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Takom's Type 59
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Posted: Monday, July 11, 2016 - 08:58 AM UTC
Hi guys,this is Takom's new Type 59.
Waited for years for someone to finally make a respectable Type 59 kit and honestly Takom did a wonderful job.
I highly recommed it for Cold War Chinese or Soviet Armor fans(it is a T-54A after all)
Hope you guys like.




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Posted: Monday, July 11, 2016 - 09:55 AM UTC
I have one on the way and yours look great.How did everything fit?Also is the barrel one piece,metal or two pieces?
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Posted: Monday, July 11, 2016 - 10:02 AM UTC

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I have one on the way and yours look great.How did everything fit?Also is the barrel one piece,metal or two pieces?


Thanks for the compliment
Everything fit quite nice,the barrel is 2 pieces and plastic and it required some sanding to get the seem out.
Overall a very refined kit and a pleasure to build.
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Posted: Monday, July 11, 2016 - 02:53 PM UTC
GREAT Build! Now all you need is the little guy with the shopping bags standing in fron of it!
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Posted: Monday, July 11, 2016 - 03:06 PM UTC
Fantastic build! Paint and stuff in the backgrond detracts from the viewing, though.

Gaz
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Posted: Monday, July 11, 2016 - 06:05 PM UTC

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Fantastic build! Paint and stuff in the backgrond detracts from the viewing, though.

Gaz



Had the exact same thought.
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Posted: Monday, July 11, 2016 - 06:42 PM UTC
Did you mask off the camo pattern or is it freehand?
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Posted: Monday, July 11, 2016 - 07:08 PM UTC
Awesome build! Thanks for sharing!
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Posted: Monday, July 11, 2016 - 08:42 PM UTC
Very nice looking. Especially like the cammo. Any plans to weather it or are you calling it finished?
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Posted: Monday, July 11, 2016 - 09:59 PM UTC

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Very nice looking. Especially like the cammo. Any plans to weather it or are you calling it finished?


I weathered it lightly with the MIG products in the pics.I didn't want to over do it on this tank.If you look at the Type 59's from Tiananmen Square,they aren't much dirtier than this.
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Posted: Monday, July 11, 2016 - 10:03 PM UTC

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Fantastic build! Paint and stuff in the backgrond detracts from the viewing, though.

Gaz


Well I wanted to showcase the paint as it was made particularly for this model in collaboration with MIG.
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Posted: Monday, July 11, 2016 - 10:10 PM UTC

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Awesome build! Thanks for sharing!


Thanks
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Posted: Monday, July 11, 2016 - 10:14 PM UTC

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GREAT Build! Now all you need is the little guy with the shopping bags standing in fron of it!


I'm actually making another one and I'm getting a 105mm metal barrel to convert it to the Type 59-II version that was used in Tiananmen Square.
Thanks for the compliment
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Posted: Monday, July 11, 2016 - 10:25 PM UTC

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Had the exact same thought.


Just curious,where did you have the same point? This is the only post I see from you here.
Like I said I wanted to showcase the paint,as it was made specifically for this model.
I don't feel it distracts from the model,I've seen other people take pics this way.
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Posted: Monday, July 11, 2016 - 10:46 PM UTC

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Did you mask off the camo pattern or is it freehand?


I masked it off and I only had to touch up a few areas by hand.
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Posted: Monday, July 11, 2016 - 11:11 PM UTC
Looks great. I like the camo also. Perhaps it needs some matte coat?
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Posted: Monday, July 11, 2016 - 11:21 PM UTC

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Looks great. I like the camo also. Perhaps it needs some matte coat?


It's not glossy,I had to put the light very close.
It doesn't look glossy at all in normal lighting.
Thanks for the compliment though.
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Posted: Tuesday, July 12, 2016 - 05:48 AM UTC
seems the guide sproket position is too low....
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Posted: Tuesday, July 12, 2016 - 05:55 AM UTC

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seems the guide sproket position is too low....


I really don't see what you are talking about....looking at mine and pics of a real Type 59 and I don't see any difference.
No one else mentioned this.
I don't think you know what your talking about.....
And you spelled sprocket wrong.....
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Posted: Tuesday, July 12, 2016 - 07:16 AM UTC

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seems the guide sproket position is too low....


Does anyone see what this guy is talking about?
The guide "sprocket" looks exactly the same as this to me


Maybe he means track tension?
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