For the forthcoming Gnuston Heights game we'll need as many Syrian bridgelayers as we can muster. Even my AMX-13 'Poseur de Pont' and my as yet un-photographed Chieftain AVLB will be drafted in! I had the makings of a suitable bridge from this 2015 purchase but what hull could I use which might pass for a T-55? Then I remembered a nasty hard plastic Patton I had acquired in a box of crap. Some sawing, gluing and painting later and the horror above emerged by way of the steps below.
So how accurate a replica is it?
It has 5 roadwheels each side - like an MTU-55
It is painted green - like an MTU-55 (the camera flash makes it look a lot more garish then the reality)
It has a bridge on the roof - like an MTU-55.
So that's good enough for me!
You might want to consider flipping the bridge upside down. It looks kind of weird with the ends pointed up. Still good job.
ReplyDeleteJames
I came here to build a bridge.
ReplyDeleteA fitting end for some "plastic crap in a box"
ReplyDeleteif you squint real hard it'll pass....)
ReplyDeleteExcellent stuff, you are still the King of Bodge! ;)
ReplyDeleteJLee118
ReplyDeleteI hear you - but the upper surfaces are nicely detailed - not so the lower - so it stays that way up I'm afraid.
Conrad Kinch
ReplyDeleteThe Engineer's motto for over a century.
Brian Carrick
ReplyDelete"End?" No, surely a new beginning?
Don M
ReplyDeleteIf I take my glasses off it looks even better!
Stephen Beat
ReplyDeleteThat's a title to cherish!
:)
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