T-34/85 1944 bedspring armor

weldmarks made with streched sprue, surface roughness with mr surfacer, applied with a sponge, then pulled out when drying, and lightly sanded 

 

 

decided to remake the handles in PE 

Cast parts same way as described above, rolled armour plates in the same way, but with extra thin cement 

 

also self made handles 

drilled out the lightening holes... 

then came across this.. needed the full spider tyres instead off the half spiders... so took some revell wheels and redid the exercise... 

 

soldered the rear cover 

made some boxes 

 

 

some small parts... 

needed folding... 

changed the fuel tank 

 

Started with the tracks... Will be calm for some time 

to much sag? 

to much sag? 

Both lengths are ready...  

On to the guidehorns... Small stuff to solder... 

Original position of tensioning wheel 

Tensioning wheel cut off 

Reattached it so that it can turn around excentrical. Like this I'm able to fill the gap between to much and to little tension 

Halfway the first track, tiny parts 

Tiny bits of solder 

First track done 

Both tracks finished... Frontfenders to... Now on to resolve the problem with the complete fender 

The PE fenders were a little short 

And lengthened them 

The other side too 

Ready for primer 

Ready for primer