T34 ARV

I've had most of an old Italeri M32 kit for a while. I had played with a few ideas. I decided to just build it and free up a rubbermaid tote. I went with a Zvezda T34 85...the one I used in the old Korean War GB. I used its 85mm turret for my American made lend-lease T34E8(85)...waiting on tracks. This is a late 1940s ARV...either a postwar deal or maybe a privateer...or Yugoslav. It has the postwar roadwheels.

I really didn't photograph alot of it at the start because I was shooting from the hip. I added a winch in the hull gunner's spot. Small casemate for the commander and access to the winch. Then I just tried to integrate as much of the M32 bits as I could.

Anyway...had a fun time doing this and...I just needed to finish something. I have a stack of builds waiting to be painted. I'm pretty happy how this one worked out. I need to come up with a commander figure. There's a driver in the driver's...a leftover from the original build....probably can't see him. There's a few bits I need to do...headlamp, exhausts...to name a few.

I'm kind of building a theme set of of builds. Think a modern day Shaka Zulu type figure...rises in Africa.

Still workign on the Bat Boat. It's a submersible. Probably will update it next week.