Takom Type 59

Ingo F
Looks good. I will take a seat. 🙂

Rene Scheiblich autor
Welcome, have a beer. This week will be slow though... Taking a CAD/CAM course and the weekend is full. Weather would be perfect for some time at the bench 😄

karen murray
really nice detail on that kit

Rene Scheiblich autor
Yep. Funny thing was the missing tow cable, I'll scratch that. Instead there was the PE fret from Takom's AMX 13 105 in the box 😄
Made some progress, less than I wanted though. 2 left hands make things going slow😉 Sanded down the ridges on the wheels, rebuilt the frame for the headlights from copper wire and cleaned up the hull.

Rene Scheiblich autor
To the batcave! Errrm bench.
Replaced some moulded-on wiring tonight (and added more) and tried the fit of the headlight, referencing a t-54 (nice stuff, the search function for walkarounds 😛 ). Assembly looks to be the same with both tanks, but I couldn't find such detailed photos from a type 59.

Johan Perremans
Working on one right now, converting it to a T-54A(M). Nice kit, not as simplistic as Tamiya's T-55, but not as complex as Miniart's series.

Rene Scheiblich autor
Yep, Takom did a nice job there imho. Only the fuel lines were a bit fiddly to get to sit right. Otherwise it's a nice oob kit with plenty of room to get some detailwork done.

Johan Perremans
You are building it as Type 59, no?
In that case: DO NOT clip the front plate corners as indicated in the instructions! Type 59 has a square plate. Only clip If you are building an T-54!

Rene Scheiblich autor
Which version did have the square lower front plate? Latter ones?
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In these photographs they look like they're depicted in the manual. I took it as proof to cut and sand...
Would be annoying to have to fit some sheet again 😄

Johan Perremans
WOOPS! I am so sorry, it is the Type 69 that has the square plate 🙂

Thomas K.
very nice 👍

Rui S
Nice model & work 👍

Rene Scheiblich autor
Many thanks mates!

No I didn't take more pics sadly. And now it's adorning the living room of a mate 300km away. I'll snap some when I visit him the next time 🙂