T-72 Build Tread (for our Colleagues abroad)

Hi, guys!

As promised I am publishing here the tread to duplicate what is being done here http://www.d-i-m.su/forum/showthread.php?t=3668

But in more friendly manner, using English, to get delivered this tread more comfortably for you.

I was hesitating "to be or not to be...", because from the very beginning was not sure about this model. Besides HL has announced already about its T-90.

So before making any decision I have compared two models. This is my personal point of view, but both models (in stock) are wonderful and good 1) for upgrade up to different modification 2) to build as stock model for a rctank-rookie...

So comparison - T90 vs T72...

https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/01.jpg


Moving on...

Well my first impression regarding tracks was...

I had no impression at all. As comparing them to MATO or Taigen tracks these ones do not look serious at all.
Caterpillar's or track's grousers do not look like they are made properly. But still...

https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/02.jpg

https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/03.jpg

Figure of the tank commander needs to be re-made as well...

https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/04.jpg https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/05.jpg https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/06.jpg https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/07.jpg

Now he is at his place - inside, with slight change of hands position...

https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/08.jpg

The brother of prairie - Kalmyk.:D

DeA movie regarding rctank battle (DeA version)...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgieiKVCeEo

As it is only IMHO will be very straight:

Positive:

1) Good idea, general plan and foreplan

2) Music

3) It is clearly shown that tracks do work of this type of surface, rc tanks move quite smoothly without any slippery

4) Recoil works quite good + body recoil adds the good impression overall

Negative:

1) people that have made this movie and pilots of rctanks do not know anything about rc tank battles at all. The place itself is not a good choice for filming, as well as the angles of filming. May be it would be better to build a battlefield... And add some effects (as Tamiya adds). then the impression would be different.

2) rctanks are running like rouches - not good

3) main gun shrinks because of these funny movements

4) hit visualization is very poor - not acceptable in our battles.

Цитата:

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Сообщение от ssl19470

The brother of prairie - Kalmyk.:D

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Heh!
Well, I think our foreign colleagues will not understand this joke. As you are to know Russian Poetry...

And as the original says: "... and brother of steppe - Kalmyk!"

Sprockets tests.
I have tested them using MATO and HL standard gear. Good impression, all is being fixed with bolts quite good.

https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/09.jpg https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/10.jpg

More tracks...

https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/11.jpg https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/12.jpg

Main road wheels - done out of plastic with rubber tires. Quite good.

https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/13.jpg https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/14.jpg

Turret is very interesting.
Was studying it and found some peculiar things.

Lower part - good quality moulding..
Have looked if it is possible to install standard parts from HL or MATO.

The standard rotation ring from HL from ZTZ in general could be installed, but you will have to redo the wi-fi niche.

Airsoft gun body just is put to see how the main gun will look.

All the rest mechanisms: main gun elevation unit and recoil units will not be fixed there. Either you will have to re-work the turret.


https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/15.jpg https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/16.jpg https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/17.jpg https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/18.jpg https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/19.jpg https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/20.jpg https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/21.jpg

More about turret assembling...

https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/22.jpg

T72 and ZTZ (left) main road wheels compare...
ZTZ quality is worse.

https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/23.jpg

https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/24.jpg

Front panel and cover.

Again to stress, quality of mould is very good.

You can easily install HL standard rotation unit in side as well.

And first track is ready.

https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/25.jpg https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/26.jpg https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/27.jpg https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/28.jpg https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/29.jpg https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/30.jpg

More pics with assembling

https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/31.jpg https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/32.jpg https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/33.jpg

These parts are very good in quality but you have to be careful. Choose screw-driver carefully.

https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/34.jpg

I've tried to be more international.

Цитата:

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Сообщение от HAL

Heh!
Well, I think our foreign colleagues will not understand this joke. As you are to know Russian Poetry...

And as the original says: "... and brother of steppe - Kalmyk!"

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OK, continue our "picking"...

Again quality of the mould is very good, but assembling itself is not up to 100% convenient.

https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/35.jpg https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/36.jpg https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/37.jpg https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/38.jpg https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/39.jpg https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/40.jpg

Experiments and comparison continues...

Big turret rotation ring. I have compared it with ZTZ-99 - it is smaller (black is for ZTZ; green is for T72) in diameter.

Placing as it is...

https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/41.jpg https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/42.jpg https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/43.jpg https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/44.jpg

So moving on:

https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/45.jpg https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/46.jpg https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/47.jpg

Fixing the standard DeA recoil and IR emitter. Should say that the quality is very good and the final pic shows that upon pressing on the main gun upper mask cover lays smoothly on its place, covering the recoil unit...

https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/48.jpg https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/49.jpg https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/50.jpg https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/51.jpg

The standard IR Receiver by DeA is not good, I would say. Too huge... Beside visual realization of the hits received is not implemented according to our general rules and standard. So in future it will be necessary to re-make it.

But at the moment I re-made IR receiver only. Looks better now.

1) Dea standard one

https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/52.jpg https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/53.jpg https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/54.jpg

2) Re-made version. Steps how to re-make it.

https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/55.jpg

https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/56.jpg

https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/57.jpg

https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/58.jpg

And connecting boards to be allocated....

https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/59.jpg

https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/60.jpg

https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/61.jpg

Turret rotation mechanism.

As said above, HL standard fits as well...

https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/DEA_T-72/IMG_3699.jpg

So to continue... What about the gear?

As our compare shows, the standard black or zinc, or plastic gear by HL will fit DeA T-72. This DeA gear:

https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/IMG_4059.jpg

compare

https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/IMG_4061.jpg

they are the same...

https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/IMG_4062.jpg

https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/IMG_4063.jpg

https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/IMG_4064.jpg

https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/IMG_4065.jpg

DeA gear is without motor.

Now we put gear inside the low hull...

https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/IMG_4150.jpg

https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/IMG_4151.jpg

The difference is in the gear positioning inside the hull - it is not 100% horizontal. It is slightly angled.

The hull and chassis.

Hull is done out of very good even brilliant plastic. All details molded extremely well, all details are seen clearly.

Chassis it self is ok, done out of plastic. No off-road driving. Driving wheel (sprocket) is out of metal, idlers are also done of metal& Good quality.

https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/IMG_4156.jpg

https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/IMG_4157.jpg

https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/IMG_4169.jpg

https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/IMG_4171.jpg

https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/IMG_4172.jpg

Rubber tires cover the road wheels

https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/IMG_4174.jpg

Extra fuel tanks...

https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/IMG_4175.jpg

https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/IMG_4176.jpg

https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/IMG_4178.jpg

and front lower panel

https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/IMG_4177.jpg

Putting tracks on...

https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/IMG_4179.jpg

https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/IMG_4181.jpg

And OFF-WE-GO!!!

https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/IMG_4182.jpg

https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/IMG_4183.jpg

https://tank-battle.ucoz.ru/13_DEA_T-72/IMG_4184.jpg