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Absolutely beautiful, mate! Well done! Gaz

Sweet!!

Thank you Peter! that was a whole lot of stuff I didn't know.

Google translate shows that as "Kavorknik". WTF is that?

M.I. Kalinin was a Russian revolutionary hero. The former city of Konigsberg was renamed in his honor. Pardon my lack of umlaut... forgot how to type it. Gaz

Hi Everyone, Got the Tamiya Turret built and heavily modified it with rougher welds, casting numbers, and roughened the sides with mr. Surfacer. Then primed it black to look for errors. Then added a wash and snow to the running gear. More snow to come. NOw is the hard part... Choosing the patriotic slogan for my tank. I know... I could use some unit marking, or even some numbers copied from a picture. Some of the common names dragged up from Russia's Imperial past: Суваров = Suvarov, a often victorious general Кутузов = Forced a draw on Napoleon at Borodino Александр Невский = Alexander Nevsky fought both Germans and Swedes in the 12th Century ... all appeared on tanks in various forms... There were a lot of 'slogans' that were actually just the names of organizations that donated money for the tank... But not really into those... Родина = Motherland ...shows up often Сталин = Stalin... ughhh Я люблю щенков .... not very warlike, and I haven't seen it on a tank... thought I'd throw it out there with the big backwards R. ...anyway... still debating! Gaz

Maybe the ppl at the Kalinin factory donated money for the tank and got that painted on it. Lots of those patriotic slogans were statements of donation to pay for the tank. Gaz

Try again? Thanks! Gaz

Very interesting, Martin. Sad, but interesting. GAz

Really...trying to get all of that color in all of those shade into snow... would be a hellacious task.

Is this what kids that didn't get a PS IV for Christmas do for fun?

Thank you very much, kind sir!

Hi everyone, I know the picture isn't the best. But Russian patriotic tank slogans interest me currently. Anybody wanna take a shot: Спасибо!

Holy cow! I really like how that came out! I'm gonna have to try it on my next aircraft model.... Great job! Gaz

I had no idea there was a non-amphib kingfisher. Breaking those plastic 'wires' was a blessing in disguise. Sooner or later you'd have looked at em and thought: "They aren't to scale thickness".... "but it's too late"..... "or is it??"..... See.... you saved yourself an entire mental argument with yourself! Gaz

Congratulations, Ern! Finished in only three months and 1 week. Quick-ish? Looks great, Buddy! Now pour a couple of strong ones and tuck into another build. Gaz

Do you guys reckon that around the young lady and the T-34/85 are standing a bunch of chubby, grinning, middle-aged model builders trying to hide their stiffies?

Oil stains...

If you feel like some severe weathering...

Sometimes you're looking for a certain aspect of a vehicle and you come upon a surprise:

HI Everyone, Throughout my life I'd heard from my relatives about my bloodlines or ancestors, or what ever you want to call it. And sometimes I wondered just how true those stories were. Fellow Americans will know the name of Annie Oakley or Blackfoot Indians. My German ancestors have a family tree that dates back to 16th century Switzerland. Unfortunately I've never been able to obtain a copy of it for detailed study. My grandmother from the German side of the family is from Italy.... and I don't mind a bit of pasta, let me tell ya! Anyway... I've always felt curious about it. Last year Ancestry had a sale, so I thought I''d give it a go. What I learned was: I'm two thirds German. No surprise there. My next biggest part of my gene pool is French. Complete surprise! Mon dieu! The final dregs were Benelux/England (grouped together by Ancestry) And.... the final shocker: Russian! Who knew??? Never would have suspected it. Alas... No native American whatsoever. However, Annie Oakley is still a possibility since she was from Ohio, and the Pennsylvania and Ohio areas had a large influx of German immigrants in the 1700's. Any good Ancestry DNA stories out there? Gaz

A bit outta my playbook as I have no idea what SUFA or SCANG is. But I'll be watching and hopefully learning something. Gaz

You guys know too much! I think if I new as much as you do, that I would give up buying models and just scratch build stuff.

Monsieur, vous ne voulez certainement pas en déduire que nous, Français, ne pouvons pas laver nos véhicules blindés?

ONe of my early kits when I was a kid was a 1/72 Kingfisher. I'm certain to watch you build yours!