Scale Modeling
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Bobcat1
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Is that a T-72? Hard to tell with the pics being small on my phone.
An Iraqi Type 59....a Chinese copy of the T-55....working on an Iraqi T-72M now
Bobcat1
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You make those yourself? Was that their MBT from Korea?
Yes I build them, they're 1/35 scale kits...cut, glue, fill, sand, paint, weathering, etc....(trumpeter, das work, tamiya, etc.)
The N. Koreans did export some big artillery guns, specifically SPGs, to both Iraq and Iran but not sure about N. Korean tanks
The T-54/55 tanks went into widespread service in late 50s and first real use was in the Hungarian revolution attempt.
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The Iraqis bought a lot of Chinese T-59 and T-69ii tanks to replace their original Russian T-55 tank losses during the Iran-Iraq war....the same war was also when Iraq received their first T-72M tanks as well.
GolfCat
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Good stuff @Artycat. Never got into the modeling, wish I would have. Guess I never had the patience. These are nowhere near what you are doing. Are they exact replicas? Not in the least. However, they were done by my father and his brother when they were 10-14 years old which makes these almost 90yrs old. My Uncle Bill always wanted to be a Marine and entered the Corps when he was 17. He paid the ultimate sacrifice on the island of Guam on July 21, 1944 just nine days after his 19th birthday. He and my dad would go down to the grocery store and collect apple crates and carve these with their pocket knives. They would get images from old publications and go to work. Lot's of these have the name and tonnage of the actual ship written in pencil on the bottom of them. Most of these pieces had full masts, guy wires and flags at one time. Many of the turrets actually rotate just like they did when in use. However they don't elevate. Unfortunately, due to a fire at my parents house in 2006 resulting in a total loss of the structure, the pieces took a big hit to their original condition due to packing them up while their new house was being built.
Top to bottom.
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Saratoga
Lexington
Hornet
Wasp
Yorktown
Enterprise
Top to bottom.
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Saratoga
Lexington
Hornet
Wasp
Yorktown
Enterprise
Those are incredible!!! Very hard to find old models like those, especially unbroken. Very Cool Corsair!
GolfCat
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Thanks. They are kind of special to our family.
Just a couple of kids being constructive with their time. Now days many are out doing who knows what.