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Re: home made T26E russian licht tank
Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2016 3:02 pm
by 43rdRecceReg
Enviable scratch build skills there

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
- Vickers 6-Ton tank in Finland.jpg (86.53 KiB) Viewed 5086 times
Re: home made T26E russian licht tank
Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2016 3:06 pm
by MEXAS C1
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.
the engines are in place and are working.......
the suspension is in place and have to do the weels now..
and the tank it self
Re: home made T26E russian licht tank
Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2016 3:08 pm
by MEXAS C1
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...
Re: home made T26E russian licht tank
Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2016 7:11 pm
by Jake79
really nice work, what will you be using for the electronics ?
Re: home made T26E russian licht tank
Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2016 7:28 pm
by jackalope
This is great! It's so nice to see something different for a change.

Re: home made T26E russian licht tank
Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2016 9:22 pm
by wibblywobbly
Very impressive, always good to see someone building a tank that no one else has got.

Re: home made T26E russian licht tank
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 1:59 am
by Markocaster
Looking good

very nice build
Re: home made T26E russian licht tank
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 11:36 am
by MEXAS C1
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..
Re: home made T26E russian licht tank
Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2016 7:58 am
by MEXAS C1
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.

Re: home made T26E russian licht tank
Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2016 9:41 am
by MEXAS C1
the tank is in the base paint
now ill paint some metal en than the green
that's it for now