Mendeleyev tank (review)

djmodels1999

Member since
December 2002
From: United Kingdom / Belgium

Mendeleyev tank (review)

Posted by djmodels1999 on Friday, March 5, 2004 3:44 AM

Some of you will remember that a while ago we were joking around this early Tsarist Russia's attempt at AFV design...

As it happens, KORA have just released a 1/72 kit of this tracked shoe box, and here's a little review. It's in French but the pics speak for themselves. The reviewer was impressed by the kit, not so much by the instruction sheet. The (resin) parts are well molded, without any air bubbles and with just the minimum amount of feeding blocks.

http://modelstories.free.fr/analyses/avions/MS2004_3P/KORA_Mende/index.html

As you can see with the pic showing the box and Revell's Leclerc, this was a HUGE contraption..! [:0]

KORA have also released the Tsar tank in 1/72.

This Tsar tank retails at 115 euros here (that's over $100..!) Black Eye [B)]

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J-Hulk

Member since
February 2003
From: Tochigi, Japan

Posted by J-Hulk on Friday, March 5, 2004 4:29 AM

A brick and a giant bicycle...two nutty tanks!

~Brian

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Build22

Member since
May 2003
From: Upstate NY

Posted by Build22 on Friday, March 5, 2004 6:38 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by J-Hulk

A brick and a giant bicycle...two nutty tanks!

Hysterical, J-Hulk ! Big Smile [:D]

You nailed it. That's exactly what they look like !

Jim [IMG]

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wildwilliam

Member since
December 2009
From: West Grove, PA

Posted by wildwilliam on Friday, March 5, 2004 7:10 AM

did anyone notice that the front & rear wheels seem to be hexagonal?
did this allow them to drive the track w/o teeth?

very curious design.

ed.

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zokissima

Member since
July 2003
From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Posted by zokissima on Friday, March 5, 2004 7:20 AM

That's crazy. Quite interesting though. Yeah wildwilliam, I noticed that as well. Hehe, I thought it might have been a moulding mistake. The underside of the entire thing doesn't look all that detailed.

Just out of curiosity, what is that bicycle looking thing you use as your signature image djmodels1999?

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djmodels1999

Member since
December 2002
From: United Kingdom / Belgium

Posted by djmodels1999 on Friday, March 5, 2004 8:06 AM

that bicycle thing is the Tsar Tank (see the thread about it!)

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nmayhew

Member since
July 2003
From: Kent, England

Posted by nmayhew on Friday, March 5, 2004 10:09 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by J-Hulk

A brick and a giant bicycle...two nutty tanks!

Kind regards, Nicholas

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, March 5, 2004 10:21 AM

What were these people thinking! Can you imagine what they would have designed if the Christie design was accepted by the US?

Hexagonal wheels! What a ride! That thing would shake itself apart.

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, March 5, 2004 1:11 PM

A kit of it, eh? Now, there'd be a tough one to scratch build....

I just keep seeing thousands of freaked out cow elephants running like crazy away from it.

Ron