Hi there,
As I mentioned in the "Back Bar" subforum (
http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=2613.0 ), I'm currently working on a combination between the M247 Sgt. York turret and the T-72 hull.
The story is, that a US ally bought the 50 turrets of the M247 Sgt. York, when the project was cancelled in the mid-1980'ies. This "ally" later sold the turrets on to Syria, which combined the M247 turrets with surplus T-72 hulls. This vehicle became known as the T-72 Bar' Aesifa (Lightning Storm).
I'm thinking about making a Bar' Aesifa that was captured by FSA rebels and now used in both the surface to air and the surface to surface role.
I've got some very good suggestions from other members on this forum - but to keep things simple, I have kept the M247 turret without too many modifications.
Here is my progress so far...
The last photo is only a "mock-up", to give you an idea on how the finished project will look like. I had a spare T-72 hull from a model I buildt many moons ago, lying around.
Bjoern