A few 1/35 IFV's and AFV's

[Frank3k]

It's a long shot, but if you can calculate the length of track needed using another kit, you might be able to buy a replacement track on ebay, or a rubber track that matches the length (and is the same drive style) from another tank(a Bradley or similar?).

[Old Wombat]

There are indy link tracks for this ... but I wouldn't wish them on anyone, it's insanity inducing putting indy link tracks together!

https://www.scalemates.com/kits/friulmodel-atl-188-sa-13-gopher-9k-35-strela-10-mt-lb-bmp23-hosta-2-s-1-gvodzika-late-type-tracks--1407293

https://www.hlj.com/1-35-scale-mtlb-2s1-gvozdika-track-for-skif-miab35009

http://www.hobbylinc.com/trumpeter-russian-2s1-track-links-plastic-model-vehicle-accessory-1:35-scale-2060

http://www.hobbylinc.com/fruilmodel-gvozdika-tank-track-link-set-260-links-plastic-model-tank-tracks-1:35-scale-56

[Ramba]

There are indy link tracks for this ... but I wouldn't wish them on anyone, it's insanity inducing putting indy link tracks together!

https://www.scalemates.com/kits/friulmodel-atl-188-sa-13-gopher-9k-35-strela-10-mt-lb-bmp23-hosta-2-s-1-gvodzika-late-type-tracks--1407293

https://www.hlj.com/1-35-scale-mtlb-2s1-gvozdika-track-for-skif-miab35009

http://www.hobbylinc.com/trumpeter-russian-2s1-track-links-plastic-model-vehicle-accessory-1:35-scale-2060

http://www.hobbylinc.com/fruilmodel-gvozdika-tank-track-link-set-260-links-plastic-model-tank-tracks-1:35-scale-56

Thanks for the info on the tracks. I already know about some of them but they are more than I paid for the kit. I don't want to spend that kind of money just for tracks so I will show it with the tracks thrown.

It's a long shot, but if you can calculate the length of track needed using another kit, you might be able to buy a replacement track on ebay, or a rubber track that matches the length (and is the same drive style) from another tank(a Bradley or similar?).

Thanks for the suggestion. I got the kit real cheap and don't want to spend anymore on it. I will just show it with the tracks thrown.

[Ramba]

The tracks still need painting and weathering but this is what I will have to do. I was saving those figures for a different build but they will work great for this one.

[GTX_Admin]

Need a Ukrainian tractor alongside "Do you need a tow...?"

[Old Wombat]

Need a Ukrainian tractor alongside "Do you need a tow...?"

 

[Frank3k]

Maybe they damaged the tracks so they wouldn't have to go into the Ukrainian meat grinder?

[Old Wombat]

Maybe they damaged the tracks so they wouldn't have to go into the Ukrainian meat grinder?

"Does this look  'accidental' enough, Grigor?"

[Ramba]

Need a Ukrainian tractor alongside "Do you need a tow...?"

 

Need a Ukrainian tractor alongside "Do you need a tow...?"

I was actually looking for a John Deere tractor in 1/35 but none available. John Deere sells a 1/32 die cast toy though.

The closest one is pricey though.
https://www.johndeerestore.com/jdb2cstorefront/JohnDeereStore/en/John-Deere-products/Toys/1-32-7R-330-Tractor-Prestige-Collection/p/LP70967

The next closest one is cheaper but is out of stock.
https://www.johndeerestore.com/jdb2cstorefront/JohnDeereStore/en/John-Deere-products/Replicas/Replica-Scale/1%3A32-Scale/1-32-7310R-Tractor/p/LP68843

Here are a couple John Deere tractors pulling a Russian TOR.


Another John Deere towing another TOR.


I have the Panda TOR but it is the early version which is different from the ones in the above photos.


I can do this scene though. This one is the same as the Panda kit.

[Ramba]

Maybe they damaged the tracks so they wouldn't have to go into the Ukrainian meat grinder?

"Does this look  'accidental' enough, Grigor?"

Maybe they damaged the tracks so they wouldn't have to go into the Ukrainian meat grinder?

Yes, that's possible. Lots of stories about them sabotaging their own equipment.

[Frank3k]

I wonder if you could use one of the Hasegawa 1/35 tractors like the Yanmar or the Hitachi?

[Kerick]

Russians abandoning assets like this is pathetic.

[Ramba]

I wonder if you could use one of the Hasegawa 1/35 tractors like the Yanmar or the Hitachi?

There are Yanmar's and Hitachi's in Ukraine but I haven't seen any towing abandoned vehicles yet. I might have to get one of those Hasegawa kits though.

I don't know what tractor this is but it isn't the usual green John Deere that we more commonly see.
https://twitter.com/mrjonnydaniels/status/1498024862492725248

[Ramba]

Russians abandoning assets like this is pathetic.

Have you seen the Tunguska's that were abandoned? I read somewhere that one of the Ukrainians said the software that was needed to operate the radars were either destroyed or taken out so they burned them instead of salvaging them.


Here is the video of them being burned.
https://twitter.com/clashreport/status/1499442722159140879

I do have a Panda Tunguska but wasn't planning on making it destroyed/burned. Mine will be captured. It still needs a little more work before priming but it is almost ready to be primed.

