damaged or faulty tanks had to be left on the territory occupied by the Nazis.
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By the way, pay attention - one of the workers in the photo is armed with a tank machine gun. There should have been a lot of them in the factory warehouses.
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Very possible but there isn't much consensus. My assumption was these were in the process of being repaired (brought in for engine damage rather than battle damage) so didn't require much effort to get them moving.
Good point on the DT28 but bolt action doesn't allow them ::)
Iight swap a couple in anyway
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Very much yes to that. On my first visit to Bovington Tank Museum,
I & a mate prized ourselves into the (thankfully) cut-away turret of
their Pz III. I was in the commander's position. I would have said,
'sat' but that would imply some degree of comfort. The guns recoil
would have come very close to my stomach, honest I'm not that fat.
As an aside, I asked my mate to have a look out of the vision block
next to him, & tell me what he could see. His reply was, 'If I didn't
know we're parked next to a Jagdpanther, I would not be able to
tell you there is a Jagdpanther parked beside us!'.
Wargamers please note this level of visability.
We did the same at Bovvy in the early 70s. I sat in a Pz. IV, co-driver's seat, very claustrophobic. Just below the hatch was a thing like a dinner plate fitted to a sprung arm that swung over yer melon. I was told it was for pressing your head into to brace yourself while firing the machine gun...
in them days I was right into tanks, but couldn't get out of that one fast enough!
:?
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For reference each hull costs about 50p in resin and takes 10 hours
Ah, cool, where did you get the stl? Good idea.
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I drew it lol
Before long I'll probably have a kit form T34....
I'm planning on a bare turret next....
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We did the same at Bovvy in the early 70s. I sat in a Pz. IV, co-driver's seat, very claustrophobic. Just below the hatch was a thing like a dinner plate fitted to a sprung arm that swung over yer melon. I was told it was for pressing your head into to brace yourself while firing the machine gun...
in them days I was right into tanks, but couldn't get out of that one fast enough!
:?
So much for the Pz IV's reputation of having better ergonomics than its contemporaries! lol
Or maybe the others were even worse... we know that the improved, larger turret for the 85mm gun was a massive upgrade for the T-34's crew.
But then again Shermans had huge amounts of room inside because they were the size of a small house (and Lees/Grants were even worse for being huge!), so I really am wondering where this Panzer reputation comes from... ;D
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Is it perhaps that, despite the lack of room they were easier to control? ie no need for a hammer to shift gears...
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If you are interested in comparing the qualities of the Sherman and the T-34, I recommend reading the book by the Russian tanker who fought on the Sherman:
Commanding the Red Army’s Sherman tanks. The World War II memoirs of Hero of the Soviet Union, Loza Dmitriy. Translated and edited by James F. Gebhardt. Published 1996 by University of Nebraska Press in Lincoln. 173 p. ISBN 0-8032-2920-8.
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Ok so the table plan is congealing. Just ordered 25m of 3x3mm abs plastic angle. I'm going to make a jig and build roof trusses. I could laser the trusses but they always look laser cut. Also the ABS will be stronger and with heat can be twisted like iron one would. Still working on how to do lots of corrugated iron...
I'm pondering a DIY vac form over a 3d printed master... However I can't use the oven to heat it, that would be suicide :o
I'm also looking at how to make lots of bricks. I'm thinking a 3d printed positive mould, then latex negative mould (cheap and easy) then orange/brown/black coloured plaster.
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Just ordered 25m of 3x3mm abs plastic angle.
:o
I love the gigantism that your projects always come to !
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Lol. Well the trusses will be 9" each side and probably 18" in the middle. So around 4 500mm lengths per full roof truss. So that only gets me around 10 trusses. That said they will be smashed down as I always find things like roof trusses in place annoying and fragile.
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I'm pondering a DIY vac form over a 3d printed master...
Perhaps it makes sense to use for the manufacture of corrugated iron - thin aluminum foil for baking, shaping it on homemade rollers (similar to jewelry). To make the profile rollers themselves using 3D printing?
