New Miniarm T-55AM+other stuff
England - East Anglia, United Kingdom
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Posted: Monday, June 27, 2011 - 12:06 PM UTC
Seems like Miniarm is working on a new T-55AM conversion:
(hope Igor doesnt mind me posting these pics, I took them from the panzer35.ru forum)
Also a few other new releases from him seem to have slipped under the radar:
T-54/55 wheels??
T-62 road wheels:
http://armor35.ru/index.php?productID=11029RMSH tracks:
http://armor35.ru/index.php?productID=11028Looks like some pretty smart stuff! Theres some pics on panzer35 as well of what I believe is the beginnings of aT-72BM 'Rogatka' turret which looks rather nice as well.
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Posted: Monday, June 27, 2011 - 12:40 PM UTC
Interesting! Thanks for posting these, Rob. Fingers crossed for PE wading rails
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/E
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Posted: Monday, June 27, 2011 - 06:13 PM UTC
At least we will be able to get a good T55AM conversion now. The tracks and wheel sets have been out for awhile. There are 2 sets for the T55, one with the larger hubs and one without them to use on T54s and early T55s. I have the later T55 set, the T62 set, and the Rmsh set. They are all very good. The T55/62 sprockets in the Rmsh set are just castings of the Trumpeter T62 Rmsh sprockets. That is ok because Trumpeter did a good job on them.
Correze, France
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Posted: Monday, June 27, 2011 - 08:46 PM UTC
I have the T-55/62 RMSh set. I can't say if the sprockets are castings of Trumpeter ones but they perfectly fit over the Tamiya T-55 sprocket drive housing.
The only point is even if Miniarm molded a positioning "lug" to help aligning both parts, they still are free as the lug is not large enough. At least in my set.
The carving is really nice but assembling the workable links is still a pain!
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Napoléon
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Posted: Tuesday, June 28, 2011 - 03:57 AM UTC
It seems this looks to be the the best conversion for a T-55AM so far, although they left out the correct front hooks. The correct ones can be found in the Tamiya T-72 kit.
Andy
Russia
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Posted: Thursday, June 30, 2011 - 07:47 PM UTC
It is the first trial assemblage now set has correct hooks and some more additional parts, next week will be accessible on sale
Igor
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Posted: Friday, July 01, 2011 - 11:53 AM UTC
Thanks to Igor we now have a full news story and extensive preview of this exciting new kit.
https://armorama.kitmaker.net/news/9317Enjoy the pictures!
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Posted: Friday, July 01, 2011 - 10:20 PM UTC
It would be nice to see the late-pattern fuel cells released separately - I could use them to dress up my Trumpeter T-62 kits.
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Posted: Saturday, July 02, 2011 - 01:56 AM UTC
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The T55/62 sprockets in the Rmsh set are just castings of the Trumpeter T62 Rmsh sprockets.
I have both the Trumpeter kit and the Miniarm RMSh set and I checked your statement about Miniarm casting Trumpy's parts. I must say Miniarm sprockets are not direct castings. The detail is better and different on the inner face of the outer ring, the way you attach the parts one to another is different as well and the central ring is thinner.
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Posted: Saturday, July 02, 2011 - 02:40 AM UTC
Yes, it will be a necessary device
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Posted: Saturday, July 02, 2011 - 02:43 AM UTC
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It would be nice to see the late-pattern fuel cells released separately - I could use them to dress up my Trumpeter T-62 kits.
Yes, it will be a necessary device...
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Posted: Saturday, July 02, 2011 - 02:46 AM UTC
Igor how is the BMP-2 with interior going?
Any news on this kit?
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Posted: Saturday, July 02, 2011 - 06:07 AM UTC
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Igor how is the BMP-2 with interior going? Any news on this kit?
The complete set is ready on 80 %
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Posted: Saturday, July 02, 2011 - 06:16 AM UTC
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Igor how is the BMP-2 with interior going? Any news on this kit?
The complete set is ready on 80 %
Fantastic!
If you have some preview images please email photos to me and we will run a news story.
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Posted: Saturday, July 02, 2011 - 08:11 AM UTC
I may have to put off my next bmp till I get this kit and conversion. One mean looking beast.
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Posted: Sunday, July 03, 2011 - 08:54 PM UTC
Hi
As your company has the means to produce P/E, a nice addition would be to include the deep wading mount for the engine deck. This would certainly make it the best Soviet T-55 conversion on the market....
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Andy
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Posted: Monday, July 04, 2011 - 01:50 AM UTC
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Hi
As your company has the means to produce P/E, a nice addition would be to include the deep wading mount for the engine deck. This would certainly make it the best Soviet T-55 conversion on the market....
I'll second that:
It would be very useful as a separate set to add to any Russian-made T-55 as well. There's quite a few T-55 PE sets out there but none of them include the wading mount. Will Miniarm be the first? Fingers crossed.
Cheers,
/E
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