T62a

[Gary Owsley]

Well, not a T55, but in the family. This a coversion I did from the Tamiya T55 with a CMD T62A turret.

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[Gary Owsley]

Starting to put some paint on it.

http://usera.imagecave.com/tanker2010/T62/DSC06873.jpg

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[Gary Owsley]

Finished.

http://usera.imagecave.com/tanker2010/T62/T62A_01.jpg

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[{Mk}-Kobra]

Like your T-54, this is a nice kit well built and painted, with a nice camouflage scheme.
Congrats again.:bravo: :clap:

[Christophe_Jacquemont]

Great stuff Gary I love it!

(and good to see you around here)

Cheers,
Christophe

[tomax]

Nice one again !
You don't seem to be much interested in common camos, do you?:clinoeil:

[Bruno COLLIN]

Hi Gary, glad to see you here.
Nice job on this T55/T62.
Can you give us some more details about how to convert the T55 hull into a T62 one ?
TIA
Welcome to crazy french modellers nest. Lot of fun and fine kits at will :cool:

[Jack]

Good work Gary,:clap:
Are you going to put it on a dio?

[Striker]

Wohaaaa, here is an impressive conversion of the Tamiya's Kit !! :cdmalades01:
I'll be more than pleased to learned how to convert the t-55 to T-62 :merci:

[Gary Owsley]

Thanks all for your comments. As far as the conversion goes, I used the plans from Vasko Barbic's article on the T62 from Military Modelling September 1988. The hull was cut between the 1&2, 2&3, 3&4, and 4&5 roadwheel arms. Then adjusted for length according to the plans. The rear plate, enginedeck, and fenders were scratch built. The turret came from CMD. With the new Trumpeter kits comming out, life should be a lot easier.