Something like that:
(http://umeha.3dn.ru/_pu/86/96785610.jpg)
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I thought of that but it's just too fragile. I do have some thicker pewter foil somewhere but I can't find it....
I was thinking vac form should do sheets complete with overlaps and fixings in one go... Might be being over ambitious though...
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By the way, I just want to say that your painting of those rough hulls is fantastic. Very tricky to get that in-progress metalwork look without the item looking too clean or too dirty. How did you manage it?
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Happy accident lol
Halfords grey undercoat
Lifecolour brown
Vallejo Mech Rust Texture
Flory models sand
Vallejo rust pigment dusting.
I used to work in a narrow boat yard so there was a lot of raw unfinished steel and welding.
The welds were always shiny and the plate surface mottled and rusty.
Admittedly it wasn't third best Russian armour plate!
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Second batch done. Need to place them on a table see how they look. I've got another 5 hulls printed. Plan is to make turrets in the same state, maybe cast wheels too. This is obviously the goods recieving shed (before it was bombed) hence the stored part finished components ;)
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Thanks, the bare metal tanks are legendary... But there seems to be little consensus on if they really existed in bare metal.
My interpretation is they were damaged tanks returned to fight.
I've some factory militia in progress too :) wargames Atlantic partisans with various weapon swaps. Couldn't use a quarter of them as they have obvious zip up jackets which doesn't really fit!
Try these. Designed specifically for the job.
https://www.eurekamin.com.au/product_info.php?cPath=87_126_840_859&products_id=13238
Nice work on the T-34s btw.
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Saw them, the only thing that puts me off is the random figures provided, I really don't like duplicates. I know they will try and send different poses but... :?
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Militia
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Are they the new Wargames Atlantic Partisans?
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Yes with various head swaps and weapon swaps. There are about 15 more with rifles. Ideally I'd swap out the generic rifles for moisin nagants but it got too difficult so I left them. They will be various shades of brown, dark blue and grime.
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Armour upgrade
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Armour upgrade
lol
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"That way comrades! Obviously I'd come with you but I've got to direct the other comrades... "
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Does
Ideally I'd swap out the generic rifles for moisin nagants but it got too difficult so I left them.
mean Warlord plastic arms - the non padded jacket variant - do not fit the Atlantic torsos?
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Not easily no, all the Soviet arms have jacket cuffs which don't match the jackets and the rifle arms don't fit very well. The German arms work better (the flag bearer has German arms)
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Thanks Rich for clarification
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Factory militia started
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They look good, Richard.
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Ta :)
12 done, 12 to go. 15 rifles, the rest with mixed grenades, handtools and/or weapons
I'll probably mix in some regular soviet infantry to make the numbers up.
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That's genius. Is the STL for the T34 hull available commercially? My Anycubic Photon got very jealous seeing that print..
It's still working on a Semovente 90/43 - 3 hours to go...
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I'll try and sort it later once this ankle biter finally sleeps...
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Hull and Engine can be found here: https://www.wargaming3d.com/product/t-34-hull-and-engine/
LAF Exclusive Discount code: GKUQUVDR valid until the end of June ;)
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6 to go.
There is a little bit of disco going on with one of them but I decided to leave him lol
I also think they would suit a rebellion in the 1970s...
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Hull and Engine can be found here: https://www.wargaming3d.com/product/t-34-hull-and-engine/
LAF Exclusive Discount code: GKUQUVDR valid until the end of June ;)
OK, I just ordered, and got a hull and the fuel and oil tanks...in two downloads, no engine... ??
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They look like they could go from 1920s Peaky Blinders up to 1970s IRA.
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OK, I just ordered, and got a hull and the fuel and oil tanks...in two downloads, no engine... ??
Apologies, I'll have a look when I finish work. Looks like I uploaded the wrong file!
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Finger trouble - correct file now uploaded - apologies!
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Unfortunately, the fuel & oil tanks have now disappeared from my downloads, but no engine has appeared.
It might well if I was to reorder, but apparently it wants me to pay again.
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I'll send you the files direct.
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6 to go.
There is a little bit of disco going on with one of them but I decided to leave him lol
I also think they would suit a rebellion in the 1970s...
