Tiran 4

[Greg Beckman]

Gary....dude, it's like past Turret time. Which one are you going to use? The Tamiya one, or the DEF one? And I'm expecting texture on that Turret, cuz, it's all about the texture. Man, I need to get out more. lol.

[Gary Boxall]

Hi Greg. The Tamiya turret is for a T-55 so I'll need the DEF one as this is a T-54 based conversion.


Final stowage bin completed and in place....



Fire extinguisher added using parts from the spares box....



Barring anything that I've missed, hull is now complete....









Turret next....

Gary

[Gary Boxall]

Ok, here we go with the turret.....

Tamiya and DEF Models parts side by side showing the base differences between T54 and T55 along with the early 100mm D10T barrel. Some filler was required when fitting the mantlet to the hull and I also thinned the Tamiya supplied rain guards around the front apertures to give a more realistic thin appearance like the real thing....



Gary

[Vincent Power]

words fail me Gary

Vincent

[Gary Boxall]

Thanks Vincent

Further progress. Brass rod for grab handles, .010 lead wire for tie downs, PE along with some Tamiya kit parts contributing to get to this stage....







Gary

[John Everett]

I would be afraid to even handle it with all those tiny and smashable pieces, (lead wire tie-downs and resin wingnuts).

Less like tank. More like jewelry.

[Gary Boxall]

The wing nuts are actually injection moulded parts which Bronco sell.

More work on the turret. .30 cal pedestal and commanders main periscope gets a 'glass' screen and wiper system....



Rear of turret gets a convoy marker light with wiring etc....



Gary

[Mark Aldrich]

Words fail me! Beautiful intricate work!

[Gary Boxall]

Thanks Mark.

Resin fire extinguisher from spares box added after being' tarted' up with a PE strap. The DEF set contains a couple of Uzi MGs for the crew but I wanted to show the racks empty so scratched ones from scrap PE. The Tamiya moulded parts which depict 4 tubes (holders for signal flags??) were replaced by brass tubes soldered together....



Gary

[Gary Boxall]

Decided that the Uzi brackets were too big so remade them....



Loaders side....



.30 cal MG next. The Tamiya offering is quite nice - couple of sink marks to deal with but nothing major. Added a trigger and forward sight along with a turned brass barrel...



Ammo can holder is from DEF models....



Gary