pz 35(t) r2 tacam 2 the build begins (update 6-29-09)

this is my entry for this group build apart from the kit which is not bad , not bad at all i would add. i am waiting for some friul tracks and the 35(t) interior set from cmk, the latter is a must since most of the interior is visible.
and also does anybody out there knkw of a p.e. set for the 35(t) i cant seem to find any from major producers

That is cool. I will be watching.

Way Cool , sorry I do not know of any PE for it !

Jenny

Ditto here: Way cool Never saw this one before. Should be quite interesting to follow.

it is an interesting vehicle these s.p. where converted from old skoda 35(t) tanks by the romanians using captured russian zis3 76mm guns which they rechambered for their home produced resista rounds. even the armoured superstucture plating was taken from captured or disabled soviet armour. although reasonably effective due to the excellence of the gun it suffered from the same problems as the german marders and soviet su76 i.e. limited armour protection more info and postings to follow hopefully soon

Cool, from me too, Alex!

I'm glad you joined this group build!

Look forward to see this build.

Regards
Noel

a very interesting tank hunter indeed!

i'm looking forward to this one for sure!

Eduard has a fret for the LTvz.35. I got mine a few months ago from Martola in Poland.

Scott Fraser

dsfraser wrote:Eduard has a fret for the LTvz.35. I got mine a few months ago from Martola in Poland.

Scott Fraser

thank you scott must have missed out on the eduard pe which will do just fine
alex

dsfraser wrote:Eduard has a fret for the LTvz.35. I got mine a few months ago from Martola in Poland.

Scott Fraser

scott me again
did you finish the model if so why not post some photos, we seem to have loads of articles on panzer 1 2 3 4 5
etc but very few on these type of tanks which at the beginning of the war where the most common tanks. it seems that few people realize the important role vehicles such as the lvtvz 34, 35, 38 and others such as the vickers 6 ton and derivatives played
alex

started building model. it will be made in sub assemblies this time. that is when i get my 35t interiors i ordered from cmk (man they are slow) the kit is quite finely detailed that is if you can get the parts off their sprues withouth damageing them (their mould maker must have been high on something) so apart from replacing most of the rivets and a new interionr plus some pe and extra detail on the weapon mount.................... i guess it just like all my other kits looks easy.........................................who cares im going to build it anyway

alex wrote:I guess it just like all my other kits looks easy.........................................who cares im going to build it anyway

Well spoken Sometime with must enter a good fight if we want a nice and unusual vehicle in our collection.

Will follow this one with interest

Hi Alex,

It's great to see you work on something rare like this.

Tancred

So..... it's out of the box and the wheels are nearly done! Not bad!

It looks ok from here....... tell us your views about this kit, please.

Regards
Noel

ive got mixed feelings about this kit one is to put it back into the box the other is to shred it to bits. no joking apart. the model is a nightmare to build, pity realy because the detail is quite nicely done, nothing heavy or overscale apart from two padlocks on the front solitary wheel box. the problem lies mainly with the engineering of the kit. as i said in a previous post the mouldmaker must have been on a trip. the feeds on the sprues have been placed in the most awkward of places. take the wheel suspension, if you are not extremely careful you will end up with each of the 8 components broken in 3 or four places. pity realy because it is very dimensionally and detail wise accurate
NOEL i guess you know me well enough by now i m more stuborn than the proverbial mule so this model must be finished and finished to a high standard or else..............................
alex

Good work Alex.

so apart from replacing most of the rivets and a new interionr plus some pe and extra detail on the weapon mount.................... i guess it just like all my other kits looks easy.........................................who cares im going to build it anyway

well I feel for you, especially if you're gonna replace all the rivets, and I look forward to see it finished.

\Erik

Hi Alex

Nice subject , very unusual , looks about as much trouble as my Roden Rolls Royce ! , I'm sure it will look great once you are done with it , Royal Models also do a 35T set

https://www.ecomodelismo.com/pz-kpfw-35-t-skoda-lt-vz35-Ref-ROYA-186.html

regards
Brian

Highlander wrote:Hi Alex

Nice subject , very unusual , looks about as much trouble as my Roden Rolls Royce ! , I'm sure it will look great once you are done with it , Royal Models also do a 35T set

https://www.ecomodelismo.com/pz-kpfw-35-t-skoda-lt-vz35-Ref-ROYA-186.html

regards
Brian

thanks for the info will order right now, anything to save me time
alex

alex wrote:this model must be finished and finished to a high standard or else..............................

this model WILL be finished to a high standard alex!

NOEL i guess you know me well enough by now i m more stuborn than the proverbial mule so this model must be finished and finished to a high standard or else..............................
alex

I have every faith in you, Alex! You are "Jack of all trades and master of ALL"..... that's how you are know to us Maltese gang!

So I'm sure you have many tricks up your sleeve to solve any WIP!

Regards
Noel

Hi Alex
I have the same model and engine from CMK (if you want i will do in-box)
I will be watching very carefully.


regards
Krzysztof

Krzysztof Wisniewski wrote:Hi Alex
I have the same model and engine from CMK (if you want i will do in-box)
I will be watching very carefully.


regards
Krzysztof

kindly explain i did not understand the part " if you want i will do in-box" sometimes im a bit slow.
anyway thank you for whatever you meant i am sure that you mean well
just finishing assebly on the gun barrel it needs some carefull sanding will be posting more pics soon
alex

I sorry I wanted to write, that i have resin engine from CMK, that is dedicated to this model. If you are interested, I can make a short review. Rather photos in my case

Regards
Krzysztof

Krzysztof Wisniewski wrote:I sorry I wanted to write, that i have resin engine from CMK, that is dedicated to this model. If you are interested, I can make a short review. Rather photos in my case

Regards
Krzysztof

thank you for your offer but i have the cmk engine and interior kit as well i also have a chech book by M.B.I. skoda lt vz 35 and a lot of photos of the interior and exterior as well. once again i thank you very very much for your offer i will of course contact you if i have any problems.
alex

some more wip
started working on the runnig gear again
changed horrible lump of plastic which was supposed to represent leaf springs
kit part





added some pe detail on the box like structure







started fitting interior from cmk







as soon as i finished the kits gun assembly .RB models issued an aluminiun and brass barrel for the zis 3 gun, just my luck