Took me a while to spot the one, but now of course...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvS351QKFV4
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Third and final T34 WIP
Can you tell what's special?
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It has a very big gun, and all its armour plate?
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Third and final T34 WIP
Can you tell what's special?
Apart from the additional welded glacis plate?
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The gun looks exceptionally long.
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Close enough :)
It's a 57mm gun and it's got extra armour welded on the glacis
The idea is it's a battle damage repair and I read somewhere that there were 57mm guns left over from the first cancelled T-34/57 project. Good enough for me.
(https://images.app.goo.gl/m45bsndRBY6ggaLa7)
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The three
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The militia
Just need to work out bases. My other Soviets are on clear bases but cutting these off will be hard work...
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The three
Definitely don't want to be the guys in the middle tank.
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I'll take the T-34/57
Longer range and a full compliment of roadwheels plus another 40mm of armour on the front!
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Can you tell what's special?
It's got an engine deck lol
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It's got an engine deck lol
lol
This was the first one to be repaired, the were running out of bits for the next two!
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Ok the original plan was 10mmm foambaord for the walls, I've used it before and it's ok, I've also got a load. Problem with it is it's a pain to cut neatly and it's a bit fragile. Plan B is fire up the laser. Stick brick paper to 2mm MDF and cut the profiles. It's a lot stronger and I'd use 2 outer layers around a third inner layer of scrap. The middle doesn't need to be solid just enough to support the walls. I'll add buttresses and so on to give it more depth.
I'm waiting for a load of ABS angle to make roof trusses and collapsed roof structure too
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The core of the factory force is complete, the rest will be in standard Soviet uniforms
(https://scontent.fman4-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/191763818_10159433916091774_7081974989849727298_n.jpg?_nc_cat=101&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=b9115d&_nc_ohc=-Vw8pSwz6GwAX_-RyK9&_nc_ht=scontent.fman4-1.fna&oh=31e64e7092b729b0132276aafa481183&oe=60D108DA)
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Great stuff. I eyed off the Wargames Atlantic 'Resistance' figures in the local games store on the weekend, but held off, as I wasn't sure how well they would fit with the rest of my Volksturm, mainly Warlord metals.
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They scale well with warlord plastics. They are a little less heroic but similar heights. They should mix with the metals fine. Biggest problem is only 2 rifles per 4 men and one man has an obviously zip up jacket... Other weapons are stens and pistols. Will take some work to make volkssturm I'm afraid. The German arms holding rifles don't fit very well without trimming and filler.
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Thanks for that. I do have a bunch of plastic weapons from other sprues, so I should be able to kit them out appropriately with Mausers, MP44, and all sorts of other goodies.
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Very nice work on those figures and vehicles.
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Indeed they have all come out beautifully. The little tractor in particular is a gem.
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Lovely work. Just lovely. And that's an interesting use of the WA partisans.
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Thanks all!
Obviously now I'm looking at expanding the 24 I've got to a full force of factory workers.... I'd need a lot though! Maybe just another 24... With an 'escort' of NKVD perhaps?
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Thanks all!
Obviously now I'm looking at expanding the 24 I've got to a full force of factory workers.... I'd need a lot though! Maybe just another 24... With an 'escort' of NKVD perhaps?
In Chain of Command you would be looking at a platoon of workers so 3 or 4 squads plus an HQ, perhaps with security detail, and support options. Treat as Green troops but Stubborn and maybe add a team of snipers/tank hunters? The T34 would soak up plenty of support points.. 😀
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You can make a "militia" squad. This is how the police were called in the USSR.
The uniform is similar to the army uniform in everything, but had a different color.
In the front-line area (including in Stalingrad), "extermination detachments" were formed from the police to fight saboteurs and guard various objects. When the front approached, they often joined the active army. In Stalingrad, they took an active part in the battles of the first period.
