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Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2010 10:40 pm
by leesellars
Hello Kent
We can only dream for this one. Perfect choice.
Lee
Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2010 10:44 pm
by Stephen White
And since Gill is looking for absolute precision,
A Mark I male with 6 pdr guns and rear steering wheels.......
and the anti-grenade cage on the roof and the commander's name is Johnstone (that's Alf Johnstone of the Heavy Branch of the Machine Gun Corps not his cousin Fred). Battle of Flers-Courcelette, September 16th 1916.
Stephen
Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2010 12:51 am
by Fabrice Le Roux
Stephen
There are pics of a 1916 Mark IV Recovery Tank. Give me a tank model: I'll scratchbuild an A-frame, and a winch.
"Nothing new under the sun", as the Bible says...
“Give me a place to stand on, and I will move the earth.â€
Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2010 5:06 am
by Stephen White
That's it then, it all fits. Mark gets to do something he's long wanted, the Tank Museum will be very pleased, you get to do another recovery vehicle, the model is huge and impressive and sells well and, the final clincher, there's a logic to it - the Comet was probably the fastest tank in WW2 and now we'll have the slowest in WW1. Clever Gill and Mark.
Stephen
Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2010 11:30 am
by Fabrice Le Roux
Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2010 1:44 am
by Chang
Given the 3-tone camouflage cover, I would say it's a NATO AFV, a Armour Recovery Vehicle, a USA M-88(A1/A2)?
Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 7:38 am
by David Brady
Hi
my Guess sd Kfz 234/2 puma
Thanks David
Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 12:51 pm
by Peter_Gagin
Amphibious ?
I think its a "Leopard"
Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 2:12 pm
by phil fitzpatrick
I went to the Cosford air show Sunday and in the Cold War Museum there was a great example of the Leopard,and I thought if the turret was turned round and the gun was resting in its cradle for transporting it looked low enough to be whats under the sheet.
So yes its a LEOPARD (I think)
Cheers Phil
Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 5:54 pm
by Brian Leach
Ah, this is tricky
Nothing seems to fit-exactly
Parts look like an early t-34/76
but the turret seems not to be high enough
I think brady has a point, but the gun would be too long (I think)
But a Sd.Kfz. 234/3 (8-Rad) (7.5 cm KwK) Schwere Panzerspähwagen just might be long enough, with the bumps on top, no long gun. So that is my guess:
The Sd.Kfz. 234/3 (8-Rad) (7.5 cm KwK) Schwere Panzerspähwagen
What do we get for guessing, a copy of the new vehicle
(I should be so lucky!)
Have a nice day all!
Brian
Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 10:32 pm
by jim beer
how about abraham
Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2010 2:12 am
by Mick Regan
Gill said we had to be precise, so I'm going for a M1A1 Abrams, with the turret facing rearwards, main gun over the engine deck.
Mick
Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2010 11:13 am
by Sven Strobbe
To me it looks like a corvette under the blanket but i doubt its that...
Gill Can you at least give us a clue if its WWII or modern...?
Regards
Sven
Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2010 2:17 pm
by Alfredo Campanini
The quiet before the storm
New Model
Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 9:55 am
by duncanallender
This is like Xmas when you were a kid,can't wait til santa comes.
Dunc
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