Monday, July 13, 2026

Soviet Equipment

Work continues on the T54 tanks, nearly all Roco, but a few SDV, these are Roco in the photo.
I have been taking them apart, mostly, trimming off the flash, repairing problems and putting them together.  Not all of them have the little wheels and I am not replacing any that are missing.
Many of mine had two right side tracks!  That created a lot of problems later.
This is a conversion that I made using parts of three vehicles.
It is a chemical weapon decontamination vehicle.
 

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2 comments:

  1. RogerJuly 14, 2026 at 3:50 AM

    I usually removes the small wheels from my Roco Minitanks anyway as it looks better when placing them on the layout. Having too many right hand tracks might be challenging as they are so distinct different from each side. That gap between running wheel 2 and 3 is how these usually was identified.

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    1. Mike Bunkermeister CreekJuly 14, 2026 at 6:31 PM

      Yes, it's a miniature crisis. The driving sprocket wheel on the Roco is on the front, but on the real tank it's on the back. The Roco sprocket is also too small, the sprocket pins are hardly noticeable. So I went with putting the gap to the front, even though that puts the drive sprocket to the front. It's not very noticeable unless you look very closely. I also had a number of these tanks that were missing parts or had catastrophically damaged hulls so despite the lack of tracks, it may be irrelevant because I may not have enough upper hulls to make that many tanks anyway. Thanks for commenting Roger.

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