(http://deduhova.ru/statesman/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/milicia-09-20.jpg)
(http://topwar.ru/uploads/posts/2016-11/1478677118_340011.gif)
More details here:
http://army.armor.kiev.ua/forma-2/milicia-09.php
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I like the idea of having the militia arrest the Germans. A bit of exotic colour is always a good thing. I once converted a figure to make a Soviet Army traffic regulator. He's yet to make it on to the table but I love him none the less.
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I like the idea of having the militia arrest the Germans. A bit of exotic colour is always a good thing. I once converted a figure to make a Soviet Army traffic regulator. He's yet to make it on to the table but I love him none the less.
Haha, love it. "Is that true then, he's a peeler, 716, come to arrest the Zulus Hitlerites!"
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Perhaps a paper corrugated for the corrugated metal?
Uchida 8.5-inch Straight Corru-gator Paper Crimper https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003WM78B2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_24DZNWMB641VX3EZW2TH
Though the Fiskars version has metal rollers and can do light cardboard.
There is also the core-U-gator, for doing scale metal corrugation, but probably too small a work surface for roofing a factory...
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There's always the ultra cheap toothpaste squeezer
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1oGs_1GXb3M/YHSvbzs95cI/AAAAAAAAFbE/y-sMHIKdeA83Yf-bpAP83bzwYoraHKRZQCLcBGAsYHQ/s807/villa5.png)
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Tha KS, I've tried the tube squeezer but the corrugations are too big. I've got a selection of commercial stuff from 4D. Corrugated card, plasticard, aluminium and lead. At the moment Slater's plasticard is winning. Though the rest will find uses :)
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I find that because the corrugated aluminium stuff isn’t so robust that it’s best used in small pieces for things like bases and scatter terrain. It’s also fiendishly expensive.
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many years ago I used some corrugated bits for a ruin.
They came from a DIY shop & were for joining two bits of wood.
About 40mm long & serrated on the leading edge. You were
supposed to abut the two bits of wood, place the serrated edge
in contact with the wood, so that it crossed the join. Next, minding
your fingers, whack the flat top wiv a 'ammer (technical instruction).
Needless to say I NEVER joined bits of wood with the ones I bought.
They were however only really useful on ruins & debris piles.
Nowadays I use ribbed rubber matting. Stuff that used to be placed
under manual type-writers to reduce vibration. I am down to my last
few bits, (See attached photos to show how it looks) must find a new
source.
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CM: The ali was £6 a sheet, not too bad. I'll probably end up doing the same with all the test pieces, snipping into small bits and scattering them about.
Has Been: I know the wood joint things you mean. Nasty things!
Im playing with the crane gantry at the moment... not very happy with it yet....
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Been watching this thread, and keep meaning to leave a comment or 2... ::)
Love the T34s, and the WA partisan-based militia. Especially the tanks. But then again, I'm a former tanker, so I love anything tank-related... :D
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Ta :)
Been playing with the gantry but I'm not happy with it yet.
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Been playing with the gantry but I'm not happy with it yet.
You’ll only be happy with another 10’ of it!
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Working on it... lol
Might have accidentally ordered another 20 sheets of MDF
I'm up to ten sections now, 3 of which are ruins. The factory is planned as 8 sections long, but one each side is an office block.
Once the supplies arrive I'll do some more ruins. I also need to sort out one end which will also be in ruins
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More
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I basically ordered one of every corrugated option I could do d. I finally settled on this corrugated card by 4d models. Cut into 40x20mmm sheets and stuck to a.laser cut MDF frame then with plastic angle glued to that.
I'm also now planning a water towers for one of the corners of the main hall (aka sniper tower) and a ruined tower for the other corner.
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I basically ordered one of every corrugated option I could do d. I finally settled on this corrugated card by 4d models. Cut into 40x20mmm sheets and stuck to a.laser cut MDF frame then with plastic angle glued to that.
I'm also now planning a water towers for one of the corners of the main hall (aka sniper tower) and a ruined tower for the other corner.
And knitting a T(34) Cosy?
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I'm liking where this is going. Tank porn! :)
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My accidental reserves have made it across the Volga.
36 old metals, no idea the manufacturer.
Around 15 partisans (some who have now had beret-ectomies), 2 potential NKVD officers, 6 in Adrian helmets who are going to be the dregs of the factory firefighters, 4 very obvious Frenchmen or Tommies who will be thrown back.
The rest are a bit too military for factory workers (Mostly because of their puttees) so they will become student officers thrown into the maw.
I need to rebase them and then see where that leaves me.
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It just keeps getting better and better!
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Started on the reserves
First the factory fire department. No idea if there was one but they are based on what I've gleaned of Soviet firemen from the 1930s. Plan canvas uniforms and brass helmets.
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The general factory militia
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Few more (poor lighting and flash and wet ink!)
7 more to go...
I've a load more plastic partisans on order to make AT teams on order
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Found some more... And my second box of partisans arrived to be made into AT teams.
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NKVD morale improvement is in progress, please remain calm.
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Some museum pieces for the Factory Militia
A M1910 122mm howitzer and a pair of M1927 76.2mm regimental guns
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These are all absolutely superb mate!
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Yup…agreed and I’m worried I may be tempted on to the Eastern Front! Lol
Great work
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Thanks :)
The M1927 I got a bit carried away with the details
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Those look excellent, are they 3d printed? And if so.. where woul done find such STLs? (And I wish I could find 3d print crew figures... having to convert a dwindling stock of plastics gets wearing.)
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Yes all 3d prints
The 122mm is a comission test piece so unavailable but the 76.2mm is available below. Resin print only though as some of the bits are tiny!
https://www.wargaming3d.com/product/soviet-russian-m1927-76-2mm-regimental-gun/
I don't do crews, these are Empress SCW nationalist 88 crew
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Lucky I have a Photon S then, lol - bookmarked for when the first pay comes through from the new contract.
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:D
I printed at 0.03mm layer height, I don't usually bother but as it was a relatively small print I tried it. Very happy with the result.
Going to draw some ammunition and crates at some point.
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Well as usual things got out of hand...
I've nearly finished building the Stalingrad factory militia! Just a few left to paint...
6 twelve man militia teams (including two unarmed men per squad)
1 eleven man NKVD team
1 NKVD MMG
2 light mortars (37mm spade mortars)
3 AT rifles
2 two man tank hunter teams
1 Lt plus runner
1 commissar plus assistant
2 light howitzers (M1927 76.2mm regimental guns)
1 medium howitzer (M1910 122mm howitzer)
3 factory T-34
1 factory tractor
To be painted: 15 rifles, 3 AT rifle teams, 2 light mortar teams, and a few gun crews.
I'm working on printing two or three gun limbers
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Well they are finally done.
998 point Bolt Action force for the Bolt Action Welsh Open in September.
2nd Lt and assistant
Commissar and assistant
12 man free squad
12 man people's militia squad
12 man people's militia squad
12 man people's militia squad
12 man people's militia squad
12 man people's militia squad
11 man NKVD with 4 SMGs
1 Medium MG
2 man tank hunter team with SMG
2 man tank hunter team with SMG
1 AT rifle team
1 AT rifle team
1 light mortar team
1 light mortar team
1 T34 with factory crew
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I have just read through the entire thread and love the concept. Its been executed perfectly, what a great range of vehicles and figures you have created.
I hope the Welsh Open goes well, and look forward to your next project.
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lol I'd be amazed if I'm not last! Not plays in 2 years I reckon!
I'm not quite finished with this project yet, I've scaled back the table plan to just the factory, so I need the corner towers and some scatter for the inside. It'll be jammed into my terrace table and it can be a little piece of Preston - Strand road works to be exact.
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Ah yes, the famous fight for the
Tractor Factory Bisto Factory ……Arkwright Mill. :D
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lol
In Lancashire so it was planes, trucks, tanks and cloth round here
All gone but the planes (and they keep my lights on)
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The Militia have been rounded up again and will be shipped off to Lincoln early Feb.
Slight change as I can use the Tractor Factory Selector so making a few tweaks
18 Dice, not as many men (Only 60 infantry: the NKVD and free squad have been removed) but it will have a full compliment of 3x T34s this time :D
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Amazing collection! Absolutely brilliant!