Can someone please help me with this tank, I remember seeing a build somewhere (I believe it was a modelling magazine) of a heavy US tank that never went into production as the war ended. I remember that it had 2 sets of tracks on each side and from memory looked like a super sized Sherman. I am after its name and the manufacturer that produced/produces this kit.
Thank you in advance
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US heavy tank of WW2
CMOT
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Posted: Friday, July 06, 2007 - 03:49 AM UTC
kaolelo
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Posted: Friday, July 06, 2007 - 04:10 AM UTC
how about the t28? it didn't really look like a sherman, but it had a double set of sherman tracks, i think. a 105 mm gun, and designed for assaulting the siegfreid line. here's a picture and a link to a page on us heavy tanks.
http://mailer.fsu.edu/~akirk/tanks/UnitedStates/heavytanks/HeavyTanks.html
http://mailer.fsu.edu/~akirk/tanks/UnitedStates/heavytanks/HeavyTanks.html 
DAR
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Posted: Friday, July 06, 2007 - 04:28 AM UTC
If that's the tank Darren, Accurate Armour makes the kit.
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Posted: Friday, July 06, 2007 - 04:29 AM UTC
The tank you describe (heavy tank, war ended before production, 2 sets of tracks each side) is the US T28 heavy tank. It doesn't look like a Sherman, though - it has no turret. You can see photos here:
http://www.armorfortheages.com/T-28%20page.htm
Is this it? If so, it's the T28 and Accurate Armor makes the resin kit. It's the only kit of this tank.
http://www.armorfortheages.com/T-28%20page.htm
Is this it? If so, it's the T28 and Accurate Armor makes the resin kit. It's the only kit of this tank.
NormSon
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Posted: Friday, July 06, 2007 - 04:30 AM UTC
A resin kit was produced by Accurate Armour; not sure if it's still in production.
Real one is on display at the Patton Museum; it's a BMF.
Norm Samuelson
Real one is on display at the Patton Museum; it's a BMF.
Norm Samuelson
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Posted: Friday, July 06, 2007 - 04:35 AM UTC
Yep, still listed for £128.
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Posted: Friday, July 06, 2007 - 04:47 AM UTC
thanks guys it was years ago when this was a new kit that i saw a build on it, old age and memory dont work well together. I was sure it was a plastic kit and not resin? is there a plastic version of this beast out there?
DAR
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Posted: Friday, July 06, 2007 - 04:52 AM UTC
Pretty sure that the AA kit is the only one.
SSGToms
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Posted: Friday, July 06, 2007 - 04:55 AM UTC
There are no styrene kits of the T28. Sorry!
primate
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Posted: Friday, July 06, 2007 - 05:16 AM UTC
Heres a link to a scratchbuilt T28 on Missing lynk
http://www.missing-lynx.com/gallery/modern/dmt28.htm
http://www.missing-lynx.com/gallery/modern/dmt28.htm
Bleak
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Posted: Friday, July 06, 2007 - 05:27 AM UTC
Hmm by the way, talking about these massive tanks, does anyone know if there is a model of the british Tortoise ?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tortoise_heavy_assault_tank
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tortoise_heavy_assault_tank
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Posted: Friday, July 06, 2007 - 05:48 AM UTC
Yes, there is. Once again, the only game in town is from Accurate Armour. It's a full resin kit. Kit # K068, Tortoise Super Heavy Tank, 85.10 pounds export, 99.99 pounds EU. Here it is:
http://www.accurate-armour.com/ShowProduct.cfm?manufacturer=0&category=3&subcategory=8&product=48
http://www.accurate-armour.com/ShowProduct.cfm?manufacturer=0&category=3&subcategory=8&product=48
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Posted: Friday, July 06, 2007 - 02:01 PM UTC
nice, thanks !
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Posted: Saturday, July 07, 2007 - 06:26 PM UTC
Quoted Text
Can someone please help me with this tank, I remember seeing a build somewhere (I believe it was a modelling magazine) of a heavy US tank that never went into production as the war ended. I remember that it had 2 sets of tracks on each side and from memory looked like a super sized Sherman. I am after its name and the manufacturer that produced/produces this kit.
