1958 Revell 1/40 Russian T-34 Tank

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1958 Revell 1/40 Russian T-34 Tank, Kit H-538
After appearing in last week’s Short about problems with vintage models ( • The Problems with Vint... ), this 1958 Revell Russian T-34 tank that my father built needed to be introduced. The box boasts five crew figures (which Dad didn’t include in his build), caterpillar tracks (all dry rotted), machine gun (broken off and missing), movable turret and opening hatches. With its various problems, it’s still an interesting model, especially at a unique 1/40th scale and another piece of model history from my father’s collection.

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@jameslarosa2396 Ай бұрын

This is fabulous. As a child I built that kit maybe a few years after it came out. I think I brush painted it totally green out of a testors paint bottle. Thanks for letting me see it again.

@vintagemilitarymodelkits Ай бұрын

So glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching and commenting. :-)

@maxsmodels Ай бұрын

That was a solid kit back in the day.

@vintagemilitarymodelkits Ай бұрын

It did build a nice little tank. :-) Thanks for watching and commenting!

@HistoricalStudys Ай бұрын

Favorite Tank 🎉

@vintagemilitarymodelkits Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and commenting!

@garfieldsmith332 Ай бұрын

Turned into a nice little build. Possible to scratch build a machine gun and perhaps some tracks could be substituted. ANd it is in great shape for a build over 60 years old. Thanks for sharing.

@vintagemilitarymodelkits Ай бұрын

Good ideas. Thanks for watching and commenting!

@chrispacer4231 Ай бұрын

That is a ODD SCALE 1/40 Never built this kit , not even sure if I’ve seen it the shelves in HOBBY STORES or DEPARTMENT STORES….. Well it least it had basic DETAILS… Scares me, I still have some Vintage Armor kits in the stash Hope the tracks are still good…… You always get my LIKE 👍 CHRIS 🇺🇸

@vintagemilitarymodelkits Ай бұрын

Some of the kits definitely age better than others. Thanks so much for watching and sharing with us!

@modelermark172 Ай бұрын

This is a great example of a kit from the Cold War era. It's unfortunate that dry-rot is claiming the tracks. Replacing them would be out of the question, since available 1/35th aftermarket tracks would be too big for this vintage, 1/40th scale kit. (I have a similar problem with a 1/48th scale Aurora King Tiger - the vinyl tracks are literally falling apart when I touch them, but replacing them with state-of-the-art aftermarket tracks would look stylistically out-of-place on a 1970's vintage kit, with roots in the late 1950's . . . .) I suppose someone could scan a 'good' section of the old, kit tracks and 3D Print suitable replacements, but does anyone know how to preserve "vintage vinyl" model tank tracks, or to keep them from further deterioration? Thanks for sharing this, your dad did a very good job! 12th Like.

@bruceblackerby3742 Ай бұрын

Silicone spray (or even ArmorAll) should retard the oxidation of the old rubber/vinyl tracks. Like the idea of 3D printing. Certainly for an odd size.

@modelermark172 Ай бұрын

@@bruceblackerby3742 Thanks. It's too late for my Aurora King Tiger, but I'll keep that in mind if I find one of these classic Revell T-34's at a swap meet or garage sale. Hopefully, Atlantis has the tooling, and will repop this legacy kit using a more modern material for the tracks. (I'd like to give this kit a classic, Old-School Shep Paine diorama treatment, using materials and techniques from the early 1970's.) Of course, if silicone or ArmorAll is used, painting the tracks isn't an option. As a sidebar, I remember seeing an article in Scale Auto Magazine where they focused on "Survivors" - built model cars, many of them contest winners - from the early 1960's through the 1990's. (A model had to be over 20 years old to fit the definition.) A few of these suffered from vinyl tires that had literally 'melted' over the decades. This was a shame to see these old masterpieces in such condition.

@vintagemilitarymodelkits Ай бұрын

Appreciate the compliment. Dad also built a bunch of Aurora tanks and the tracks are falling apart as well as some car kits that you mentioned below with the melted tires. Tamiya tank tracks seemed to have mainly held up except the static set of tracks in the 1/35 Hunting Tiger. Dad had around 10 of those kits and most of the tracks were dry rotted.

@alessiodecarolis 28 күн бұрын

The turret seems a bit narrow, more similar to that of later T34/76 models, Once, there were a lot of strange scales, also in the same brand, expecially for US' producers, such as Revell and Monogram .

@vintagemilitarymodelkits 23 күн бұрын

That's a good observation. Thanks for watching and commenting!