ASAD-BABIL "LION OF BABYLON" IRAQI ARMY FEB 1991
Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2023 8:13 am
G'day folks, fancy seeing me here eh !!
This one is an on behalf project for a new member Mr Mithras.
I am quite flattered that I am trusted to carry out the task of delivering someones vision from half the world away & solely on what Ive done in here.
After some discussion and an ideas session, we agreed on a look for his model and he set about gathering hardware.
Today a box from Toucan arrived with a sparkling new T72 ERA version in it, complete with metal tracks, drive and idlers, and suspension arms.
We are checking the specifics to see if it should have had metal roadwheels on it, but that aside, this is the look hes after.............
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There are several pages of images and modelers completed 1/35th builds to pic from and this one seems to have the right look.
Importantly, Mr Mithras likes this version so thats what hes going to get, or as close as I can to it at least.
Now to straighten out any opinions or suchlike on this as a commission, I asked for and received a set of metal tracks for my Merkava build as toll for the work Im going to do & that was my choice of level of satisfaction................I build these for fun, regardless of the dynamics, and my Wife loves that Im busy not annoying her on someone elses ticket !! Its an interest for me, and the subject is engaging, plus I am humbled by the trust of Mr Mithras to believe in me to pull it off.
Safe to say she was quite relieved when the note to pick up a parcel at the post office was NOT mine
Alrighty, that out of the way, I am waiting for the battery to charge so I can test run it, then its into the guts to verify the gearboxes are metal, then hook in
Once its run up I will begin the picture posts
This one is an on behalf project for a new member Mr Mithras.
I am quite flattered that I am trusted to carry out the task of delivering someones vision from half the world away & solely on what Ive done in here.
After some discussion and an ideas session, we agreed on a look for his model and he set about gathering hardware.
Today a box from Toucan arrived with a sparkling new T72 ERA version in it, complete with metal tracks, drive and idlers, and suspension arms.
We are checking the specifics to see if it should have had metal roadwheels on it, but that aside, this is the look hes after.............
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php? ... embed_post
There are several pages of images and modelers completed 1/35th builds to pic from and this one seems to have the right look.
Importantly, Mr Mithras likes this version so thats what hes going to get, or as close as I can to it at least.
Now to straighten out any opinions or suchlike on this as a commission, I asked for and received a set of metal tracks for my Merkava build as toll for the work Im going to do & that was my choice of level of satisfaction................I build these for fun, regardless of the dynamics, and my Wife loves that Im busy not annoying her on someone elses ticket !! Its an interest for me, and the subject is engaging, plus I am humbled by the trust of Mr Mithras to believe in me to pull it off.
Safe to say she was quite relieved when the note to pick up a parcel at the post office was NOT mine
Alrighty, that out of the way, I am waiting for the battery to charge so I can test run it, then its into the guts to verify the gearboxes are metal, then hook in
Once its run up I will begin the picture posts