(1/35th) "The Graveyard of Elephants" / "makaburi ya tembo"

[Story]

W.I.P. thread - Original inspiration from somewhere between Kris Kuksi's vertical artwork and this scene from the HEAVY METAL movie.

See https://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=7904.msg144868#msg144868
and https://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=9636.msg194182#msg194182
and https://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=6655.msg119569#msg119569


As such, this is a junk box 'five minutes into the future' build with a macabre statement or, to paraphrase Murray Head,

It's Namibia,
or the Sudan,
or Tripoli
Or, or this place

Precedence after a fashion
"Depot of Wreck 1944" by Cardon Pierre
 

1) The core is just an expansion of this T-54 project, which I'd done some more work on since last I posted on it.
https://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=9077.msg167733#msg167733

Added some vegetation (HO railroad lichen) and an AUROA vacuum formed base.
Much as I'd like to use it, I'm going to have to rethink something larger for all the elements I want to use. 

For purposes of this display, I'm calling this part done.

2) Includes PFJN's graciously donated junked pseudo-Chinese turret
https://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=10739.msg211496#msg211496





3) Will also include something along these lines
https://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=8026.msg215717#msg215717

4) Generic WW2 American jeep that's been kicked around. Someone else's build (TAMIYA?) that was in a pile of salvage and seemed to take one step forward as to volunteer as filler.

For purposes of this display, I'm calling this part done.

5) Unrecognizable T-series front chunk.



A leftover from this project, which was abandoned-not-worn out or destroyed.
https://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=7277.msg167814

[raafif]

Great idea 

Would like to see an aircraft one too ....

[Story]

Random inspirations


Drone Shows Russian Tank Graveyard Near Kyiv, April 2022.
Note the rust patterns and piles of "what the hell is that?"
https://www.voanews.com/a/6537970.html



https://cs.finescale.com/fsm/modeling_subjects/f/3/t/110722.aspx