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SBS model T-72M Turret
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Posted: Monday, February 04, 2013 - 06:30 AM UTC
Roman Volchenkov takes a look on new resin turret for your T-72M from SBS model.

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Posted: Monday, February 04, 2013 - 07:44 AM UTC
Thanks for processing it, James!
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Posted: Tuesday, February 05, 2013 - 01:05 AM UTC
I personally know the creator of masterpieces.
Great, accurate, result of many years of the tower, and at some point he also served these tanks, I learned, you know.
I recommend the SBS accurate, precise casting coupled with excellent form master! This is a perfectly shaped T-72 tower!
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Posted: Tuesday, February 05, 2013 - 12:24 PM UTC
Nice review Roman. SBS deserves some publicity. I have the turret and it's a great set. Fingers crossed for more turrets from them in the future.

Cheers,
/E
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Posted: Wednesday, February 06, 2013 - 12:07 AM UTC
Tack, Erik. I agree, they have excellent stuff in the range.
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Posted: Wednesday, February 06, 2013 - 05:07 AM UTC

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This is a perfectly shaped T-72 tower!


Hello!
I think SBS one is really good. But it is suitable for later T-72M.
For early T-72M

must be used Modelpoint turret
http://www.model-point.ru/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=82:rc312--t-72-qq-&catid=37:-135&Itemid=56

I recommend it with SP Designs T-72 nose w/o add on armor.
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Posted: Wednesday, February 06, 2013 - 06:14 AM UTC
The Model Point turret is OK but when I examined it some time ago I was not totaly happy with shape and some details like the range finder. Personally my Ural turret T-72 is on hold until a better turret appears. Hopfully SBS will deliver.

Cheers,
/E
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Posted: Wednesday, February 06, 2013 - 07:03 AM UTC
Erik,

Patriota Models make a damn nice URAL turret if interested.

All the best,
Andreas
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Posted: Wednesday, February 06, 2013 - 07:15 AM UTC

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I was not totaly happy with shape and some details like the range finder.
/E


Tell me please which drawings you used for compare? And what else you do not liked besides rangefinder?
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Posted: Wednesday, February 06, 2013 - 09:52 PM UTC
Taras, SBS model turret is for Czech made tanks. Are you talking about 72M made in Soviet Union?
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Posted: Thursday, February 07, 2013 - 02:01 AM UTC

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Taras, SBS model turret is for Czech made tanks. Are you talking about 72M made in Soviet Union?


Can you tell me about differences?
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Posted: Thursday, February 07, 2013 - 02:24 AM UTC
turret and some other small things

http://forum.valka.cz/files/t-72rez2_161.jpeg

http://forum.valka.cz/files/t-72rez1_121.jpeg

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Posted: Thursday, February 07, 2013 - 02:35 AM UTC
All turrets were Soviet.
But T-72 last series turret (with laser rangefinder) was produced under license by Czechoslovakia and Poland.
Removed by original poster on 02/07/13 - 14:38:38 (GMT).
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Posted: Thursday, February 07, 2013 - 02:52 AM UTC
The coincidence rangefinder was on turrets made in USSR, on Czechoslovak turrets it was absent.

The turret from the review is Czechoslovak made. I will correct that in the description.
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Posted: Thursday, February 07, 2013 - 03:55 AM UTC

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The coincidence rangefinder was on turrets made in USSR, on Czechoslovak turrets it was absent.


Tell me please what is it? Optical stereoscopic rangefinder or...?
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Posted: Saturday, February 09, 2013 - 09:47 PM UTC
Taras, I got mail from Pánczél Mátyás, he did the master model.

In 1978 Warsaw pact countries got 31 T-72 from Soviet union with optical rangefinder. Czechoslovaks decided to build turrets on their own and this is the turret from the review. Czechoslovak-made turrets never had optical rangefinders and they have laser rangefinder from the beginning, that is why it is T-72M early.

Nomenclature of T-72 is different in USSR - T-72 (1971), T-72 Ural (1973), and the first LASER rangefinder is T-72A.

The Soviet-made T-72 turret with optical rangefinder is currently under development and will be available in near future from SBS model too.


Hope that helps
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Posted: Sunday, February 10, 2013 - 07:16 AM UTC
HMM...maybe he is right.

http://en.valka.cz/viewtopic.php/t/13783
http://forum.valka.cz/viewtopic.php/t/13783
http://en.valka.cz/viewtopic.php/t/69990
http://forum.valka.cz/viewtopic.php/t/69990

Thanks to Czech members.

So waiting for SBS Soviet-made T-72 turret with optical rangefinder for comparsion with Modelpoint.
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