[Old Wombat]

I'm not saying the Ukrainians didn't destroy the Tunguskas but that footage shows fuel burning on the armour, however it wasn't clear enough to tell if the hatches were open & flames coming out of them (Although, I took a close look at the 9s mark & that shows what may have been flame coming from the right side hatch of the first vehicle).

Now, if the Ukrainians pretended to burn them, to give themselves time to either repair them or re-purpose them as anti-vehicle/personnel platforms, that would be a neat trick!

[Ramba]

I'm not saying the Ukrainians didn't destroy the Tunguskas but that footage shows fuel burning on the armour, however it wasn't clear enough to tell if the hatches were open & flames coming out of them (Although, I took a close look at the 9s mark & that shows what may have been flame coming from the right side hatch of the first vehicle).

Now, if the Ukrainians pretended to burn them, to give themselves time to either repair them or re-purpose them as anti-vehicle/personnel platforms, that would be a neat trick!

I have no idea if they were actually destroyed or not, just going by what they showed in the video. Ukraine does or did use the Tunguska but might have used different software so if the software was missing from the Russian ones they can't use it. They could have probably salvaged them anyway and repaired theirs but it was early in the war so they might not have thought they would have time to salvage them and destroyed them so they wouldn't fall back into the hands of the Russians.

[Kerick]

I wonder if even without software if they could manually aim and fire those guns. They would be pretty effective on ground targets.

[Ramba]

I wonder if even without software if they could manually aim and fire those guns. They would be pretty effective on ground targets.

That's a possibility.

Here are some of the Ukrainian Tunguska's in a repair facility in Kharkiv. They don't look like they are operable at all. I am sure they could have salvaged those Russian ones somehow.
https://twitter.com/tinso_ww/status/1499685864938651648

[Ramba]

How about a Red Dawn scenario?
https://www.reddit.com/r/TankPorn/comments/tyj7md/destroyed_russian_bmp2_in_ukraine/

https://media.gettyimages.com/photos/destroyed-armored-vehicle-of-the-russian-army-seen-about-40-km-west-picture-id1239819217?s=2048x2048&fbclid=IwAR22fx5YlhOzxnVPCUNdgsTtu-OElT5tBYBwP_GzPXplb4ZRcbu_VYH6E3Y

[Old Wombat]

Red Dawn or the Invasion of Ukraine, either works for me!

[Ramba]

Red Dawn or the Invasion of Ukraine, either works for me!

Or a post apoc setting. Here is a 1V12 vehicle with a Ukrainian guy dressed in an OZK suit.
https://twitter.com/UAWeapons/status/1510256204039270402?cxt=HHwWhMC5mYKBwfUpAAAA&fbclid=IwAR3hKFHUh0svAV6lL75dP0yEo4SnuIt95sZ-_6Il6u6nDDoy6IyPJ4jnFbg

You can use this Evolution Miniatures post apocalyptic Stalker figure. It has a gas mask though. You would need to cut it out and put a face instead.
https://www.super-hobby.com/products/Stalker-Postapocalyptic-38331966.html

[Kerick]

I wonder if even without software if they could manually aim and fire those guns. They would be pretty effective on ground targets.

That's a possibility.

Here are some of the Ukrainian Tunguska's in a repair facility in Kharkiv. They don't look like they are operable at all. I am sure they could have salvaged those Russian ones somehow.
https://twitter.com/tinso_ww/status/1499685864938651648

Probably stripping them for parts.

[perttime]

I don't know what tractor this is but it isn't the usual green John Deere that we more commonly see.
https://twitter.com/mrjonnydaniels/status/1498024862492725248

Blue tractors makes me think Ford.
Before using just the Ford brand, there was Fordson or Fordson Major - but I think they were older than the one in the clip.

[Old Wombat]

Red Dawn or the Invasion of Ukraine, either works for me!

Or a post apoc setting. Here is a 1V12 vehicle with a Ukrainian guy dressed in an OZK suit.
https://twitter.com/UAWeapons/status/1510256204039270402?cxt=HHwWhMC5mYKBwfUpAAAA&fbclid=IwAR3hKFHUh0svAV6lL75dP0yEo4SnuIt95sZ-_6Il6u6nDDoy6IyPJ4jnFbg

You can use this Evolution Miniatures post apocalyptic Stalker figure. It has a gas mask though. You would need to cut it out and put a face instead.
https://www.super-hobby.com/products/Stalker-Postapocalyptic-38331966.html

I have that figure. The mask is integral with the body & head moulding, so would definitely need some careful surgery, but so is the backpack, so further surgery would be needed there, if you wanted to model that scene.

For a whif post-apocalyptic scene you could easily keep both, with the figure scavenging the SPG for usable parts in a rad/bio-hazard area.

[Ramba]

I wonder if even without software if they could manually aim and fire those guns. They would be pretty effective on ground targets.

That's a possibility.

Here are some of the Ukrainian Tunguska's in a repair facility in Kharkiv. They don't look like they are operable at all. I am sure they could have salvaged those Russian ones somehow.
https://twitter.com/tinso_ww/status/1499685864938651648

Probably stripping them for parts.

It's a shame they burned those four. They definitely could have used them somehow.