This is fabulous. As a child I built that kit maybe a few years after it came out. I think I brush painted it totally green out of a testors paint bottle. Thanks for letting me see it again.
Turned into a nice little build. Possible to scratch build a machine gun and perhaps some tracks could be substituted. ANd it is in great shape for a build over 60 years old. Thanks for sharing.
This is a great example of a kit from the Cold War era. It's unfortunate that dry-rot is claiming the tracks. Replacing them would be out of the question, since available 1/35th aftermarket tracks would be too big for this vintage, 1/40th scale kit. (I have a similar problem with a 1/48th scale Aurora King Tiger - the vinyl tracks are literally falling apart when I touch them, but replacing them with state-of-the-art aftermarket tracks would look stylistically out-of-place on a 1970's vintage kit, with roots in the late 1950's . . . .) I suppose someone could scan a 'good' section of the old, kit tracks and 3D Print suitable replacements, but does anyone know how to preserve "vintage vinyl" model tank tracks, or to keep them from further deterioration? Thanks for sharing this, your dad did a very good job! 12th Like.
@@bruceblackerby3742 Thanks. It's too late for my Aurora King Tiger, but I'll keep that in mind if I find one of these classic Revell T-34's at a swap meet or garage sale. Hopefully, Atlantis has the tooling, and will repop this legacy kit using a more modern material for the tracks. (I'd like to give this kit a classic, Old-School Shep Paine diorama treatment, using materials and techniques from the early 1970's.) Of course, if silicone or ArmorAll is used, painting the tracks isn't an option. As a sidebar, I remember seeing an article in Scale Auto Magazine where they focused on "Survivors" - built model cars, many of them contest winners - from the early 1960's through the 1990's. (A model had to be over 20 years old to fit the definition.) A few of these suffered from vinyl tires that had literally 'melted' over the decades. This was a shame to see these old masterpieces in such condition.
Appreciate the compliment. Dad also built a bunch of Aurora tanks and the tracks are falling apart as well as some car kits that you mentioned below with the melted tires. Tamiya tank tracks seemed to have mainly held up except the static set of tracks in the 1/35 Hunting Tiger. Dad had around 10 of those kits and most of the tracks were dry rotted.
The turret seems a bit narrow, more similar to that of later T34/76 models, Once, there were a lot of strange scales, also in the same brand, expecially for US' producers, such as Revell and Monogram .
That is a ODD SCALE 1/40 Never built this kit , not even sure if I’ve seen it the shelves in HOBBY STORES or DEPARTMENT STORES….. Well it least it had basic DETAILS… Scares me, I still have some Vintage Armor kits in the stash Hope the tracks are still good…… You always get my LIKE 👍 CHRIS 🇺🇸
This is fabulous. As a child I built that kit maybe a few years after it came out. I think I brush painted it totally green out of a testors paint bottle. Thanks for letting me see it again.
So glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching and commenting. :-)
That was a solid kit back in the day.
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Thanks for watching and commenting!
Turned into a nice little build. Possible to scratch build a machine gun and perhaps some tracks could be substituted. ANd it is in great shape for a build over 60 years old. Thanks for sharing.
Good ideas. Thanks for watching and commenting!
This is a great example of a kit from the Cold War era. It's unfortunate that dry-rot is claiming the tracks. Replacing them would be out of the question, since available 1/35th aftermarket tracks would be too big for this vintage, 1/40th scale kit. (I have a similar problem with a 1/48th scale Aurora King Tiger - the vinyl tracks are literally falling apart when I touch them, but replacing them with state-of-the-art aftermarket tracks would look stylistically out-of-place on a 1970's vintage kit, with roots in the late 1950's . . . .)
I suppose someone could scan a 'good' section of the old, kit tracks and 3D Print suitable replacements, but does anyone know how to preserve "vintage vinyl" model tank tracks, or to keep them from further deterioration?
Thanks for sharing this, your dad did a very good job!
12th Like.
Silicone spray (or even ArmorAll) should retard the oxidation of the old rubber/vinyl tracks. Like the idea of 3D printing. Certainly for an odd size.
@@bruceblackerby3742 Thanks. It's too late for my Aurora King Tiger, but I'll keep that in mind if I find one of these classic Revell T-34's at a swap meet or garage sale. Hopefully, Atlantis has the tooling, and will repop this legacy kit using a more modern material for the tracks. (I'd like to give this kit a classic, Old-School Shep Paine diorama treatment, using materials and techniques from the early 1970's.) Of course, if silicone or ArmorAll is used, painting the tracks isn't an option.
As a sidebar, I remember seeing an article in Scale Auto Magazine where they focused on "Survivors" - built model cars, many of them contest winners - from the early 1960's through the 1990's. (A model had to be over 20 years old to fit the definition.) A few of these suffered from vinyl tires that had literally 'melted' over the decades. This was a shame to see these old masterpieces in such condition.
Appreciate the compliment. Dad also built a bunch of Aurora tanks and the tracks are falling apart as well as some car kits that you mentioned below with the melted tires. Tamiya tank tracks seemed to have mainly held up except the static set of tracks in the 1/35 Hunting Tiger. Dad had around 10 of those kits and most of the tracks were dry rotted.
The turret seems a bit narrow, more similar to that of later T34/76 models, Once, there were a lot of strange scales, also in the same brand, expecially for US' producers, such as Revell and Monogram .
That's a good observation. Thanks for watching and commenting!
That is a ODD SCALE 1/40
Never built this kit , not even sure if I’ve seen it the shelves in HOBBY STORES or DEPARTMENT STORES…..
Well it least it had basic DETAILS…
Scares me, I still have some Vintage Armor kits in the stash
Hope the tracks are still good……
You always get my LIKE 👍
CHRIS 🇺🇸
Some of the kits definitely age better than others. Thanks so much for watching and sharing with us!
What song is the background music?
The title is "Glass" by Anno Domini Beats. It's one of the "attribution not required" songs available on RUclips.
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The worst tank ever !
Did you build this one? I'm curious - what didn't you like about it?