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                        Armour identification

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                        J-Hulk
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: Tochigi, Japan
                        Posted by J-Hulk on Thursday, April 15, 2004 12:27 PM
                        OK, here's a VEEEEERY easy one!

                        And I want the whole name, too!

                        What is this?


                        EASY!

                        Actually, since this is so easy, I want the crew's names, too!
                        ~Brian
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, April 15, 2004 12:21 PM
                        next: you post a clue or pic. i would have accepted SMK Big Smile [:D]
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                        J-Hulk
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: Tochigi, Japan
                        Posted by J-Hulk on Thursday, April 15, 2004 10:21 AM
                        Alright! I got one! Thanks to Peridexion. "Simple Model Knowledge," indeed!
                        I just ran a search for "SMK tank" and found "Sergey Mironovich Kirov" (that's how it was spelled in the site I checked out).

                        So, what's next?
                        ~Brian
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, April 15, 2004 10:15 AM
                        J-Hulk gets it!!! finally!
                        it was: SMK (Sergius Mironovitch Kirov)
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                        J-Hulk
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: Tochigi, Japan
                        Posted by J-Hulk on Thursday, April 15, 2004 8:47 AM
                        OK, it's an SMK (Sergey Mironovich Kirov) Heavy Experimental Tank.

                        Thanks for the clue, Peridexion!
                        ~Brian
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, April 14, 2004 8:21 PM
                        What? Nobody reads my clues? Do I have to SPELL IT OUT ?
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, April 14, 2004 8:19 PM
                        i'll give another hint:
                        you know it is russian.
                        German intelligence named it T-35C
                        76.2mm Gun L-11
                        (Upper Turret)
                        45mm Gun Mod. 1932
                        (Lower Turret)
                        it was a prototype
                        Production Period 1939

                        i will give the answer tomorrow
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, April 14, 2004 2:41 PM
                        No "T's" in this one, J- Hulk. It's competitor did though. Simple Model Knowledge, that's all thats involved here. Wink [;)]
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                        J-Hulk
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: Tochigi, Japan
                        Posted by J-Hulk on Wednesday, April 14, 2004 1:39 PM
                        OK...it's a Wagon Queen Family Truckster, in Metallic Pea....


                        No wait, it's Russian.

                        T-twenty-something. T-30? T-28? T-25? I'm just throwing 'em out here...
                        ~Brian
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, April 14, 2004 12:36 PM
                        can nobody get it?!! Guess this is harder than the skink Big Smile [:D] if nobody gets it soon i will pick another one. Sad [:(]
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, April 13, 2004 12:14 PM
                        What joke?

                        Yes j-hulk it is russian
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                        J-Hulk
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: Tochigi, Japan
                        Posted by J-Hulk on Tuesday, April 13, 2004 4:59 AM
                        I got it! (the joke)

                        As for the tank...hmmm....Russian? They liked multiple turrets, they did...
                        ~Brian
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, April 13, 2004 12:01 AM
                        That joke flew right by, didn't it?
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, April 12, 2004 5:07 PM
                        very close Peridexion, thought you had it, but nope.
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, April 12, 2004 2:20 PM
                        Looks like a Schutzlos Mittelmassig Kommode, but it's probably a different version.
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, April 12, 2004 1:45 PM
                        sooo far off m1 Big Smile [:D]
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                        M1abramsRules
                        • Member since
                          June 2003
                        Posted by M1abramsRules on Monday, April 12, 2004 12:52 PM
                        looks very italian.........
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, April 12, 2004 11:54 AM
                        oooooooooooooo Peridexion you cheaterAngry [:(!]Evil [}:)]Big Smile [:D]

                        i'll post one again i guess.
                        here is one i have only seen once; this pic



