Call to Arms: The Duke's T-14 Armata Tank in 1/72

[Duke Maddog]

Okay, here is one of my two Threads for the projects I'm building for this campaign. This model is the 1/72 scale Modelcollect T-14 Armata; the newest tank to be developed by Russia for their army:

This is the progress I made at Hobby Day on this model.

I started out with the turret; getting it all assembled, but not adding any of the detail pieces yet. This kit does come with an beautifully turned brass barrel:

Next I moved on and added all the roadwheels to the lower hull:

Afterward I assembled all the parts to the upper hull, adding the side skirts and hatches, but none of the photo etch yet:

There were two boxes that went on in the back of the upper hull so I added the upper and lower hulls together to make sure they sat in the proper position:

Since I had these together, why not add the turret to see what this looks like? This is one beefy looking tank! That turret looks too small on top of that monstrosity:

That's all I got done on that so far. Stay tuned for more as I hope to make further progress on this soon.

 

[The Zod]

That is nice they have a metal barrel for it. How good a kits does this company make?

 

[lupanzer]

Great model...nice assembly so far

Luiz

 

[moon puppy]

going together quick ain't it?

 

[Iron Mike]

 

[Duke Maddog]

Thanks for the great replies guys!

Chad, This company makes excellent models that fit together extremely well. They do have some issues with the photo etch slat armor though; only in that it is very difficult to assemble. The detail is amazing too. This one had quite a surprise inside with that metal barrel, I was not expecting that.

Thanks Luiz!

Bob, it is; I am so surprised at how quickly this assembles. However, I expect t to slow down once I try to assemble the slat armor.

Thanks Mike! I shall on!