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Offline Rod The Fixer

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IDF Tiran 4Sh Early Type - Yom Kippur War - Miniart 1:35
« on: January 22, 2022, 01:08:49 AM »
Hi everyone,
I'm starting to assemble this MiniArt kit:


by Rodolfo Masti, on Flickr

To make this tank which operated in The Sinai Peninsula during the Yom Kippur War in October 1973:


by Rodolfo Masti, on Flickr

Source: Tanks of the Tiran family

More information about this tank: [Here] or [Here]

A quick look inside the box:


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by Rodolfo Masti, on Flickr


by Rodolfo Masti, on Flickr


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by Rodolfo Masti, on Flickr


 by Rodolfo Masti, on Flickr


by Rodolfo Masti, on Flickr


by Rodolfo Masti, on Flickr


by Rodolfo Masti, on Flickr


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Re: IDF Tiran 4Sh Early Type - Yom Kippur War - Miniart 1:35
« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2022, 04:29:51 AM »
Full interior kit? See you in three months...

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Re: IDF Tiran 4Sh Early Type - Yom Kippur War - Miniart 1:35
« Reply #2 on: January 22, 2022, 06:50:46 AM »
Full interior kit? See you in three months...

2 months of which will be spent finding the part that went to the floor... ;)
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Re: IDF Tiran 4Sh Early Type - Yom Kippur War - Miniart 1:35
« Reply #3 on: January 23, 2022, 02:01:23 PM »
Why not add Blazer armour too ? :D  90% were the same blocks fitted to their M-60s with only  a few new shapes in odd places.

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Re: IDF Tiran 4Sh Early Type - Yom Kippur War - Miniart 1:35
« Reply #4 on: January 23, 2022, 02:28:59 PM »
That way lies madness!

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Re: IDF Tiran 4Sh Early Type - Yom Kippur War - Miniart 1:35
« Reply #5 on: January 24, 2022, 10:34:26 AM »
Always loved the look of the Tiran and wonder what the IDF actually though of them verses their other MBTs.

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Re: IDF Tiran 4Sh Early Type - Yom Kippur War - Miniart 1:35
« Reply #6 on: January 24, 2022, 11:20:40 AM »
Always loved the look of the Tiran and wonder what the IDF actually though of them verses their other MBTs.

from my friend in the IDF ....

The Tiran-1s (T-54) & Tiran-2 (T-55) were a convenient gap filler until they got more Western tanks & then the Merkava.  They were "ok" refitted with the West's gun but were mainly used for training & supply to the South Lebanese Army, & eventually Peru !

Regarding the Tiran-3 (T-62) - Israeli tests of captured T-62's with a crack IDF crew suggest that the Russian 115mm U5-TS gun is consistently accurate over ranges of 3 klms and have obtained hits at 4.5klms (presumably 'static' on the range) - that's better than Western tank-guns of the day.  In Soviet tank companies one tank (the best crew) is the roving tank operating as a 'sniper' and range-finder , the other 9 tanks only open fire at under 1500 mtrs.

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Re: IDF Tiran 4Sh Early Type - Yom Kippur War - Miniart 1:35
« Reply #7 on: February 04, 2022, 05:47:42 AM »
V-55 V-12 580 hp Water-cooled diesel engine, before ...


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and after the weathering ...


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by Rodolfo Masti, on Flickr


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Re: IDF Tiran 4Sh Early Type - Yom Kippur War - Miniart 1:35
« Reply #8 on: February 04, 2022, 07:44:06 AM »
Very nice! Cooked-on grimy goodness  :smiley:
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Re: IDF Tiran 4Sh Early Type - Yom Kippur War - Miniart 1:35
« Reply #9 on: February 04, 2022, 07:57:22 AM »
Nice engine .. but still far too clean.  These were very filthy oil-throwers.

