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Odd T-10 tank
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Posted: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 - 07:35 AM UTC
Sorry if you have seen this already, but I'd found this interesting:

The Rare Soviet tank T -10
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Posted: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 - 08:22 AM UTC
I've seen it mentioned in some Zaloga books - would make a great kit...
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Posted: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 - 10:06 AM UTC
It is indeed an oddity, but the article's odd title is misleading. It's not a T-10, it was a possible replacement for it. The T-10 looked more like a stretched IS-3 Stalin. The sci-fi look of this prototype was supposed to allow it to survive the blast wave from tactical nuclear weapons. The dual tracks on each side would have been a nightmare to maintain, and the silly thing was wisely abandoned.
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Posted: Friday, January 15, 2010 - 10:26 PM UTC
Are there any plastic 1:35 kits of a regular T-10 on the market?

I've seen this in a few books also and agree that this prototype would make a fantastic scratchbuild project, sure would be a challenge.
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Posted: Saturday, January 16, 2010 - 01:30 AM UTC
This is an experimental tank - the object 279.
He was supposed to replace the tank T-10.
The task of running gear to reduce ground pressure ...
Photo from tests in the winter 1959/60 period.



The prototype is in the museum Kubinka near Moscow.
Here are some photos:









http://serkoff.narod.ru/photoalbum110.html
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Posted: Saturday, January 16, 2010 - 03:34 AM UTC
Thanks for the photos Dmitriy. That is one fantastic looking piece of hardware. Very much of the 50s sci-fi movie look about it though .,What a scratch build that would be. Jim
( Someone photo-shop some German crosses on it and we'll have a kit in no time...)
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Posted: Saturday, January 16, 2010 - 04:59 AM UTC

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( Someone photo-shop some German crosses on it and we'll have a kit in no time...)


They'll prolly only kit this one after the P1000 Ratte has been done...


But if they do, it'll be worth the wait!
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Posted: Saturday, January 16, 2010 - 05:47 AM UTC
Hey everyone!!!!!!

If Trumpeter did kits for almast the entire german "E" series, what can't we dream -and beg- for some company release a 1/35 kit of that beautiful monster?

Can someone imagine tHE LOOK of that? Our Tigers, Panther and King Tiger will look like "kitten"

Hope that a company get the inspiration.

Best regards.
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Posted: Sunday, January 17, 2010 - 05:54 PM UTC

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Are there any plastic 1:35 kits of a regular T-10 on the market?

I've seen this in a few books also and agree that this prototype would make a fantastic scratchbuild project, sure would be a challenge.


It would be very welcome, especially if someone also offered an M103 or a Conqueror to oppose it in the display case. Alas, the only plastic T-10 in 1/35th was a dismal Tamiya effort in the 1960's, with black rubber tracks (not vinyl--they were like little fan belts, and would rot and crumble within a couple of years). Details were crude and toy-like. It was a rarity even in the early 1970's, when Scale Modeler did a build feature of one. However, Steve Zaloga did a feature on scratchbuilding one for Military Modelling Magazine not too long ago.
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Posted: Sunday, January 17, 2010 - 06:07 PM UTC

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However, Steve Zaloga did a feature on scratchbuilding one for Military Modelling Magazine not too long ago.


Year/issue? Having trouble locating it...
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Posted: Sunday, January 17, 2010 - 07:32 PM UTC

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However, Steve Zaloga did a feature on scratchbuilding one for Military Modelling Magazine not too long ago.


Year/issue? Having trouble locating it...


I seem to remember the article, though I don't think it was Zaloga's, it was by some other regular (russian armor) contributor (the same guy who did all the different KV prototypes IIRC). I'll have a look when I get home.

Cheerio!
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Posted: Monday, January 18, 2010 - 05:15 AM UTC
The article was by Cookie Sewell and appeared in Issue 4 of 2009.

Cheerio!
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Posted: Monday, January 18, 2010 - 07:23 AM UTC

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The article was by Cookie Sewell and appeared in Issue 4 of 2009.

Cheerio!


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