Trumpeter Tiran 6

[pmarshall]

Started today, Trumpeter 1/35th Tiran-6



Work starts with the road wheels - nice details on these, with separate tyres



Next the deflector plates and the boxing on the rear hull



complete with the infantry communication telephone



Added the running gear





finally added the details to the glacis plate. Need to reposition the PE tomorrow a little as the brackets are too high.



Peter

[DoubleDigit12]

Is it just me or does this look like a t62

By the way... Nice build mate

[Coen]

Nice kit!
Is the suspension workable?

[pmarshall]

Nice kit!
Is the suspension workable?

No - the suspension is fixed on all the Trumpeter T-62 variants, but fits together nicely nonetheless.

[Coen]

Still looks awesome!

[pmarshall]

Today's fiddling - first glued the wheels in place. I wasn't going to do this, but the idler wheels are quite a sloppy fit so I glued everything in place first.



Then onwards with the tracks - started with the left side. 95 links per side for the individual links



Then make up sections gluing them, then while the glue is still soft mold into place. Leave the halves disconnected so that I can remove the tracks for painting.



One more to go next weekend.

Peter

[Nige1940]

Looks great ! yours doing great job ,The Tiran 6 is a great subject amazing what the Israelis did with all those abandoned T-55's and T-62's .

[Stokesy44]

Hey, I thought it looked like a Russian tank too. Just didn't want to say so as I'm a noob when it comes to armour!

Love the track work Sir, looking forward to the rest of the build.

[Danta2er]

Cool deal about moving the tracks while still soft. I was wondering how one gets sag in OOB stuff

[Oper8or]

I saw this model at my local shop. I was wondering what it was like. It looks fantastic! Great start to the build. I cant wait to see the finish.

[pmarshall]

Today's work on the Tiran.

First a repeat of last weekends work - only the right track this time



Then fitted the intake meshes and the fenders





Then on with all the stowage, and the cables - and construction of the lower hull is finished







Peter

[pmarshall]

Today's work - started by assembling all the 'furnature' for the turret



Then Trumpeter's attempt at a 50 cal - it's not bad, but i've been spoilt with the Tasca ones



Then the Basic T-62 turret - pretty clean before the IDF got hold of it, and welded everything in the universe onto it.



Then after the welding, the turret looks like this







All finished apart from a couple of 30 cals to add next weekend. I half expect at some point the IDF have added a kitchen sink to one of their vehicles.

Peter

[pmarshall]

Today's work on the Tiran - first added the extra MG's, 2 30cals and 1 50 cal.



Then primed with Alclad Grey Primer



On with the Ammo IDF Sand Grey, thinned slightly with AK Nitro thinner and it sprayed nicely





Then picked out the details - MG's, spare Tracks, tow cables etc.





Finally for the day a coat of Klear over the top, so it's ready for decals tomorrow

Peter

[Stokesy44]

What a beauty. Darn fine to look at.

[pmarshall]

Today - started with Decals





Then while it's glossy, added a pin wash



Next a satin varnish coat



Fitted the tracks with a minimum of swearing



Then 2 filters - Ochre and Grey





Finally a matt coat over the top





Peter

[arkbuilder2012]

Really nice build. Good looking tank.

[pmarshall]

Now finished and over in RFI

[d6mst0]

That is one sweet looking tank.

[Nige1940]

Hey, I thought it looked like a Russian tank too. Just didn't want to say so as I'm a noob when it comes to armour!

Love the track work Sir, looking forward to the rest of the build.

Israeli armour can be confusing , they make a lot of conversions on other countries vehicles and had a lot of armour left over/abandoned after the various wars with their Arab neighbours .
Tiran 5 is a T-55 conversion Tiran 6 is a T-62 I'm told is pronounced Tiy-Rea-n ? a bit more useless info for ya

[schweinhund227]

Wicked build thus far !!!

Thanks for sharing .... I'll have to add this to my stash eventually !

Keep up the good work !