Extra Crispy's T64 Tank Brigade
Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2021 10:53 pm
Since this project will likely last a good few months, I thought I'd do a separate thread on it.
The conceit is this: summer, 1985 WW3 breaks out. The Politburo promises the war will be over by Christmas, with Soviet troops wintering in Spain. But the war does not go as planned, and drags on in to 1986, prompting wiser heads to comment "they never said Christmas of which year." A new reinforced tank brigade is being mustered and will be sent to a secondary front to hold the line as the major offensive is planned elsewhere. As a result, the high command has approved the use of camouflage for the new unit.
The story here is a friend downsized his collection, gifting me several hundred excess T64s. So what else to do with them but make a brigade at 1:1? but not just the tanks: I'm doing a complete unit. Aid station, decontamination unit, etc. So I'm going to end up needing a lot of trucks!
I have a tank battalion and BM-21 battalion completed. Loads of pictures can be seen here:
https://flic.kr/s/aHsmL8BUcy
I started last night on the 1st battery of the 2S1 battalion:
Lots more to come.
The conceit is this: summer, 1985 WW3 breaks out. The Politburo promises the war will be over by Christmas, with Soviet troops wintering in Spain. But the war does not go as planned, and drags on in to 1986, prompting wiser heads to comment "they never said Christmas of which year." A new reinforced tank brigade is being mustered and will be sent to a secondary front to hold the line as the major offensive is planned elsewhere. As a result, the high command has approved the use of camouflage for the new unit.
The story here is a friend downsized his collection, gifting me several hundred excess T64s. So what else to do with them but make a brigade at 1:1? but not just the tanks: I'm doing a complete unit. Aid station, decontamination unit, etc. So I'm going to end up needing a lot of trucks!
I have a tank battalion and BM-21 battalion completed. Loads of pictures can be seen here:
https://flic.kr/s/aHsmL8BUcy
I started last night on the 1st battery of the 2S1 battalion:
Lots more to come.