Thank you in advance
The U.S. T14 Assault Tank "kinda" looks like a super sized Sherman.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T14_Heavy_Tank.
I believe that there's one example at either Bovington or one of the other museums in the U.K.
jjumbo
acav
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Posted: Sunday, July 08, 2007 - 09:14 AM UTC
Quoted Text
Quoted TextCan someone please help me with this tank, I remember seeing a build somewhere (I believe it was a modelling magazine) of a heavy US tank that never went into production as the war ended. I remember that it had 2 sets of tracks on each side and from memory looked like a super sized Sherman. I am after its name and the manufacturer that produced/produces this kit.
Thank you in advance
The U.S. T14 Assault Tank "kinda" looks like a super sized Sherman.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T14_Heavy_Tank.
I believe that there's one example at either Bovington or one of the other museums in the U.K.
jjumbo
The T14 is the tank which has been refered to as a 'Sherman Jumbo' which was designed to 'break through the Normandy bocage country' in a couple of recent and fallacious 'documentaries' on the History Channel.
How wrong 'experts' can be.
acav out
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Posted: Sunday, July 08, 2007 - 07:09 PM UTC
[/quote]
The T14 is the tank which has been refered to as a 'Sherman Jumbo' which was designed to 'break through the Normandy bocage country' in a couple of recent and fallacious 'documentaries' on the History Channel.
How wrong 'experts' can be.
acav out[/quote]
Hear Hear, you're spot on there ACAV!!!
There is nothing more !@#$%^&*()+
annoying than watching a program or reading a book and the producers/publishers have captioned or described a video or photo incorrectly.
That "Jumbo Sherman" gaff in the Tanks series is just scratching the surface.
I don't know how many times I've seen late war 76mm gun Shermans mis-identified as Fireflys or Panzer III's mistaken for Panzer IV's and vice versa.
You'd think they would take the time to have their "onscreen experts" review the final product before they release their video/book.
Anyway, that's my rant for the week!!!
Cheers everyone
jjumbo
The T14 is the tank which has been refered to as a 'Sherman Jumbo' which was designed to 'break through the Normandy bocage country' in a couple of recent and fallacious 'documentaries' on the History Channel.
How wrong 'experts' can be.
acav out[/quote]
Hear Hear, you're spot on there ACAV!!!
There is nothing more !@#$%^&*()+
annoying than watching a program or reading a book and the producers/publishers have captioned or described a video or photo incorrectly.That "Jumbo Sherman" gaff in the Tanks series is just scratching the surface.
I don't know how many times I've seen late war 76mm gun Shermans mis-identified as Fireflys or Panzer III's mistaken for Panzer IV's and vice versa.
You'd think they would take the time to have their "onscreen experts" review the final product before they release their video/book.
Anyway, that's my rant for the week!!!
Cheers everyone
jjumbo
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Posted: Monday, July 09, 2007 - 02:33 PM UTC
I would like to ask you a thing that had been bothering me for a while. What happens if one of the inside tracks break? How do they fix it? Taking off the entire outside?
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Posted: Monday, July 09, 2007 - 02:58 PM UTC
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There are no styrene kits of the T28. Sorry!
Only 2 ever built.....hmmmm, I think Dragon will probably do a kit of this real soon. They like one of and two of prototypes like the dickermax and the stu 38(t) thingy cyberhobby released.
Dragon could actually start a new line or series of odd ball prototype stuff
jjumbo
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Posted: Monday, July 09, 2007 - 03:00 PM UTC
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I would like to ask you a thing that had been bothering me for a while. What happens if one of the inside tracks break? How do they fix it? Taking off the entire outside?
The GMC 95/T-28 weighed in at 95 tons and were really wide, about 14.5 feet (4.5 meters), so they had paired HVSS suspension units on each side of the vehicle.
The outside track assemblies were designed to be disconnected from the hull and then connected to each other to form a "dumb" unit so it/they could be towed behind the vehicle or a Prime Mover.
Cheers
jjumbo
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