T-90 by Mikegr - AM - 1/72 - PLASTIC

[mikegr]

My second battle tank in space saving 1/72 scale.

T-90 is an advanced Russian tank continuously upgraded from the experience gained at the war in Ukraine

The kit

I got this kit from last travel in Malaysia from a local shop instead of ordering  the Vespid Kit form China as was my initial purpose.It comes from an unknown company called AM.

However it has a lot of pieces and fine details as well as resin made, flexible tracks. The instructions seems to be cramped somehow, too many pieces in one photo. Hopefully the parts will fit well

 

 

 

[ccoyle]

Kit looks like it has a lot of detail.

[king derelict]

It’s amazing how many parts they can cram into a 1/72 tank. Looks like an interesting project and you should have a lot of fun with it. I do like 1/72 armor except possibly the tracks.

alan

[Canute]

Lots of details in this kit. A new manufacturer or a subset of an older company looking to enter the armor market.

[mikegr]

Indeed there is enough details on this kit, even the engine grills look look fine. The side skirts also are finely detailed they even have some bumps at the lower side, like in real tanks after usage

The instructions are a different story. The picture for painting guide is very small I can barely see the camouflage. Fortunately I will go for the green only one. There is also not instructions for decals. The Soviet flag is of no use I think as the earlier version of T-90 appeared in 1992

[mikegr]

I started the tower. There are extra parts depends the version anyone wants to built.  I chose the resin part with the double infrarents as shown on my first post. Looks like T-90A. All was ok until I had to add the side reactive armor. Due to the oval shape of tower these were not easily installed on line like they are in the real tank.

I'm not sure if I read correct the complicated instructions but I spend over an hour to figure out a solution. I replaced some square parts with longer plastic ones as required. Definitely not a work to be proud of but most crappy job its under the turret so it can't be seen

 The barrel came in one piece shaving me from sanding the seam line. Its highly detailed like the rest of the turret even I hadn't add most pieces yet

[Old Collingwood]

Thats a nice start.

 

OC. 

[mikegr]

So after the troublesome armor fitting I faced this

Such misfitting it can't be happening so investigation took place.

I discovered that this kit has extra parts depends the tank version  Even an extra set of parts I dont know why

 

However there is only one turret and this is for the T-90 and not for the T-90A which I was intenting to build. To get the idea here's a comparison 

 

 

I tried to look online to find online a 3d separate file for the turret with the straight sides but there were mostly for the whole tank. I only found one, but it would take a lot of work to bring up a good amount of detail and many print tests.

So I had to give up the idea of building the modern version. Instead, I sanded the parts to fit them with the rounded turret. I proceed with the rest of the parts and finally added the machine gun. The lights between the barrel supposed to be removed, they were left in place for demonstration purposes

[king derelict]

That’s disappointing. It’s a seriously busy turret and a shame they seem to have dropped the ball 

alan

[mikegr]

4 hours ago, king derelict said:

That’s disappointing. It’s a seriously busy turret and a shame they seem to have dropped the ball 

alan

They included parts for both edtions, even hatch cover for the driver, but not the turret body for the modified version!

[Old Collingwood]

That T90M  turret  looks the business.

 

OC.

[mikegr]

Today I worked on the main body. I did bit  scratch built in front.

Then another mini disaster occurred. The chassis was warped.

Nevertheless I made it straight with the hot water method. Soon I will work on the wheels and later cornes the track nightmare 

 

[Canute]

Mike, how old is the kit? Age and thinness of the plastic could make for sporting builds, as does the lack of internal pins to square up parts in many limited run kits.You're doing commendable work here.👍