                        good luckWink [;)]
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, April 12, 2004 1:50 AM
                        Hum....OK.. no guesses yet. We could call him Bill or George or anything but Sue. To tell you the truth, not only was this a very obscure vehicle, but as far as I know, it DOESN'T HAVE A NAME!!! The chassis of a Russian T-26, a "scratch-built" fighting compartment and a 75mm Antitank Cannon 97/38 with a French barrel. Only a few of these were made and this is the only photo of this vehicle I have seen. I'll let someone else choose the next Mystery Tank.
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, April 10, 2004 11:56 PM
                        No guesses again!? You guys are lucky I can't find the tank I really wanted to post, I don't even know what it is called. I'll let this one stew a little longer, then I'll find you something easier.
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, April 10, 2004 6:19 PM
                        *sigh* Peridexion your've stumped me again

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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, April 10, 2004 12:01 PM
                        It really is a beautiful model, little wonder he took the grand prize. Notice how much the color changes in the 3 photos in the link you posted, all due to changes in lighting. Something we all need to keep in mind, not only as we build them, but also as they are displayed and photographed, most of the time all under different lights. I don't know how many times I've heard people whine about the color accuracy of the paint, when so much of what we see is due to the lighting. OK, now let's see if we can identify this new thingy!
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                        J-Hulk
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: Tochigi, Japan
                        Posted by J-Hulk on Saturday, April 10, 2004 10:55 AM
                        I dunno either, Peridixion!
                        That's just what Mr. Yoshimoto calls it. Actually, in the Japanese text it says: "2A3/#12467;#12531;#12487;#12531;#12469;#12488;#12540;2P 406mm"
                        (can ya'll see that?), or: 2A3/ Kondensato 2P 406mm."

                        "Kondensato" is from the Japanese Katakana, so I have no idea of the actual spelling.

                        But what a big gun!
                        ~Brian
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, April 10, 2004 10:38 AM
                        J-Hulk, According to Military Modelcraft International, the magazine from which I obtained this info, the model would be the "SU-410mm" thingy, or so they called it. 406, 410? ah, what's 4mm when you have a schwanz this big, eh? I don't really know what this thing REALLY is. 2A3? OK, sounds good to me!
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, April 10, 2004 8:54 AM
                        the russian gun is outside a musium in Moscow its a bit like the atom gun the US had
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                        J-Hulk
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: Tochigi, Japan
                        Posted by J-Hulk on Saturday, April 10, 2004 8:41 AM
                        No idea what that is, but here are some pix of a full scratchbuild done by local Osakan modeler Akira Yoshimoto of the 2A3 406mm SPG that looks a lot like that previous Soviet piece. This model won the grand prize at The 16th Armour Modeller's Conference in Kansai.

                        Here's the link:

                        http://homepage1.nifty.com/lefthand/16afv/16afv_page01/16afv_1.html

                        And here's a quick pic:

                        ~Brian
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, April 10, 2004 2:00 AM
                        OK, you folks thought that last one was weird? Well, try to figure out what this thing is:



                        And no, I didn't chop it up in Photoshop.
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, April 10, 2004 1:42 AM
                        No, this isn't a joke, but it sure looks like it could be. The seam on the right side of the photo is from the centerline fold in the magazine from which I took the picture. Give up? Well t3488g, you were on the right track. This is the SU-310, Soviet superheavy, rocket-assisted, 310mm artillery piece, taken outside the Artillery, Engineers and Signals Museum in St. Petersberg. If this isn't big enough for you, there is also a 410mm piece that looks just like it! You're probably not going to find this in very many books, if any. I'll be back just as soon as I scan in the next Mystery Vehicle!?!
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, April 10, 2004 12:48 AM
                        the chassie looks like a kv-1. is this a joke? it looks like a picture, or a painting because there is a seam in the gun.

                        maybe you should post something else if no one can get it, it seems you have stumped everyone. Big Smile [:D]

                        one last guess though:
                        203mm self-propelled gun m1975 (2s7)
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, April 9, 2004 11:37 PM
                        No guesses yet? Too modern to be German, who else would make such a monster?
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