PT91M malaysian armed force main battle tank

[Vision-D]

Hi there... This is my first ever post on T&T, Recently I've been working on converting a T-72 tank into Polish built PT91m, This tank is my first every scratch build/conversion.. This tank is the MBT for malaysian armed forces and I've decided to built it for our national day group built,
To start off I will modified the turret area and I will show you how...
I'm using a Mini Hobby Model T-72B with mineroller kit for this conversion, I do have a Tamiya T-72 but don't have the guts to hack and saw all the detailed parts.

some of the parts need to be cut off to rebuilt the savan optic system

using tamiya epoxy putty to fill up the the 'sawed' area

using johson's klear floor polish, mix with talcum powder and cover thoose small cavities

next move on to the main gun

using the picture found, I will make my own mantlet cover using metal foil

Looks better than the stock parts...

thats all for today
C&C are welcome

cheers

 

[shawngehling]

Vision,
Looks really nice so far. Lots of reactive armor on that beast.
I'll be following this one. It's a little too modern for my taste,
but I do love to follow a good build.
Shawn

 

[Vision-D]

thanks Shawn for the comments, well FYI this is my toughest build so far. Stay back and enjoy the show

 

[Sharkmouth]

It is a very nice looking tank! Is that the Polish demonstrator?

I have a PT-76B which I am considering Malaysian markings for...

Welcome to TnT,

 

[Vision-D]

using 1.5mm thick evergreen styrene and draw lenghts of 4.5mm X 4.5mm tiles

using a needle, secure it on a pivise and scribe it into shape

the finish product

same goes for the larger parts, 4.5mm x 4.5mm for each tiles

 

[Sharkmouth]

Really cool to simulate it instead of making each one separately.

Regards,

 

[Vision-D]

using a piece of Evergreen styrene and cut out the circle for the hatch

 

[StuG]

Interesting project and fine works also....I'll follow...Good luck...

 

[Vision-D]

Sharkmouth,

As I remembered, I don't think the malaysian armed forces have PT-76B in their inventory
most of the armoured vehicle are originated from South Korea, Poland, U.K, or locally assembled armoured car, This is the very first main battle tank for our country.. But most modellers are unhappy with the defence minister's choice of Choosing this Polish demonstrator as the MBT for malaysian army. It's because the PT91M is built based on the russian T-72M1 and with few additional upgrades from the polish.

Tks & Rgds
Alvin


sharkmouth wrote:

It is a very nice looking tank! Is that the Polish demonstrator?

I have a PT-76B which I am considering Malaysian markings for...

Welcome to TnT,

 

[Vision-D]

some updates

using pictures found on the website I will show you how to add thoose ERA tiles and scratch build some of thoose smoke grenade platform launcher

using some locally published war magazine as a refrence for the ERA tiles arrangement

partially arrangement of the tiles on the turret

on closer inspection, the photo shows that there is some sort of platform supporting the ERA tiles....

....... and managed to replicate it, Im not very sure is it 100% accurate?

Finally, I've arranged all the ERA tiles on the turret :cheer: :cheer:

that's all folks
C & C are welcomed
Rgds, Alvin

 

[Vision-D]

thanks for all of your kind words, I will try my best to replicate this Beast

 

[moon puppy]

That's some huge work you got going on. Very impressive.

 

[Vision-D]

thanks moon puppy, stay tuned for for Work in Progress

moon :laugh:

puppy wrote:

That's some huge work you got going on. Very impressive.

:laugh:

 

[Vision-D]

both port and starboard sides

dry fitted on starboard side

dry fitted on port side

both sides looks ok to me... so far so good

Cheers, Alvin

 

[shawngehling]

Alvin,
Looks great to me so far, I really like the racks and reactive armor.
Shawn

 

[Vision-D]

for the sprocket conversion, the normal T-72 sprocket has 14 teeth while the polish build PT91M has 12 teeth. I will show you how I modified it..

this picture is the original kit sprocket which needs to trim the extra teeth.

The jewel of this modification is the 100% computer guided scratch build sprocket, made of 100% hardened steel

the design is to fit MHM kit and tamiya sprocket with no tolerance

cut out the teeth....

and put it in.... looks like a real PT91M B)

after cleaning up and test fitting, this is what it looks like

test fitting with leopard 2A6 tracks,

C & C are welcomed

Brgds, Alvin

 

[shawngehling]

Alvin,
I like the way you did that Drive sprocket... Cool
Shawn

 

[kaleu]

Wow..this is a great thread. I can't wait to see paint on it ! Thanks for sharing it with us.

 

[Vision-D]

thanks for the kind words guys.... Please stay tuned for more

 

[Vision-D]

using some refrence, I'm starting to add some detail on the hatch

For the turret machine gun, I will select it from this academy u.s. machine gun set

this is some of the shots that I took after I glued it on the Hatch

For the rear lower hull, the T72 and the PT91M are totally diffrent

cut some evergreen styrene and glued it in place and start to cut the shape out

same goes for this piece

test and dry fitted, but need some cleanup on the cement residue. Looks good for me. So far so good


Rgds, Alvin