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Question about Miniarm T-72BM turret
hugohuertas
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Posted: Monday, September 29, 2014 - 10:56 AM UTC
Can someone let me know the content of this Miniarm ugrade/replacement?
Any kind of minimal turret interior stuff in it, as in their T-64B one ?
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Posted: Monday, September 29, 2014 - 12:19 PM UTC
Hi;

As far as the interior goes, you get the Commanders and Gunners Primary sites and that's about all except some inter hatch details. You used to get A 125mm gun Breach Block but I don't know if they still provide it.

CHEERS; MIKE.
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Posted: Monday, September 29, 2014 - 01:30 PM UTC
Thanks Mike!
Anyone knows if they still provide the gun breach block?
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Posted: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 - 06:32 AM UTC
Hi;

After checking into this further; No they do not provide the Gun, so you have too Scratch build it yourself.
You mite want to take A look at the Verlinden set for the T-62s Interior, the 2A46 Breach Block is Massive so it should be possible to build. The Trick is how Accurate would it be, there are pictures that you can find that show the gun. With Both Hatches open there is not much to see, and with the gun on the inside would it be worth it.

CHEERS; MIKE.
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Posted: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 - 07:25 AM UTC
I guess I'll finally scratchbuild the gun breech...
My idea is to make some interior, have to decide yet how far I want to go
It will depend on how much references of the turret and hull interior I manage to find
Thanks again, Mike!
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Posted: Wednesday, October 01, 2014 - 04:11 AM UTC
SP Designs conversions have offered breech blocks and minor interior bits for tanks, though not for the T-64. Your best bet for a 125mm breech right now is the T-80UM-1 conversion: T-80 page

The T-62 sets have breeches as well, but they are for the 115mm main gun.
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Posted: Wednesday, October 01, 2014 - 07:28 AM UTC

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SP Designs conversions have offered breech blocks and minor interior bits for tanks, though not for the T-64. Your best bet for a 125mm breech right now is the T-80UM-1 conversion: T-80 page

The T-62 sets have breeches as well, but they are for the 115mm main gun.



Thanks Jacques!
I've seen that conversion at your web site. I was just going to order it tonight, and use the T-80 specific stuff in a future model.

Already know about the T-62 gun and breech, completely different gun and caliber, not suitable for a T-72 at all.
Talking about this, and hijacking my own tread, would it fit in an early T-64 with 115mm gun?

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Posted: Wednesday, October 01, 2014 - 09:25 AM UTC
Hi;

The 115mm Breach Block is not that much different from the 125mm size/wise, smaller Breach maybe. But on the inside you could hardly see any difference. The only thing that you would have to add is the Block release handle on top of the Breach itself !
As far as the T-62 set by Verlinden is concerned you could use it on A T-64 W/115mm Rapira and it would be accurate for A Early T-64 Mk;. I have used the Verlinden set on my Tamiya T-62 that I built some Years Ago, while being just A Little Bit of A Pain it went together o.k. !

CHEERS; MIKE.
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Posted: Wednesday, October 01, 2014 - 12:23 PM UTC
Thanks Mike
That will be a future project, and of course as soon as I finish it Trumpeter will reléase that versión one month later....
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