home made T26E russian licht tank

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Enviable scratch build skills there :clap: :clap: Interestingly, the T26 is a licence built version of the British Vickers 6-Ton tank..and I was only vaguely aware of that until your superb model started taking shape..
Here's a 6-tonner in a Finnish museum:
Cast off British design..shame
Cast off British design..shame
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yes that's the tank

its a Britich tank that's copied by the Russians in the 30's.

and here are some more pic's of the tank I am making.

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the engines are in place and are working.......

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the suspension is in place and have to do the weels now..

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and the tank it self
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PS mine is the 1939 model that was made to scout for enemy tanks

and the turret is on the left or the right side

the Russian is on the right side , and some are on the left do not now what's up with that...
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really nice work, what will you be using for the electronics ?
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This is great! It's so nice to see something different for a change. :thumbup:
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Very impressive, always good to see someone building a tank that no one else has got. :thumbup:
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Looking good :thumbup: very nice build
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the electronics are heng long to start with, and if all works well.

ill up grade it, butt I am not sure what ill do.

its still work in progress.. :{ :{

PS thanx for all the comments

I don't have a laser cutter or the fancy nice stuff some off you have..
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the electronics are heng long

Ordered the parts from tankarmy.com and will go with that for now.

hope it will work with the engines I have.

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the tank is in the base paint

now ill paint some metal en than the green

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that's it for now
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