Greg,
I love the way this one has been done - the model is great and the use of real photos around the base, just superb! Makes me want to find out the real story being illustrated.
Thanks for posting.
regards,
Greg
The images surrounding the base of the model lead me to believe that this model of the T-34/76 was an attempt to represent a simple vignette of the recovery operation of that particular vehicle from the bottom of the lake where it had resided for many years. This recovery operation was well documented on-line and via eMail with images of the recovery of the tank from the lake. What was most surprising about this event was the diesel engine in this T-34 was started and run not long after the vehicle was hauled out of the lake. The history behind this T-34/76 according to the documentation on-line was that the tank had been captured by the Germans and operated as a beutepanzer and it was while the tank was in their their possession that it rolled into the lake and sank out of sight.
