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Gigantic Armor
SGT_Fubar
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Posted: Monday, January 20, 2003 - 05:34 AM UTC
I am looking for some some info on larger armor projects. I already have info on the Maus and the E-100 but I was looking for some US projects or some soviet tanks. ect. Also if anyone knows if a company made a 1/35 scale kit of a gigantic tank. Thanks
GunTruck
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Posted: Monday, January 20, 2003 - 06:44 AM UTC
Well - if you want big US Tanks...

Accurate Armour's T28/T29 SuperHeavy Tank of WW II vintage is my firsr suggestion.

There's Commanders Series' M103 Heavy Tank of 1950's vintage too - which is even more interesting because it was accepted into service. I got to climb up on a restored example at the Pony Tracks armor collection and got vertigo standing on the Turret :-) I thought that if I fell off, I'd surely break my back, it was so high...

I also built AFV Club's LVTP-5A1 Amtrack - below pic. A big 'ol PIG this one is - and off the beaten path. It dwarfs the other tanks in my 1:35th scale collection - if sheer bulk is what you're looking for...



Gunnie
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Posted: Monday, January 20, 2003 - 11:34 AM UTC
I wonder if you could turn the RoG Panzerhaubitze 2000 into a psuedo-modern armor project. Make it look like a German King Tiger Mk XXII or something. That one is a big kit.
Hollowpoint
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Posted: Monday, January 20, 2003 - 12:00 PM UTC
The Russians had some big tanks before WWII -- the T-28 and T-35 come to mind and I think some Eastern European model companies make them.

Also, there was Lebdenko's Tsar Tank -- a huge (at least 9-meters high!) three-wheeled contraption I would love to someday scratchbuild, along with a Soviet glider tank! #:-)
Kencelot
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Posted: Monday, January 20, 2003 - 01:06 PM UTC
Bob, the Lebdenko's Tsar Tank has been one that has always fascinated me. I do know that somewhere out there someone did scratchbuild one. I think I saw it in FSM a long time ago.



Back to the subject at hand...I must agree with Gunnie's first suggestion of the T28/T29 from A.A. it's very impressive...along with it's price tag! You can view a nice build of it here: Missing LinksT28 Heavy Tank by Daniel Mitchell
sgtreef
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Posted: Monday, January 20, 2003 - 02:31 PM UTC
Well Gigantic in what scale? I recently aquired the 1/9 scale Kettenkrad and BMW motorcycle from Dragon now this is better easier to see amd work with
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