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Offline Culturby

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T-72 Bar' Aesifa (WIP)
« on: February 03, 2013, 03:12:42 AM »
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
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Re: T-72 Bar' Aesifa (WIP)
« Reply #1 on: February 03, 2013, 03:30:29 AM »
Off to a great start.
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Re: T-72 Bar' Aesifa (WIP)
« Reply #2 on: February 03, 2013, 05:45:35 AM »
Sweet! I like the little Soviet touches to the turret as well.
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Re: T-72 Bar' Aesifa (WIP)
« Reply #3 on: February 03, 2013, 05:54:37 AM »
Quote from: Gingie on February 03, 2013, 05:45:35 AM
Sweet! I like the little Soviet touches to the turret as well.

Concur! Looks like a winning combination!

Brian da Basher
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Re: T-72 Bar' Aesifa (WIP)
« Reply #4 on: February 03, 2013, 06:55:39 AM »
Thanks for your nice comments  ;) Much appreciated!

Logan Hartke asked me to post some of my previous builds... So here it goes (I must warn the membership... There is NO "What-ifs" here!):

#1: 1/72 "Diorama" af AEC MkIII
#2: 1/35 Toyota BJ44
#3: 1/72 Challenger
#4: 1/48 Nieuport 17
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Re: T-72 Bar' Aesifa (WIP)
« Reply #5 on: February 03, 2013, 06:59:00 AM »
More:

#1: 1/35 scratchbuildt Afghan shop
#2: 1/72 M60A3
#3: 1/35 S-Tank
#4: 1/35 UH1C
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Re: T-72 Bar' Aesifa (WIP)
« Reply #6 on: February 03, 2013, 11:48:17 AM »
Very nice, Bjoern!  Those look lovely.  That T-72 Sergeant York combo looks great!

Cheers,

Logan
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Re: T-72 Bar' Aesifa (WIP)
« Reply #7 on: February 03, 2013, 01:16:32 PM »
Quote from: Culturby on February 03, 2013, 06:55:39 AM
I must warn the membership... There is NO "What-ifs" here!

Fine by us.  We welcome and appreciate all forms of modelling. :)
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Re: T-72 Bar' Aesifa (WIP)
« Reply #8 on: February 04, 2013, 07:57:58 AM »
Very nice stuff! I especially liked the Afghan shop. Will that become part of a Helmand diorama some day?
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Re: T-72 Bar' Aesifa (WIP)
« Reply #9 on: February 04, 2013, 01:47:07 PM »
Great stuff all around love the back story outline on the T-72
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Re: T-72 Bar' Aesifa (WIP)
« Reply #10 on: February 04, 2013, 04:40:01 PM »
Thanks for your comments!

Quote from: Brian da Basher on February 03, 2013, 05:54:37 AM
Concur! Looks like a winning combination!

I was actually a little surprised how well the combination of the M247 turret and T72 hull looked together, when I did the "mock-up" seen above.

As for the project - I'm actually finished putting the parts together. Now I just need some time to get it painted. Maybe next weekend... I hope...

This is the first model I have finished since April 2009!!!

Best regards,

Bjoern
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Re: T-72 Bar' Aesifa (WIP)
« Reply #11 on: February 04, 2013, 10:56:20 PM »
Really Like the idea!  I am planning (when I get a clear desk) of doing a M1/M247 bash!  That looks really neat! 
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Re: T-72 Bar' Aesifa (WIP)
« Reply #12 on: February 04, 2013, 11:46:40 PM »
Very nice work Bjoern!  :)
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Re: T-72 Bar' Aesifa (WIP)
« Reply #13 on: February 10, 2013, 11:35:47 PM »
Now primed and ready for some paint!

Bjoern
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Re: T-72 Bar' Aesifa (WIP)
« Reply #14 on: February 11, 2013, 03:12:17 AM »
Is that an IR lightsource above your gun tubes or will that be a muzzle velocity measurement radar? 

Looking very good on that T-72 hull, much better than I could have imagined. 
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Re: T-72 Bar' Aesifa (WIP)
« Reply #15 on: February 11, 2013, 04:12:41 AM »
Ready to see it all painted up  :)
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Re: T-72 Bar' Aesifa (WIP)
« Reply #16 on: February 11, 2013, 07:19:58 PM »
Quote from: Jeffry Fontaine on February 11, 2013, 03:12:17 AM
Is that an IR lightsource above your gun tubes or will that be a muzzle velocity measurement radar? 

Jeffry,

It will be a IR lightsource. I will imangine that this vehicle could be used on both surface to air and surface to surface targets.

Best regards,

Bjoern
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Re: T-72 Bar' Aesifa (WIP)
« Reply #17 on: May 17, 2013, 02:30:01 AM »
I finally managed to get some paint on it! I'm still working on the model... I have begun some light weathering.





I hope you like it.

Bjoern
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Re: T-72 Bar' Aesifa (WIP)
« Reply #18 on: May 17, 2013, 02:34:30 AM »
Very nice.
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Re: T-72 Bar' Aesifa (WIP)
« Reply #19 on: May 17, 2013, 02:38:47 AM »
Oh boy, that looks even better than I thought it would!  Very nice!

Cheers,

Logan
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Re: T-72 Bar' Aesifa (WIP)
« Reply #20 on: May 17, 2013, 08:40:09 AM »
Looking good Bjoern! Your  Bar' Aesifa would also be a fearsome 'streetfighter'. I'm glad that this is just a whif!  :o
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Re: T-72 Bar' Aesifa (WIP)
« Reply #21 on: May 17, 2013, 10:22:44 PM »
Woh! :-*

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Re: T-72 Bar' Aesifa (WIP)
« Reply #22 on: May 17, 2013, 11:23:31 PM »
Oh yeah, the paint makes all the difference! Great stuff!
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Re: T-72 Bar' Aesifa (WIP)
« Reply #23 on: May 17, 2013, 11:34:52 PM »
That camo color combo works so well  :-*
Another one of those I would not have thought it camo schemes.  Cool build in all ways  8)
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Re: T-72 Bar' Aesifa (WIP)
« Reply #24 on: May 18, 2013, 12:54:12 AM »
 Very attractive! makes a fair amount of sense, too - I've read the Syrians used the ZSU - 57 to good
 effect.
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