Meng T-90 Update 5/5/14

YAY! I’ve finally made a start on the turret and it almost feels it has the same amount of parts as the hull (i.e LOTS). Anyway it’s going together well, the only thing extra thing I’ve done is for the co-axial MG as the fit is quite sloppy. I drilled a hole in one side of some scrap 20 thou styrene sheet big enough for the gun to poke through and using some copper wire wrapped around a 0.6mm drill bit made the rubber ‘o’ ring seal that goes around the barrel. Yeah I know you can hardly see it but I know it’s there :o)

Most of the sensors will be buttoned up except for a couple just for added interest;

The barrel….be careful putting it together as the fit is sloppy where the two halves join in the middle and can result in a wonky barrel. I’m not sure about using the kit one or swapping it for a metal one but at the time of writing the RB Model item is out of stock everywhere and I can only get one from Hong Kong via Hobby Easy (Orange Hobby item number G35-121). I’ll have to think about it.

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I've been a modelmaker for a verrry long time and still show no signs of growing out of it after 50 plus years. I mainly build tanks, aircraft and paint figures but generally do whatever takes my fancy whether it's historical, Science-fiction, a 'what-if' or because it has pretty colours and looks nice. I'm hoping that you find my blog interesting and useful, particularly if building a model that I have built and documented here. View more posts