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FROM: ENGLAND - SOUTH WEST, UNITED KINGDOM

I have been building model kits since the early 70’s starting with Airfix kits of mostly aircraft, then progressing to the point I am at now building predominantly armour kits from all countries and time periods. Living in the middle of Salisbury plain since the 70’s, I have had lots of opportunitie...

Finch

That's a (relatively) rare T-34-85 variant, being from factory 174. They were one of the smaller T-34 makers.

JUL 12, 2011 - 07:53 AM

bill_c

Danny, is there a list of factories and the differences in each one's T-34s?

JUL 12, 2011 - 08:43 AM

exer

From what I can make out on the placard this is a Korean war tank captured from the Chinese. The problem with so many museum T-34s is that they don't list the post war add ons so you can't really use them as a reference.

JUL 12, 2011 - 08:51 AM

CMOT

Pat the placard says they believe which indicates to me no one can remember where it came from. I will make a point of going through the walkarounds and typing up the available information from the placards as a part of the features. Only 120 and counting I must be mad.

JUL 12, 2011 - 10:16 AM

bill_c

Hey, Darren, thanks for all that you're doing on this. In case no one has said "thanks."

JUL 12, 2011 - 11:58 AM

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