Need help... again!

[nighthunter]

I'd say it's a T-62 tank with a T-55 main gun

[Weaver]

The proportions of it, especially the turret height:width ratio, is more like a T-55, but all the detail is clearly taken from a T-62, so it's basically a mashup between two very similar-looking vehicles.

If the comic reveal how many crew it has at any point, then that would be important: T-55 has 4 crew, T-62 has 3 crew plus an autoloader, hence the lower turret (the standing height of the loader is the limiting factor).

[Vorcha]

The proportions of it, especially the turret height:width ratio, is more like a T-55, but all the detail is clearly taken from a T-62, so it's basically a mashup between two very similar-looking vehicles.

If the comic reveal how many crew it has at any point, then that would be important: T-55 has 4 crew, T-62 has 3 crew plus an autoloader, hence the lower turret (the standing height of the loader is the limiting factor).

As far as I heard the T-62 hasn't been equipped with an autoloader... you might refer to the later T-64. The russians deliberately built their tanks to be smaller, as to be more difficult targets. Standing in there for a normal man of today is indeed impossible, it was instead military policy to only select especially short conscripts as tankers... I am 1.67 m high and I think I would have been too big already. So the T-62 indeed had a loader, but a very short one
I have read an excellent review of the T-62 that almost satisfies a rivet-counter's cravings... 
https://thesovietarmourblog.blogspot.com/2015/12/t-62.html

[NARSES2]

I've also read about the Soviets selecting the smaller conscripts as tank crew. I'm 1.72m (I think that's 5 foot 8 inches converted to metric) so I guess I'd be PBI 

[Old Wombat]

I've also read about the Soviets selecting the smaller conscripts as tank crew. I'm 1.72m (I think that's 5 foot 8 inches converted to metric) so I guess I'd be PBI 

So, at 190cm (6' 2¹/₂") I'd be what? A target?

[Weaver]

The proportions of it, especially the turret height:width ratio, is more like a T-55, but all the detail is clearly taken from a T-62, so it's basically a mashup between two very similar-looking vehicles.

If the comic reveal how many crew it has at any point, then that would be important: T-55 has 4 crew, T-62 has 3 crew plus an autoloader, hence the lower turret (the standing height of the loader is the limiting factor).

As far as I heard the T-62 hasn't been equipped with an autoloader... you might refer to the later T-64. The russians deliberately built their tanks to be smaller, as to be more difficult targets. Standing in there for a normal man of today is indeed impossible, it was instead military policy to only select especially short conscripts as tankers... I am 1.67 m high and I think I would have been too big already. So the T-62 indeed had a loader, but a very short one
I have read an excellent review of the T-62 that almost satisfies a rivet-counter's cravings... 
https://thesovietarmourblog.blogspot.com/2015/12/t-62.html

Sorry yes, you're quite right.

I was confusing the T-62's auto-ejector with an auto-loader. IIRC this caused some confusion in Western intelligence circles initially: since it requires the gun to go back to a set elevation after each shot and ejects the spent case out of the turret, it looks like an auto-loader from the outside. However I can't use that as an excuse: my oldest book still lists the crew as four.

[NARSES2]

I've also read about the Soviets selecting the smaller conscripts as tank crew. I'm 1.72m (I think that's 5 foot 8 inches converted to metric) so I guess I'd be PBI 

So, at 190cm (6' 2¹/₂") I'd be what? A target?

Pavlovsky Guard on ceremonials more likely 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavlovsky_Regiment

Whilst Putin has not quite brought them back yet, his ceremonial troops definitely look like one of the Napoleonic Russian Guard infantry regiments. Not quite, but almost 

[philp]

In the comic the side shot definitely looks more T-62 with the 115mm gun.

Rifling just looks cooler when you are drawing an action comic.

[strobez]

I've done some searching on Japanese sites and they all list the tanks as T-62s.  I've got a neat idea for a dio but I'm not sure I want to shell out the cash for a 1/144 scale tank/Jeep combo. I could do it for about $20 in 1/72, but $60 in 1/144.  I keep telling myself that you're paying for the engineering and the mold, not the plastic... but it's not helping.

[nighthunter]

While I can't afford it, I'm still curious about the 1/144 kit, can you post a link?

[strobez]

Well the 1/144 T-62 kit I was looking at is a resin offering from Kami de Korokoro.  It's possibly (out of stock, but still lets you order) on Hobby Link Japan.

https://hlj.com/product/KADMMF-092

From the research I've done, it seems to be the best option.  But I'd love to be proven wrong.

As for the jeep, I'd probably go for this one: https://hlj.com/product/BRGBRS144033

[Old Wombat]

I have a query: Your builds, so far, have been 1/72, so why not continue in that scale?

If you do that it's actually a bit cheaper!

https://hlj.com/product/TRP07147
(Only AU$1 but it's still a dollar in your pocket!)

https://www.bnamodelworld.com/military-vehicles-tanks-airfix-models-ax02339-1:72-willys-british-airborne-jeep?zenid=34d596bce257d9648c07081265e5c5f0
(AU$0.90 more expensive from Aus but HLJ have sold out of these but when in stock they're AU$5 cheaper!)

Or there's this set of 2 Willy's jeeps (but they have an "Order Stop" on them):
https://hlj.com/product/ITAIT7506
(AU$24 the pair, so AU$12 each, &, again, AU$5 each cheaper!)

Also, I don't know about you but I find plastic much easier to work with than resin when doing mod's.


Just my thoughts.


PS: I just had a read through the whole thread, again, & just noticed your comment 3 posts ago I'd still suggest you keep to your starting scale of 1/72, though.

[strobez]

I haven't abandoned the 1/72 scale, I still plan to continue in that for all my Tintin projects as well as more detailed Area 88 builds - probably incorporating the kits you linked to (especially the Trumpetor one).

I will also probably end up doing some dios in that scale in a few years when I move back to my house in Canada and out of my small apartment in Korea.  But for now, space being at a premium, I want to constrain my "in action" projects a bit.  I recently got a 1/144 747 kit and that one seemed big enough to be sure.

I can't say I haven't waffled a bit though - especially after amassing several Area 88 kits in 1/100.  I bought them for the 1/24 figures included, but have started considering what I might do with the rest...

[strobez]

Ok... so need some more help identifying tanks from Area 88.  This is from a scene involving the Huey's from Area 85 that come under a sneak attack by tanks hiding in the sand...

I'm sure someone around here will be able to identify this tank in snap...

[Cobra]

Can't be Exact,but that Tank looks like a T-80. I've got some of the Area 88 Comics,I'll see if i can find that Issue,No Promises though. Dan