YOM KIPPUR T62 NEW BOOK

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Finally a book has been published specifically about Yom Kippur War based on the T62. Although this book gathers all the aspects of the T62 and its variants, the main thematic is based on the use of the T62 under the Syrian and Egyptian army, during the Yom Kippur War. In my opinion, the Yom Kippur war was the battle where it was used the T62 and the T55 in more quantity. And of course this battle was the second bigger confrontation of tanks after the battle of Kurks. Also, the T62 was in that time of 1973, the best Soviet tank. Unfortunately, the Arab generals didn't know how to take out profit of this superiority and they lost the war. But inside the context of the modelling, the T62 is without a doubt a very interesting model to apply all type of camouflages. This new Robert Manasherob's book is indispensable for the new Trumpeter kit.

This great book contains blue prints of all the versions, original pictures of 1973 in the Sinai and in Golan, pictures of several T62 in museums and profiles with different camouflage versions. But it also contains several pictures in color of several destroyed T62. For followers of the Arab wars, this book is an inexhaustible source of ideas and inspiration, and the value of the unpublished pictures is incalculable. So it is moment of beginning my own T62. I no longer have excuses and I hope to be able to make the T62 OOB.
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Finalmente se ha publicado un libro especificamente sobre la guerra del Yom Kippur basado en el T62. Aunque este libro reune todos los aspectos del T62 y sus variantes, la principal temática está centrada en la utilización del T62 en el ejército Sirio y Egipcio, durante el Yom Kippur. En mi opinión, la guerra del Yom Kippur fue la batalla donde se utilizó el T62 y el T55 en mayor cantidad. Y por supuesto esta batalla fue la segunda mayor confrontación de tanques despues de la batalla de Kurks. Además, el T62 era en aquella epoca de 1973, era el mejor tanque sovietico. Por desgracia, los generales arabes no supieron sacar provecho de esta superioridad y perdieron la guerra. Pero dentro del contexto del modelismo, el T62 es sin duda un modelo muy interesante para aplicar todo tipo de camuflajes. Este nuevo libro de Robert Manasherob es imprescindible para el nuevo kit de Trumpeter.

Este gran libro contiene planos de todas las versiones, fotos originales de 1973 en el Sinai y en Golan, fotografias de varios T62 en museos y perfiles con distintas versiones de camuflaje. Pero tambien contiene varias fotografias en color de varios T62 destruidos. Para seguidores de las guerras arabes, este libro es una fuente inagotable de ideas e inspiración, y el valor de las fotografias ineditas es incalculable. Asi que es momento de comenzar mi propio T62. Ya no tengo excusas y espero poder hacer el T62 de caja.





I reccomend you to buy this book in his own web page.
Te recomiendo comprar este libro en la propia página del autor:


http://www.sabingamartin.com/



Thank you Robert for this great book. My dream come true.



Mig Jimenez


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JSU-152?

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Once again, my friend Nobuo from Tamiya, sent me kindly the last kit: JSU152.
Only opening the box you can "smell" the quality of the pieces and the detail. Is necessary admit that Tamiya Team overcomes everything with each new model. Although some pieces of the kit are same ones than in the previous JSII, the new parts are extraordinarily fine and well modeled. But the great difference of the JSU152 with the JSII is that the first one can be located in Yom Kippur war or in "The six days war." And of course this it is the reason for which I should make reference to this kit. From now on I will go adding in this blog all the vehicles and information that I can find about Yom Kippur War and the participant vehicles. By now, until I get some accessories, I leave you here pictures of the JSU152 in the Museum of Volgograd (Stalingrad) that I photographed some years ago. I hope you like it!
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Una vez más, mi amigo Nobuo from Tamiya, me envió amablemente el último kit de la marca: JSU152. Solamente abriendo la caja puedes oler la calidad de las piezas y el detalle. Hay que admitir que Tamiya superan todo lo anterior con cada nuevo modelo. A pesar de que algunas piezas del kit son iguales que en el anterior JSII, las nuevas partes son extraordinariamente finas y bien moldeadas. Pero la gran diferencia del JSU152 con el JSII es que el primero puede ubicarse en Yom Kippur o en "la guerra de los seis dias". Y por supuesto esta es la razon por la que debo hacer referencia a este kit. Desde ahora iré añadiendo en este blog todos los vehiculos e información que pueda acerca de Yom Kippur y los vehículos participantes. De momento , hasta que consiga algunos accesorios, aqui os dejo fotos del JSU152 en el Museo de Volgograd (Stalingrad), que fotografié hace algunos años.

(The next model was made by my friend Shigeito Takeuchi)


Photos from Volgograd Museum:

Thanks for looking!!

Mig Jimenez

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MIG AT WORK

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Hello friends. This is my frist post this year, and not because vacations (which was also long) but because I was very focus in a couple of projects.

The first one is one of my dreams, a T55 in Egyptian army, just after cross the Suez Chanel in 1973. This is a huge project because this version have many differences with standard T55, but also I wanted make it with PE and many upgrades. And finally, I will make the whole crew (4) in scratch. Now I have made only one, but it fit well and I am happy with the result. The KTM mineroller is another nightmare, beacuse it is trumpeter and is not like a Tamiya kit. BUt it is done, and now I am closer to finish this model. I will continue showing more steps of this one.

The second one is the well know KVII in 1/16th scale which I started months ago. The next photos is not the last stage, but I was not able to upload the last ones yet. Anyway, it is another funny project, even if I have a deadline. It must be ready for next Nurember Toy fair 2010, so...I am in a hurry. This is why I am so quiet the last weeks (my apologies friends).
The KVII is getting complex because the big surfaces, and is hard to create a nice general look like in 1/35th scale. In this big scales, the most difficult thing is to get used to this big sizes when we paint the effects. Is easy to fall down in the monotony and we must force our self to create big random areas in a way to make more realistic the finall look.
But the good thing is that the chip effects seems more realistic because the big size. Anyway, like all 1/16th scale models, it comsume a lot of time. To paint anything needs more than 4 times more than in 1/35.

I hope fin ish it on time for the end of this month and I will post some pictures here in my blog and another forums. Or you will be able to see it in Tamiya Stand next month in Germany.

And now, I must continue working with it. I cannot spend more time in my blog by now. Is time to finish the mud and the funny weathering, like oil, metal, rust....

Thank you for watching this and I will continue the blog very soon.

Mig Jimenez

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