meece's 1:50th armour builds - Page 3

**Vinalssergio155** · #21 10-20-2019, 06:53 AM

Admirable constructions, these 1/50 models are great, seeing these works are encouraging me to leave the airplanes for a while and return to the armored vehicles.

**rockpaperscissor** · #22 10-20-2019, 04:36 PM

First time looking in (I've been out of state for the past weeks). Great stuff, even your earlier efforts. I always love to see other's armor builds.

**airdave** · #23 10-20-2019, 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by meece

not sure what this is, as everything including the name is in Russian but sure was an interesting subject to build as it even had full engine detail.

not much of a "snow"mobile since it has no drive track.
in fact, it has no drive of any kind.
maybe you have to find a big hill first?

**airdave** · #24 10-20-2019, 05:43 PM

duplicated post for some reason

**meece** · #25 10-20-2019, 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by airdave

duplicated post for some reason

Buried inside is a large 4 bladed Propeller that blows it's slipstream over the 6 rudders at the back , basically its a fan ski tank version of a swamp rat lol

**meece** · #26 10-20-2019, 10:55 PM

todays models is the Russian Komintern

**rockpaperscissor** · #27 10-21-2019, 09:05 AM

Very nice job on the Komintern. I have that one in my "to do" pile.

**meece** · #28 10-22-2019, 12:12 AM

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Originally Posted by rockpaperscissor

Very nice job on the Komintern. I have that one in my "to do" pile.

It's a neat little model but the chassis box took a little bit of stuffing around to get square. I will prob redo this one in the future when I get brave enough to cut the glass out and do a full interior

tonight's offering 2 of Robotehniks T-26 variants from his T-26 collection , I will eventually do all of these but the first two is the multi turreted T-26 1933-33 and the Anti tank AT-1 based on the T-26 hull

**Kevin WS** · #29 10-22-2019, 02:41 AM

Meece - really enjoying these - your choices are the same as mine. Some I have made, others are printed and waiting to be made.

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The vehicle you were wondering about is a called a Grokhovsky Combat Snowmobile.

It had a standard tank turret and a crew of two. A wooden prototype operated satisfactorily, but it was never put into production.

It was designed by Pavel Ignatievich Grokhovsky - a very successful designer and the man who invented the first cotton parachute.

You can read about his interesting life here...

https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Грохов...ич

A rare drawing...

**meece** · #30 10-22-2019, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Kevin WS

Meece - really enjoying these - your choices are the same as mine. Some I have made, others are printed and waiting to be made.

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The vehicle you were wondering about is a called a Grokhovsky Combat Snowmobile.

It had a standard tank turret and a crew of two. A wooden prototype operated satisfactorily, but it was never put into production.

It was designed by Pavel Ignatievich Grokhovsky - a very successful designer and the man who invented the first cotton parachute.

You can read about his interesting life here...

https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Грохов...ич

A rare drawing...

thanks for that info,certainly an interesting concept.
tonight's offering is a couple of my earlier ones, British for a change of pace, the Valentine II and Bren gun carrier that came with the Bedford truck.