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Title: T-68 Sovsherman
Post by: Panzerroland on February 24, 2013, 11:28:11 PM
Hi all,

Mr. Jeffry Fontaine kindly invited me to show my work here at "Beyond the sprues". My name ist Roland and I live in Germany. I like building Tanks and sometimes an aircraft. This is my first "What if" built.

The fictional history in short:

After the great success of the Isreali M 51 Isherman the soviet political high command decided the show "The west" that the USSR can do the same or even better. The organised a M4A1 Sherman hull, planted a T 55 engine into it plus T 55 suspension and running gear. A T-34 turret with a 122mm canon was mounted. But test showed that the turret interior was too cramped and firing the gun caused cracks in the hull roof. So the whole thing was scraped.

Please excuse my bad english.


(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8522/8503954724_a46549f7ab_c.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/panzerroland/8503954724/)
Obj39 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/panzerroland/8503954724/#) von panzerroland (http://www.flickr.com/people/panzerroland/) auf Flickr


(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8519/8502846683_3b3a042925_c.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/panzerroland/8502846683/)
Obj42 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/panzerroland/8502846683/#) von panzerroland (http://www.flickr.com/people/panzerroland/) auf Flickr


(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8227/8502848513_e77d828bf1_c.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/panzerroland/8502848513/)
Obj41 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/panzerroland/8502848513/#) von panzerroland (http://www.flickr.com/people/panzerroland/) auf Flickr


(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8105/8503958136_f3ff277070_c.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/panzerroland/8503958136/)
Obj40 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/panzerroland/8503958136/#) von panzerroland (http://www.flickr.com/people/panzerroland/) auf Flickr


(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8096/8502846257_56157502e9_c.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/panzerroland/8502846257/)
Obj44 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/panzerroland/8502846257/#) von panzerroland (http://www.flickr.com/people/panzerroland/) auf Flickr

Hope you like it.

Regards
Roland
Title: Re: T-68 Sovsherman
Post by: Old Wombat on February 24, 2013, 11:51:01 PM
Oh, man, that's sweet! :D

Great build, Roland! Love it!

Cheers!

Guy

PS: What bad English?
Title: Re: T-68 Sovsherman
Post by: taiidantomcat on February 25, 2013, 01:41:47 AM
Oh I love this, I love this very much!   :-* Welcome aboard! How did you convert the road wheels?
Title: Re: T-68 Sovsherman
Post by: Jeffry Fontaine on February 25, 2013, 02:18:44 AM
Welcome to BTS Roland!  Very happy to see you accepted my invitation to join us.  :)
Title: Re: T-68 Sovsherman
Post by: Brian da Basher on February 25, 2013, 02:41:30 AM
The weathering and rust on your T-68 are superb!

Welcome aboard, Roland!

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: T-68 Sovsherman
Post by: GTX_Admin on February 25, 2013, 03:16:08 AM
Outstanding work Roland! :)

Welcome aboard.
Title: Re: T-68 Sovsherman
Post by: Gingie on February 25, 2013, 04:45:43 AM
Some really nice details on this one - I really like how you've cut out a hole in the M4 for the T55 exhaust! Does the crew put the tank in neutral before firing the main gun? :-)
Title: Re: T-68 Sovsherman
Post by: tanktastic43 on February 25, 2013, 05:17:59 AM
Love it!

Well done.

tt43.
Title: Re: T-68 Sovsherman
Post by: Feldmarschall Zod on February 25, 2013, 07:35:38 AM
Excellent work. ;D
Title: Re: T-68 Sovsherman
Post by: Buzzbomb on February 25, 2013, 10:28:25 AM
so many things that just work on that build

Nicely done
Title: Re: T-68 Sovsherman
Post by: father ennis on February 25, 2013, 11:25:32 AM
That is fantastic !!! What a great idea done with perfect execution !!!  Welcome!!!  Welcome indeed !!!  I can't wait to see what you do next. Why don't you inter it in our Desert Group Build. The Russians never have been much on using any kind of camo. Just say its with a unit in the Gobi Desert patroling for Chinese incursions. Remember how they used to fight there ?
Title: Re: T-68 Sovsherman
Post by: elmayerle on February 25, 2013, 11:52:25 AM
A very plausible backstory and a superb piece of work.

Welcome to our little corner of oddness.
Title: Re: T-68 Sovsherman
Post by: ed s on February 25, 2013, 10:47:34 PM
A super intro. Welcome Roland.  Great looking tank with one of the best weathered finished I've seen.

Ed
Title: Re: T-68 Sovsherman
Post by: Doom! on February 25, 2013, 11:40:11 PM
Very nice! This finish and weathering are beautiful, as is the rest of the build.
Title: Re: T-68 Sovsherman
Post by: Snoopy von Rafstoffen on February 25, 2013, 11:56:59 PM
Hi Roland,

Paint, weathering and backup history are great.  Good job! 8)

Welcome on board.

regards,

Graf Snoopy von Rafstoffen
Title: Re: T-68 Sovsherman
Post by: Panzerroland on February 27, 2013, 12:25:00 AM
Hi Gents,

thank you very much for welcoming me!  I have forgotten to show you some "in progress" pics. So here they are.

(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8234/8510675504_01fd19f323_c.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/panzerroland/8510675504/)
Obj1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/panzerroland/8510675504/#) von panzerroland (http://www.flickr.com/people/panzerroland/) auf Flickr

(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8234/8510684922_cde0014b9d_c.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/panzerroland/8510684922/)
Obj5 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/panzerroland/8510684922/#) von panzerroland (http://www.flickr.com/people/panzerroland/) auf Flickr

(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8241/8510679012_53e794226b_c.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/panzerroland/8510679012/)
Obj2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/panzerroland/8510679012/#) von panzerroland (http://www.flickr.com/people/panzerroland/) auf Flickr

(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8100/8510692648_0b61510207.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/panzerroland/8510692648/)
Obj9A (http://www.flickr.com/photos/panzerroland/8510692648/#) von panzerroland (http://www.flickr.com/people/panzerroland/) auf Flickr

(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8506/8509581817_febbe64694.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/panzerroland/8509581817/)
Obj7 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/panzerroland/8509581817/#) von panzerroland (http://www.flickr.com/people/panzerroland/) auf Flickr


I am not frequently building "what if" models. This was my first one (Is a Warhammer kit also "what if"?). I do have a basic idea for a next one, but I need a cheap kit to do it. I prefer to built my "What if models" in a manner that it could be at least a prototyp in real life. It should get a Mythbusters "Plausible". ;)
I hope you understand what I mean.

Regards
Roland
Title: Re: T-68 Sovsherman
Post by: deathjester on February 27, 2013, 01:16:59 AM
Highly plausible - and I love the weathering!
Title: Re: T-68 Sovsherman
Post by: Jeffry Fontaine on February 27, 2013, 06:14:07 AM
Quote from: Panzerroland on February 27, 2013, 12:25:00 AM
I am not frequently building "what if" models. This was my first one (Is a Warhammer kit also "what if"?). I do have a basic idea for a next one, but I need a cheap kit to do it. I prefer to built my "What if models" in a manner that it could be at least a prototyp in real life. It should get a Mythbusters "Plausible". ;)
I hope you understand what I mean.

Hi Roland, from our perspective the WH40K qualifies as what if and even if it did not it would still be welcome here on BTS so feel free to share your work here on anything you are building.  :)
Title: Re: T-68 Sovsherman
Post by: Brian da Basher on February 28, 2013, 07:06:02 AM
I appreciate your take on the hobby, Roland and if what you've posted here is any indication, I'm also going to thoroughly enjoy seeing your work!

Welcome to Beyond the Sprues!

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: T-68 Sovsherman
Post by: Claymore on March 01, 2013, 04:08:15 PM
Welcome aboard and I love the model. It all fits together nicely and has that slight retro feel... great!  :)
Title: Re: T-68 Sovsherman
Post by: ysi_maniac on March 04, 2013, 07:17:02 AM
Just perfect :) :) :) :-* :-*
Title: Re: T-68 Sovsherman
Post by: ysi_maniac on December 17, 2015, 02:36:37 PM
Five stars really. :) :) :) :) :)
Title: Re: T-68 Sovsherman
Post by: Marderman on December 17, 2015, 04:39:14 PM
Hi Roland,
Ein geiler  Panzer!
welcome in the club "bad english".

Didi
Title: Re: T-68 Sovsherman
Post by: GTX_Admin on December 18, 2015, 03:09:11 AM
Update required!!!