Anyway, in between all the business stuff, I managed to grab some wargames-related activity - lunch with Alex Kleanthous and dinner with Bob Cordery and his wife. Bob and I did actually manage to play a quick game in between chatting, looking at his toys and trying on silly Russian hats. As I was leaving, Bob (clearly glad I was going) kindly gave me a couple of 'surplus' 20mm T-34s he had.
I have photographed these below and would be glad of any information about their makers. Both are the same size - slightly bigger than my Airfix & Matchbox (1/76) models and shorter than the Esci (1/72) T-34. Hull length is the same as the Fujimi (1/76) T-34.
Firstly there is a T-34m42. Both models are metal and plastic.
The underside of the m42. It shows signs of having been fixed to a display plinth. The tracks are a bit nasty and as can be seen, one of the wheels fell off as I was taking the photo!
Again it looks to have been fixed to a plinth at some point. The tracks are more detailed than the m42.
Added 23/01/11 at 1115 GMT:
Thanks for all your helpful comments about these models. I can now confirm that the m42 is by Deagostini (see http://tanks.deagostini.co.uk/tanks.aspx) and the m40 by Dragon (http://www.dragonmodelsltd.com/catalog/dragon_armor/). Both will eventually find their way into one of the two Megablitz T-34 boxes. I'll not repaint them as such but will add a fair bit of weathering to make them look suitably scruffy.
10 comments:
Rich
They both have the feel of magazine giveaways - I couldn't identify either of them. Bob thought one was from a Fench magazine.
Oh man! You should have got all those guests to have signed your tank and then sold it on Ebay!
Equally, I would have asked the miner for a rock to paint over and use for terrain.... :)
Tim,
The second one looks like it may be by Dragon Armor. Dead ringer for the Mod 1940 on their website. I had some of these a couple of years ago, but moved them on.
Jeff Smith
Hmm curious
I would bet on a short production run for a magazine
I noticed that the Tank Collector Mag had different variants (paint style) depending on which part of Europe they were selling to
Wether this was intentional or a production quiry is beyond me
Yep I believe Rich is correct about the first one and I have a hunch the second T34 is a Easy Model.
I have one, suprisingly similar to your first T-34. It was in a DeAgostini tank collection. I think even the markings are the same.
Dimitri
They're alright, are you going to paint them or leave them as they are?
Bartender
I think the miner is probably sick of the sight of rocks!
Jeff
Just had a look at the Dragon website (http://www.dragonmodelsltd.com/catalog/dragon_armor/) - yes - it's the same model.
Dimitri
The first model is indeed from DeAgostini (http://tanks.deagostini.co.uk/tanks.aspx).
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