discussion T-60 Soviet Light Tank, 1/35, Mistercraft

[PaulTRose]

got this as a xmas prezzie and just fancied doing it next cos ive never done a kit by this brand before.......Polish apparently

not a lot in the box but theres decal/scheme options for 4 Soviet, 1 Polish and 1 captured German

seems to be usual eastern european quality.....eeeek!

bit of history......was designed as a light tank/scout tank, introduced in 1942 and was already outclassed by the Germans.........under gunned, under armoured, under powered but they still made nearly 6000 of them, guess it was a case of better than nothing

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[scottie3158]

Paul,
Count me in mate I will follow along and see how you get on with it. it's not a brand I know either.

 

[Guest]

Paul I'm in, built a few of these types from less well know Eastern European Companies.

Simon T put me onto them, not built any from this company, but looking at their web site they seem quite well organised 16 new models coming out this year alone.

https://mistercraft.eu/pl/

 

[Jim R]

Hi Paul
Never heard of Mistercraft. Rarely see T-60 modelled either. Interesting to see how you sort this 'cause it ain't gonna be without problems.
Jim

 

[Guest]

Excuse us Paul.

Hi Paul
Never heard of Mistercraft. Rarely see T-60 modelled either. Interesting to see how you sort this 'cause it ain't gonna be without problems.
Jim

Jim are you another who have tried the likes then ? I've a T60 in the stash, think I will leave it for a while , at least until Paul has his finished !

 

[PaulTRose]

not took long to put the hull together

not the greatest of kits, lots of ejection gate points which are quite large and in the most awkward of places, so big they create sink marks.

fit isnt the best so filler is the name of the game

not that impressed with the sprues......where parts meet the sprues its quite thick so need to be careful cutting off, needs to be carefully trimmed, and the styrene is quite soft

paint pot shows just how big this is for a 1/35



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[Graeme C.]

Paul, that is a small tank, never heard of Mistercraft either, but you're making a good job of it.

 

[Tim Marlow]

Another one that hasn’t heard of them. It is together though and looks like a T60......that’s a good start in my book.

 

[PaulTRose]

rest of the bits on........ready for a waft of primer.....see what gaps etc there are



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[Guest]

Looking good now Paul , are those different colours of sprue on the track guards , or have I missed something ?

 

[adt70hk]

A nice little tank there Paul.

ATB.

Andrew

 

[PaulTRose]

Looking good now Paul , are those different colours of sprue on the track guards , or have I missed something ?

yep......sprues are different colours.......and even feel like different styrene, darker grey is a bit softer

 

[Dave Ward]

MisterCraft produce all sorts of models - mostly from moulds made by now defunct makers - Intech, ZTS Plastyk etc, mainly Eastern European, but also ex - Heller models. The T-60 dates from 1996, originally by Aeroplast. They are nicely presented & have some interesting decal sheets, with lots of choice, but they are old moulds, and quality is very variable, but are generally pretty cheap - Amazon have a load of the 1/72 planes < £10..................
Dave

 

[Guest]

yep......sprues are different colours.......and even feel like different styrene, darker grey is a bit softer

Thanks Paul.

 

[scottie3158]

Paul
Looking good mate.

 

[PaulTRose]

painted.......shiny coat added ready for a wash of some sort.......decals added, all 2 of them!......decals are rubbish......was going to do a version with a typical patriotic cyrillic slogan but it just fell apart when it went in the water!! really is a little thing for 1/35

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[Tim Marlow]

Pity about the decals Paul. Paint looks good though. The Tamiya pot really shows how small it is doesn’t it.

 

[Graeme C.]

:thumb2: All looking good Paul.

 

[PaulTRose]

im calling quits on this...............unless i decide to muddy it up at some point

one of those kits that left me thoroughly underwelmed and i just want to move on to something else

i know its Eastern European but the instructions were terrible and the tracks were a pain in the nether regions

i messed up the pin wash, didnt quite get the effect i was after

but hey ho, live and learn and all that



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[Jim R]

Hi Paul
Well despite your lack of enthusiasm for this kit you've made a fine job of the wee beastie.
Jim