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Re: IDF Tiran 4Sh Early Type - Yom Kippur War - Miniart 1:35
« Reply #10 on: March 19, 2022, 06:44:49 AM »
Interior ready to be assembled and weathered ...


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Re: IDF Tiran 4Sh Early Type - Yom Kippur War - Miniart 1:35
« Reply #11 on: March 19, 2022, 02:47:05 PM »
Ooh! Armour! :-*
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Re: IDF Tiran 4Sh Early Type - Yom Kippur War - Miniart 1:35
« Reply #12 on: March 21, 2022, 02:16:39 AM »
The desert sand is everywhere ...


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Re: IDF Tiran 4Sh Early Type - Yom Kippur War - Miniart 1:35
« Reply #13 on: March 21, 2022, 03:17:51 AM »
Beautiful work so far! I love both the clean and used versions of the engine and interior. Is the assembly going well or is it annoying and tedious?

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Re: IDF Tiran 4Sh Early Type - Yom Kippur War - Miniart 1:35
« Reply #14 on: March 21, 2022, 10:42:34 AM »
Agreed. That weathering looks the business  :smiley:
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Re: IDF Tiran 4Sh Early Type - Yom Kippur War - Miniart 1:35
« Reply #15 on: March 21, 2022, 10:30:34 PM »
This is not helping my self esteem! :icon_crap:

Excellent work! :smiley: 8)
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Re: IDF Tiran 4Sh Early Type - Yom Kippur War - Miniart 1:35
« Reply #16 on: March 22, 2022, 01:43:18 AM »
This is not helping my self esteem! :icon_crap:

Take a number and get in line...the queue starts around the block. ;)
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Re: IDF Tiran 4Sh Early Type - Yom Kippur War - Miniart 1:35
« Reply #17 on: March 28, 2022, 10:08:05 PM »
Incredible workmanship!

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Re: IDF Tiran 4Sh Early Type - Yom Kippur War - Miniart 1:35
« Reply #18 on: April 20, 2022, 08:12:36 PM »
Interior completed ...


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Re: IDF Tiran 4Sh Early Type - Yom Kippur War - Miniart 1:35
« Reply #19 on: April 20, 2022, 08:15:36 PM »
Beautiful work so far! I love both the clean and used versions of the engine and interior. Is the assembly going well or is it annoying and tedious?

Hi Frank,
not so tedious like assembling track links ...  ;)

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Re: IDF Tiran 4Sh Early Type - Yom Kippur War - Miniart 1:35
« Reply #20 on: April 20, 2022, 10:23:14 PM »
Fun Fact - when the Ford engines in the Yugoslavian M36B2 tank destroyers stopped working due to lack of spare parts, the JNA robbed Peter to pay Paul with those T55 powerpacks. Cut the engine deck out (since they had the mounts already set) and welded the section of T55 hull right into the TD's engine bay.  Have fun with that minutia.

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Re: IDF Tiran 4Sh Early Type - Yom Kippur War - Miniart 1:35
« Reply #21 on: May 04, 2022, 07:11:55 PM »
A layer of primer...


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and the first layer of paint ...


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Re: IDF Tiran 4Sh Early Type - Yom Kippur War - Miniart 1:35
« Reply #22 on: May 04, 2022, 09:02:12 PM »
 :smiley:
"This is the Captain. We have a little problem with our engine sequence, so we may experience some slight turbulence and, ah, explode."

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Re: IDF Tiran 4Sh Early Type - Yom Kippur War - Miniart 1:35
« Reply #23 on: May 05, 2022, 04:57:19 AM »
It's a good tank build when I look at how those rounds are stowed and get sympathetic flashbacky shoulder muscle pain along with a headache.

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Re: IDF Tiran 4Sh Early Type - Yom Kippur War - Miniart 1:35
« Reply #24 on: May 06, 2022, 02:31:06 AM »
It's a good tank build when I look at how those rounds are stowed and get sympathetic flashbacky shoulder muscle pain along with a headache.

 ;D
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