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Captured (Finnish) T-50 A.A. Tank
caryl576
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Posted: Friday, December 09, 2011 - 06:23 AM UTC
Well here's my latest project just about done (I may add some 'ground' to the base, but maybe not).

This is the little used soviet T-50 light tank, which proved just to expensive and complicated to build in any great numbers so it was swiftly cancelled, despite being an excellent vehical.

The some of the basic T-50's were uparmoured in the same way as the KV-1 ekranami in response to a suposed increase in the power of german guns, producing the T-50 A.A

This kit is the one made by Techmod, then rereleased with PE by Mirage.

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Posted: Friday, December 09, 2011 - 06:26 AM UTC
The vehical pictured was captured by the Finns during the continuation war and used against it's previous owners unit it suffered a terminal mechanical break down.

The vehical is now at the Parola tank museum (http://www.andreaslarka.net/ps183001/ps183001.html)



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Posted: Friday, December 09, 2011 - 06:30 AM UTC
This build good fun, but the individual track links come with separate, hollow, guid horns which take forever to assemble, but do look good.

The PE which should have come with the kit was missing (bar the essential engine grills) from my second hand example, so I replaced it with home made stuff cut from cola cans which worked out well (although one jack holder is a bit wonky!)

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Posted: Friday, December 09, 2011 - 06:38 AM UTC


Note that the vehical is painted in my interpretation of russian green, rather than the paler colour now seen at Parola.... I'd say it would have been pressed into service immediatly with just balkenkruz (?) added

I also realise some of the balkenkruz are the wrong way up (oops stupid) but a fix will need to wait until some more transfers can be sourced )
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