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Taranov
Yuri Pasholok joined May 11, 2007
Professional historical researcher, in game industry from fall 2002. Released commercial projects: Theatre of War (work from september 2002 to january 2004); Pacific Figters; IL-2 Sturmovik: Pe-2; Sturmoviks over Manchuria; IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946; Steel Fury: Kharkov 1942 (small references assistance). Member of Forgotten Hope team from spring 2004 to present time. Member of volunteers repaint team from summer 2005. Repaint of tanks in Kubinka tank museum (2005-2007) and T-34 Museum (from fall 2007).
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Little historical background: in 1933 soviet engineers start development of remote controlled tanks. It's been T-26 based tank, TT-26, with KS-25 flamethrover, remote controlled from T-26 based command tank, TU-26. 55 tanks (TT-26) build from 1935 to 1938, used in september 1939 campaign against Poland, Winter War and in Great Patriotic War (almost all lost in june-july 1941 combats). Last TT-26 preserved in Kubinka tank museum, last TU-26 preserved in Central Armed Forces Museum (Moscow).
When we start repaint TT-26 we want to do this tank:
Same camo scheme used in 1939 Poland campaign, it's a good addition for Red Army camo exposition in Kubinka tank museum Hangar #3 (light tanks).
Preserved TT-26 is a 1935-36 production tank. In spring 2007 he already hame more 3 mm of paint layers, with "corocdile skin" effect, no chance for simple overpaint
We have only one way in this situation - full paint removing and full repaint.
12 May: let's start!
Initial idea for paint layers removing - using of SP-6 paint remover (real effective stuff!) and palette-knife, later using of angle sander for finish paint removing operation. Effective method, but not for this tank!
You can see result of 4 hours of work. Only 1-2 mm of layers is removed, real die hard!
19 may
Anyone want a soup (SP-6 paint remover, 50l)? :)
+1 member of ours team added to TT-26 work - Oleg
New method - adding SP-6 paint remover and using of angle sander. More progress, but turret still need work
27 may
+3 volunteers of ours team added to work - Alexei...
...Sergei...
...and Andrei
Found original markings - line on the gun mask...
...vertical line on the rear side of fighting compartment, and number 527 on the left plate of engine deck
Markings reconstruction (used HT-130 drawings)
Some progress pics, hull started too
2 june
+1 member of repaint team added to TT-26 work - Boris
Turret progress
11 june
More progress, turet almost done (after month of work!)
Rust converter added
KS-25 flamethrower
23 june
+ 1 member of repaint team added to TT-26 project - Alexei
Removing radiator grille for paint removing and repaint
Cleaning of hull rear side
Muffler removed
Tracks removing
I like to move it, move it...
Some progress...
30 june
+1 new team member - Eugeny
Original priming (red lead) and naked metal
7 july
Progress
Wash is it!
Grille assembling
Paint removing is done, after two months of work!
21 july
Adding of priming
28 july
Painting is started. We use RAL 6025 color, it's not a 4BO (grass green, basical color for Red Army tanks from 1935 to 1952), but VERY simitar.
Adding first layer of paint
5 august
Adding second layer of base green
11 august
Adding camo, paint some parts, assembling, painting tracks
18 august - DONE!
From left: Alexei Leontiev (restoration team), Anton Mihailutin (restoration team), Yuri Pasholok (repaint team), Andrei Karpov (repaint team), Sergei Galyshev (repaint team) Alexei Efimov (repaint team), Roman Alymov (restoration team), Eugeny Boldyrev (repaint team)
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More 3 months for texturing ;)
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