Tamiya T-62A WIP Update: Dry Brushing and Chipping


Applied paint chipping using enamels (Dark Brown).



Dry-brushed the whole kit, first with Light Green then Desert Yellow.

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Tamiya T-62A WIP Update: Decals and Filtering


Here's a small update. Applied the decals and sealed it with a layer of clear coat. Afte curing 2 filters was done (green and bark brown).

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Tamiya T-62A WIP Update: Painting


For the base coat I used Gunze Sangyo Dark Green.


After drying/curing the base coat I highlighted it with a mixture of Dark Green with a little bit of White, Interior Green and Yellow.


And lastly, post-shaded it with a mix of Dark Green and Black.



The tracks were also painted. Mist coat of Black and drybrushed with Silver.

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Tamiya T-62A WIP Update: Texturing and Priming



I made a welding mark on the front hull using Tamiya Basic Putty.



Also made some textures with Mr. Surfacer 500.


The kit is now primed. I also painted the edges with black for shading purposes. Ideally (well at least for me) it should be fully covered.


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Tamiya T-62A WIP Update: Putty Works




Here's a small update, applied putty on all the seams, sink holes and small gaps. After sanding this, the kit is ready for priming.

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7th IPMS Nationals



From the last IPMS Philippines Bert Anido 7th National Scale Modeling Competition.

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Tamiya T-62A WIP Update: Upper Hull & Additional Details




Finished assembling the upper hull with its accessories.



I also added a few details on the kit. This based on my reference pics of the actual tank. I placed some pla-rod to serve as rivets near the mantlet cover. And pla-strips on the front hull.

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Tamiya T-62A WIP Update: Road Wheels and Tracks



Finished assembling the road wheels and idlers.


For the tracks, I want it to have a natural sag and touch all the wheels. I achieved this by using Wave's C Line, inserting it to the lower hull to push the vinyl tracks down the road wheels.


Will just paint the line the same color as the tracks to hide it.

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Tamiya T-62A WIP Update: Hull Assembly




There was a huge gap after joining the upper and lower hulls and rear plate. Im not sure if its a manufacturer flaw since this was an old kit, 1979 production to be exact.




So heres what did. I cut the rear plate removing 4-5mm from the middle and glued it again plus reinforcing the back with pla-plates.

No more gaps! :D

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Tamiya T-62A WIP Update: Intro




The T-62 is a Soviet main battle tank, a further development of the T-55. Its 115 mm gun was the first smoothbor tank gun in use.

The T-62 was produced between 1961 and 1975. It became a standard tank in the Soviet arsenal, partly replacing the T-55, although that tank continued to be manufactured in the Soviet Union and elsewhere after T-62 production was halted. The T-54/55 and T-62 were later replaced in front-line service by the T-64 and T-72.

Here are the parts/runners. Quite a few compared to Gundam model kits, which is good since its my first time to build an armor kit.

This kit was produced way back 1979 so Im expecting quite a number of assembly flaws and wrong proprtions. Such as the following;

from: www.hyperscale.com

  • Kit is too long in the hull.

  • Kit lacks the downward slope to the rear hull.

  • Kit lacks the very noticeable external fuel lines around the external fuel drums.

  • Kit lacks all of the mounting brackets for the tanks and boxes on the fenders.

  • Kit's turret is not quite right.

  • Fittings like the corner station keeping lights are also missing.

  • The road wheels are awful (I don't know what the pundits mean by that).

  • The 10 bolt heads around each drive sprocket are missing.

  • Main gun barrel lacks detail around the fume extractor and it has the wrong diameter.




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