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Found T-54/55 and T-72/90 threads but not for this vehicle.
My Secret Santa present showed up and it is the 35th scale Tamiya kit. Problem is I don't have much (hardly any) 35th scale stuff anymore so at a loss what to do with it. Any other country ideas that I could mark it as? Convert it to an APC type vehicle (didn't the Israeli's already do this)? Scaleorama it into some massive 72nd scale vehicle, possibly sci-fi? Something else I haven't thought of?
Help!
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72nd scale vehicle - like that idea!
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The Israelis did indeed have T-62s.
The Tamiya kit goes together nicely, looks good, but has some innaccuracies, but who cares, eh? :party:
You could add new stowage baskets and skirts, and do an updated T-62 of an Eastern European country, or African?
I built mine as a South African AWB vehicle with T-72 type stowage (spares box) and side skirts (plastic card, in sections), but I had lots of 1/35th items then.
You could lose the tracks/wheels/sprockets, add big side skirts, and create an Israeli Hover Tank on the planet Zigoria? :drink:
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I think the Israeli Achzerit APCs are based on T-54s rather than T-62s, and most of their other heavy APCs are based on Centurions, but of course, that doesn't stop you from doing a whif T-62 version.
I've considered using a 1/35th tank to provide running gear for a big vehicle if the Gerry Anderson GB ever gets selected: it's a lot of dosh if you're not using most of it though. Fortunately, a CC Lee cheapo one came along... ;D
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Heck, if you have the parts and/or the inclination, scale-o-rama it to 1/144 and state that this is what the Soviets did with the plans for the Ratte that they captured at the end of the war...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landkreuzer_P._1000_Ratte
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I would have to scrap up a lot more wheels to do something like that.
Just wish the 35th scale parts box was bigger. Would love to add an APC turret to it, maybe a Bradley or Saradin or Fox. That could be cool. What parts I have in the bin are mainly WWII stuff and definitely lacking in turrets.
Leaning more towards some type of 72nd scale sci-fi vehicle. Was thinking Bolo but would need more track units and running gear. Plus it would be a little small for a 72nd Bolo. Maybe some type of large mining or agricultural vehicle. Or I could just add several types of turrets :wacko:
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Forget about the hull and turn the turret only into a scale-o-rama hover-tank or UFO thingie.
Then you could use the hull and suspension to build something else.
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(http://www.morozov.com.ua/images/t62-4l.jpg)
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I would have to scrap up a lot more wheels to do something like that.
Just wish the 35th scale parts box was bigger. Would love to add an APC turret to it, maybe a Bradley or Saradin or Fox. That could be cool. What parts I have in the bin are mainly WWII stuff and definitely lacking in turrets.
Leaning more towards some type of 72nd scale sci-fi vehicle. Was thinking Bolo but would need more track units and running gear. Plus it would be a little small for a 72nd Bolo. Maybe some type of large mining or agricultural vehicle. Or I could just add several types of turrets :wacko:
You can still do a Bolo - just halve the scale twice again, so to make it 1/288 scale. This would make it a 14,000 ton monster that will still fit on your shelf ( and technically, a Mk XX Cognitus, the first true Bolo).
You have the treknology!!!
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The Wiki article on the T-62 mentions that the US Army obtained a number of T-62s for OPFOR training. They were re-engined with Caterpillar diesels, and fitted with MIL-STD radios and antennas. You could say that the upgrades extended to rearming, with the 105mm L7 for instance, and that the tanks were sold off to some fourth party, a PMC or other mercenary outfit.
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Make it into a scalextric car :wacko:
Chris.
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Upguning T-62
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/j340/ysi_maniac/T-62_upgun.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/ysi_maniac/a/e58f1c54-aee2-42c9-bc15-f72ec22af374/p/fa195e89-9491-4c70-bc5b-7d04a163c7b2)
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Neat :thumbsup: