T-62

[philp]

Found T-54/55 and T-72/90 threads but not for this vehicle.

My Secret Santa present showed up and it is the 35th scale Tamiya kit.  Problem is I don't have much (hardly any) 35th scale stuff anymore so at a loss what to do with it.  Any other country ideas that I could mark it as?  Convert it to an APC type vehicle (didn't the Israeli's already do this)? Scaleorama it into some massive 72nd scale vehicle, possibly sci-fi?  Something else I haven't thought of?

Help!

[batmancustoms]

72nd scale vehicle - like that idea!

[Radish]

The Israelis did indeed have T-62s.
The Tamiya kit goes together nicely, looks good, but has some innaccuracies, but who cares, eh?
You could add new stowage baskets and skirts, and do an updated T-62 of an Eastern European country, or African?
I built mine as a South African AWB vehicle with T-72 type stowage (spares box) and side skirts (plastic card, in sections), but I had lots of 1/35th items then.
You could lose the tracks/wheels/sprockets, add big side skirts, and create an Israeli Hover Tank on the planet Zigoria?

[Weaver]

I think the Israeli Achzerit APCs are based on T-54s rather than T-62s, and most of their other heavy APCs are based on Centurions, but of course, that doesn't stop you from doing a whif T-62 version.

I've considered using a 1/35th tank to provide running gear for a big vehicle if the Gerry Anderson GB ever gets selected: it's a lot of dosh if you're not using most of it though. Fortunately, a CC Lee cheapo one came along...

[proditor]

Heck, if you have the parts and/or the inclination, scale-o-rama it to 1/144 and state that this is what the Soviets did with the plans for the Ratte that they captured at the end of the war...


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landkreuzer_P._1000_Ratte

[philp]

I would have to scrap up a lot more wheels to do something like that.

Just wish the 35th scale parts box was bigger.  Would love to add an APC turret to it, maybe a Bradley or Saradin or Fox.  That could be cool.  What parts I have in the bin are mainly WWII stuff and definitely lacking in turrets.

Leaning more towards some type of 72nd scale sci-fi vehicle.  Was thinking Bolo but would need more track units and running gear.  Plus it would be a little small for a 72nd Bolo.  Maybe some type of large mining or agricultural vehicle.  Or I could just add several types of turrets

[jcf]

Forget about the hull and turn the turret only into a scale-o-rama hover-tank or UFO thingie.

Then you could use the hull and suspension to build something else.

[Taiidantomcat]

[deathjester]

I would have to scrap up a lot more wheels to do something like that.

Just wish the 35th scale parts box was bigger.  Would love to add an APC turret to it, maybe a Bradley or Saradin or Fox.  That could be cool.  What parts I have in the bin are mainly WWII stuff and definitely lacking in turrets.

Leaning more towards some type of 72nd scale sci-fi vehicle.  Was thinking Bolo but would need more track units and running gear.  Plus it would be a little small for a 72nd Bolo.  Maybe some type of large mining or agricultural vehicle.  Or I could just add several types of turrets

You can still do a Bolo - just halve the scale twice again, so to make it 1/288 scale.  This would make it a 14,000 ton monster that will still fit on your shelf ( and technically, a Mk XX Cognitus, the first true Bolo).
  You have the treknology!!!

[Jschmus]

The Wiki article on the T-62 mentions that the US Army obtained a number of T-62s for OPFOR training.  They were re-engined with Caterpillar diesels, and fitted with MIL-STD radios and antennas.  You could say that the upgrades extended to rearming, with the 105mm L7 for instance, and that the tanks were sold off to some fourth party, a PMC or other mercenary outfit.

[chrisonord]

Make it into a scalextric car
Chris.

[ysi_maniac]

Upguning T-62

[NARSES2]

Neat