Tovarisch,
It is done, the PT-76 Soviet amphibious tank.
The PT-76 was mainly employed by the Naval Infantry units of the USSR and the People's Republic of Poland way back during the Cold War. Other users are the rest of Warsaw Pact nations, Arab countries like Egypt, Syria and Iraq, and Israel also from captured Arab equipments. Pakistan also used this tank and so are some of the African nations like Angola.
With a crew of 3, it is primarily armed with a 76mm D-56T gun and a co-axial 7.62mm Goryunov machine gun.
Combat service for this tank were on the Middle Eastern conflicts, Vietnam War, Balkans and in Chechen War.
The model is the Trumpeter kit that was built and enhanced with additional details.
Enhancements are made from scratchbuilt items like PLA plates, rods and tubings. Brass and copper wire were also used as materials.
The main modifications that were done on this kit is the added interior details for the turret and hull.
Additional accessories are the rusting spare tracks taken from a BMP-1 track system and made into stand-off armor to defeat HEAT warheads coming mainly from RPGs.
Painting was done using Tamiya acrylics and enamels plus an assortment of Testor enamels for minor details.
Weathering was done using oil paints, enamel paints and pigments form brands like Tamiya, Humbrol and Migs.
Second time to use my old Migs set and Im enjoying it
Markings and finish is for the Chechen war and marks the unit of Special Batallion Vostok ('East') of the Russian Army. This GRU unit usually fields BMP but I'd like to portray my PT-76 to portray a Vostok Grafitti anyway
Here are the photos.
Additional details:
Turret Flooring:
Driver details:
References are the following: (I do not own the ff. photos, they're mainly used for illustration purposes only).
Suggestions and critique are very much appreciated!
Cheers!
OKB
It is done, the PT-76 Soviet amphibious tank.
The PT-76 was mainly employed by the Naval Infantry units of the USSR and the People's Republic of Poland way back during the Cold War. Other users are the rest of Warsaw Pact nations, Arab countries like Egypt, Syria and Iraq, and Israel also from captured Arab equipments. Pakistan also used this tank and so are some of the African nations like Angola.
With a crew of 3, it is primarily armed with a 76mm D-56T gun and a co-axial 7.62mm Goryunov machine gun.
Combat service for this tank were on the Middle Eastern conflicts, Vietnam War, Balkans and in Chechen War.
The model is the Trumpeter kit that was built and enhanced with additional details.
Enhancements are made from scratchbuilt items like PLA plates, rods and tubings. Brass and copper wire were also used as materials.
The main modifications that were done on this kit is the added interior details for the turret and hull.
Additional accessories are the rusting spare tracks taken from a BMP-1 track system and made into stand-off armor to defeat HEAT warheads coming mainly from RPGs.
Painting was done using Tamiya acrylics and enamels plus an assortment of Testor enamels for minor details.
Weathering was done using oil paints, enamel paints and pigments form brands like Tamiya, Humbrol and Migs.
Second time to use my old Migs set and Im enjoying it
Markings and finish is for the Chechen war and marks the unit of Special Batallion Vostok ('East') of the Russian Army. This GRU unit usually fields BMP but I'd like to portray my PT-76 to portray a Vostok Grafitti anyway
Here are the photos.
Additional details:
Turret Flooring:
Driver details:
References are the following: (I do not own the ff. photos, they're mainly used for illustration purposes only).
Suggestions and critique are very much appreciated!
Cheers!
OKB
