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Forgotten allies 1: Finnish T-38 1/35 (PICS)

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  • Member since
    September 2005
  • From: Uppsala, Sweden
Forgotten allies 1: Finnish T-38 1/35 (PICS)
Posted by bultenibo on Monday, March 12, 2012 6:57 AM

Hello everybody!

Here's the first build in a series of five that I've been working on the last couple of months. The theme of the build is "Forgotten allies" - the five states allied with Gemany that made a substantial contribution to Operation Barbarossa: Finland, Romania, Hungary, Italy and Slovakia. In lack of a domestic tank production, or a limited one, these nations usually had to rely on captured armor or the import of often outdated German tanks.

First out is a Soviet T-38, captured by the Finns during the Winter war and put to use in the Continuation war mainly for reconnaissance duties.

All comments and suggestions are wellcome.

Enjoy!

/Bultenibo aka Tony

 

  • Member since
    July 2003
  • From: On my kitchen counter top somewhere in central North Carolina.
Posted by disastermaster on Monday, March 12, 2012 7:55 AM

 

 Excellent work on an obscure but very interesting subject.

https://encrypted-tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQExMEGvfY6WCOsawyZHu6jyRcTg4Xu0MCn0YyqHpMzEDAugU5mWn1aFault-less!

Great detailing and the weathering is just my style.

 

 https://i.imgur.com/LjRRaV1.png

 

 

 
  • Member since
    April 2009
  • From: Carmel, IN
Posted by deafpanzer on Monday, March 12, 2012 11:39 AM

Ditto  GREAT build!  I am so glad you used a figure because it showed us how tiny it was... that's why I like to see figures to go with all builds if possible.  Thanks for sharing!!! Yes

Andy

  • Member since
    July 2004
  • From: Texas
Posted by wbill76 on Monday, March 12, 2012 11:58 AM

Outstanding work on this one Tony, enjoyed seeing it come to life. Your project of the "forgotten" powers sounds cool, what do you have planned for the other countries? Beer

  • Member since
    September 2005
  • From: Uppsala, Sweden
Posted by bultenibo on Monday, March 12, 2012 2:06 PM

Thanks a bunch guys for the kind words! Big Smile

Honestly, I had very little expectations when I started out  this build, due to the pretty cheap kit,  but I think it turned nicely.

Andy: I agree with you. It's the same principle as when you build a huge tank, say a King Tiger - you can only grasp the scale in comparison to a human figure. A couple of builds ago I decided always to add a figure to the tanks I build, since it seems to brings the whole thing to life. When I was building this series there were another aspect to it - I wanted to show the different  tank uniforms that was used by Germany's allies. They differ pretty much - from the Finnish black leather jackets, to the Romanian Khaki uniform and Hungarian brown padded leather jackets.

Bill: Two of the other builds in the series are already finnished.  I'll take some photographs tomorrow and post them on the forum.

For Romania I chose the French Renault UE carrier that the Romanian built on license under the designation "Malaxa tip UE". It is towning a 50mm Pak 38 that Germany exported to the Romanians in 1942.

Hungary is represented by a Panzer I Befehlswagen (Sd.kfz 265). In 1942 Germany turned over 24 of these to Romania when they upgraded thier own command vehicles to Pz III and Pz IV. Six of these Hungarian  tanks where used by the 1st Hungarian armored field division, 3rd Hungarian army, on the Don Front, and was obliterated when the Soviets launched Operation Uranus.

The Italian contribution is repesented by a captured T-34 model 1942, littered with air recognition markings. The Italian 8th Army had a handful of these in service during 1942 and 1943, even thoght the German had decided that every captured tank should be turned over to them. I have just started the wheathering of this build. It should be finnished in a week or so.

The Slovakian contribution will be a Panzer II Ausf. C. This one I havn't started yet.

/Bultenibo aka Tony

  • Member since
    March 2006
Posted by TD4438 on Monday, March 12, 2012 3:28 PM

While it is far from my favorite AFV,this is still awesome.That figure is fantastic.I'm quite envious of your talent.

  • Member since
    November 2009
  • From: SW Virginia
Posted by Gamera on Monday, March 12, 2012 11:02 PM

Tony:

Great job! I love seeing different stuff and very nice work on her. I agree good work on the figure and it's great to see the size of the vehicle set off along with the different uniform of the Finnish tankers.

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

 

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