T-80 (1944)

Awarded: Silver

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By: Konstantin

Manufacturer(s): UM

Modifications: Practicali all details are remade. Tank tower is done from plastic card, aluminium sheet and copper wire, barrels of machine guns are hypodermic needles. Small details are made frome copper wire, aluminium sheet and plastic card.

Description: Soviet T-80 Mytischenskogo factory №40 (spring-summer 1944). Painted with Humbroll enamels, weathered with oils and acrylies Tamiya. Finally, some powdered pastel chalk is used.

Judge 1: Very nice build job! Your work is clean, and precise. It's always good to see a scratch upgrade like that. I think the base green color is too dark for the further weathering. Only the dusty effects made with the pastels are visible. I would suggest you using next time lighter base color, and you'll have much more chance to make a spectacular vehicle, adding more depth for the colors, ect. Details are well painted, exhaust is a bit monotne, and on the towing cable there is too much silver... Anyway it's a nice model, if you pay as much attention for the paint,as you did for the build, it will be a masterpiece.
Judge 2: Some of the photos are too dark and this inturn makes the paint look to dark, read our photo tips section for some advice on setting up to take better photos. The model itself has been well made and the scratch work is quite well done. The paint work is well applied and the subtle tonal variation is well done. I agree with the other judge the exhaust is probably the weakest part of the build and the wire used for the tow cable is over scale. The weathering is very well done with some very nice rusty streaks and variations in tones. The open tool box is a nice touch and I like the hand painted numbers, keep up the good work.
Judge 3: Wow, a lot of nice scratch building was done here. That, the subtle weathering and the effective tonal variances of the finish really make this model come to life. A little more dust/dirt on the aft lower hull wouldn't go amiss though. I don't have as much issue with the exhausts as my esteemed colleagues, but agree that the tow cable detracts from, rather than adds to the overall appearance. The only thing that stands out to me technically, is that the transition of the track segments coming off the top of the RH idler looks a bit unnatural, as does the wrap of the track links around the LH drive sprocket (though that one's hard to be sure of due to the heavy shadowing and blurriness of the photo in this area). Overall a very attractive model. Nice work!!