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First post... T-72 Bar' Aesifa

Started by Culturby, February 16, 2013, 04:13:56 AM

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Culturby

February 16, 2013, 04:13:56 AM
Hi there,

This is my first post on this forum. Lately I've found a huge inspiration on this and a similar forum - A inspiration that helped me to start and hopefully finish a model, for the first time since 2009. I simply lost the motivation back then... Got married, got a son and lost a great part of time to build models...

So I have started a project combining the turret from the M247 Sgt. York and the hull from a T-72...

My 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.

Here is my progress so far... Primed a ready for some paint.






Bjoern

PR19_Kit

#1
February 16, 2013, 04:25:16 AM
That's one BIG turret!  :o :thumbsup: :bow:

I know nothing at all about armour but that's one impressive looking model Culturby, well done indeed.

Welcome to to the nut-house too, coffee and doughnuts (and Twiglets....) are just on the left by the door you came in..........  ;D ;)
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

Steel Penguin

#2
February 16, 2013, 04:50:03 AM
As Kit said,  "welcome aboard" 
thats nice looking in the grey and will be ( no dought) utterly smashing when finished.
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Rheged

#3
February 16, 2013, 04:55:38 AM
Welcome to Whiffworld.  The inhabitants are all  "Mostly Harmless"  but the twiglets are an acquired taste!
"If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you....."
It  means that you read  the instruction sheet

Captain Canada

#4
February 16, 2013, 05:07:02 AM
Welocme ! Nice looking tank. Very well done so far, and the story sounds believable too.

:cheers:
CANADA KICKS arse !!!!

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Vive les Canadiens !
Where's my beer ?

Go4fun

#5
February 16, 2013, 07:57:48 AM Last Edit: May 16, 2013, 03:12:19 PM by Go4fun
Welcome to our world. Quite a good introductory build and a good back story. Beware of strangely dress women(?) and men smoking pipes. ;D
"Just which planet are you from again"?

PR19_Kit

#6
February 16, 2013, 09:42:18 AM
Quote from: Go4fun on February 16, 2013, 07:57:48 AM
Beware strangely dress women(?) and men smoking pipes. ;D

....and Twiglets and Marmite too.  ;D :lol:
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

lancer

#7
February 16, 2013, 01:39:27 PM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on February 16, 2013, 09:42:18 AM
Quote from: Go4fun on February 16, 2013, 07:57:48 AM
Beware strangely dress women(?) and men smoking pipes. ;D

....and Twiglets and Marmite too.  ;D :lol:

Oh come On...what's wrong with Twiglets????
If you love, love without reservation; If you fight, fight without fear - THAT is the way of the warrior

If you go into battle knowing you will die, then you will live. If you go into battle hoping to live, then you will die

Gondor

#8
February 16, 2013, 03:54:28 PM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on February 16, 2013, 09:42:18 AM
Quote from: Go4fun on February 16, 2013, 07:57:48 AM
Beware strangely dress women(?) and men smoking pipes. ;D

....and Twiglets and Marmite too.  ;D :lol:

No one smokes Twiglets or Marmite!

Gondor
My Ability to Imagine is only exceeded by my Imagined Abilities

Gondor's Modelling Rule Number Three: Everything will fit perfectly untill you apply glue...

I know it's in a book I have around here somewhere....

ChernayaAkula

#9
February 16, 2013, 11:32:14 PM
That turret looks absolutely great on the T-72 hull!  :bow:
Cheers,
Moritz

Must, then, my projects bend to the iron yoke of a mechanical system? Is my soaring spirit to be chained down to the snail's pace of matter?

NARSES2

#10
February 17, 2013, 02:48:14 AM
Firstly wellcome, secondly - that looks really good  :thumbsup:
Do not condemn the judgement of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong.

Culturby

#11
February 17, 2013, 06:45:26 AM
Thanks for the warm welcome!

Although I had to google Twiglets and Marmite. Not products we have here in Denmark ;-)

Bjoern

kerick

#12
February 17, 2013, 08:28:40 AM
Quote from: Culturby on February 17, 2013, 06:45:26 AM
Thanks for the warm welcome!

Although I had to google Twiglets and Marmite. Not products we have here in Denmark ;-)

Bjoern
From what I've heard the folks in Denmark are lucky!
Excellent job on the AA tank. That thing would be brutal in the ground mode.
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nighthunter

#13
February 18, 2013, 10:13:49 AM
Welcome to the "world" from the Yank side of it, Alaskan Smoked Salmon, Nutella, & Sam Adams Lager are on your left.

As to an ally of the US you have several choices in the region, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, & Egypt, that would be willing to supply the Sgt York turrets, or even buy the damn things.
"Mind that bus." "What bus?" *SPLAT!*

buzzbomb

#14
February 18, 2013, 08:34:48 PM
Nice build, you certainly got the two bits together nicely

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