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Description Iraqi T-55 in 1/35
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Comments: 30

Panzerfire [2010-10-02 19:55:22 +0000 UTC]

Sand cracker?

More like A-10 Whartdog breakfast.

Nah I'm just kidding. This is an excellent model. Great work.

PS: Is it true that the T-55 has been nicknamed the "Kalashnikov of tanks"?

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NightRaven1 In reply to Panzerfire [2010-10-02 20:11:31 +0000 UTC]

"Kalashnikov of tanks"? i dont know u tell me iran got more then 2000 T-55s
Al-Zarrar (Pakistan)
Marksman (British - only the cannon is good)
Tiran (Israel)
Iran ( Safir-74)
iraq Enigma ( my fav one )
russia
afghanestan
many many more
lol
it's more candy then Ak-47

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Panzerfire In reply to NightRaven1 [2010-10-05 23:19:38 +0000 UTC]

Hehe Indeed,

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NightRaven1 In reply to Panzerfire [2010-10-02 20:11:25 +0000 UTC]

lol it's just small egg for A-10 that pig hunger will never end
no really those tanks did some good damege to iranian forces in 8 year war ( my fther hunted one of those Iraqi T-55 i wanna make a distroyed T-55 for my father birth day )

thank u my good man !

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Panzerfire In reply to NightRaven1 [2010-10-05 23:18:57 +0000 UTC]

No prob. And I'll be looking forward to that destroyed T-55 model. It should be intersting to see as the majority of models made are usually shown in their top combat conditions and not precisely after they're destroyed. I pressume it could be complicated so I wish you good luck with it.

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Slayerlord911 [2010-10-02 06:43:43 +0000 UTC]

nice detail. I like the droop in the the track. Any scratch built parts??

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NightRaven1 In reply to Slayerlord911 [2010-10-02 14:21:59 +0000 UTC]

thank u
no not really this one is built right out of box !

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Zero-Cannard [2010-09-30 11:48:08 +0000 UTC]

Very Nice, good Finishing

Greetings!

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NightRaven1 In reply to Zero-Cannard [2010-10-01 22:05:16 +0000 UTC]

thanx m8 !

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KholdMalik [2010-09-29 22:25:26 +0000 UTC]

I like the T-54/55 series, were a quite decent machine.
The iraqis had a bad use of their armoured vehicles: Duggin' them in makes them vulnerable. Also, my uncle told me their crews would flee even when the vehicles weren't hit by enemy fire - you just needed to fire close to it (hey - maybe that is how Iran got so many soviet stuff after the war ended? XD).
Great job

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NightRaven1 In reply to KholdMalik [2010-10-01 22:07:03 +0000 UTC]

that goes for t-72 too same thing happen
ran bought many russian stuff after war
iranianarmy usigng a highly advanced T-55 right now i saw 2 of them in border

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KholdMalik In reply to NightRaven1 [2010-10-02 02:05:10 +0000 UTC]

There are some great upgrades I saw for T-55:
Al-Zarrar (Pakistan)
Marksman (British - only the cannon is good)
Tiran (Israel)
the upgraded T-54/55 that Russia has in storage, though I don't know their designation.
And I didn't heard of the iranian ones. I wonder what was the add-on you guys put on them XD

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NightRaven1 In reply to KholdMalik [2010-10-02 14:20:56 +0000 UTC]

Safir-74 (iran)
iranian T-55 got T-72 canona and T-72 armor blocks
here is a pic
[link]

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KholdMalik In reply to NightRaven1 [2010-10-02 16:53:40 +0000 UTC]

Very good. Looks like it can do the job, perhaps even better than some modern tanks, with the new armor and gun (T-55 is smaller than most new tanks, as well as cheaper,this is a good thing).

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Tatsumi67 [2010-09-29 22:01:10 +0000 UTC]

was this the Type 56 kit from trumpeter? I think I did this one in PLA colors

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NightRaven1 In reply to Tatsumi67 [2010-10-01 22:07:53 +0000 UTC]

no this is a skiff model kit u can google it ( skiff models )
pla color hah sounds nice !

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Tatsumi67 In reply to NightRaven1 [2010-10-02 19:42:09 +0000 UTC]

Oh yeah I just remember the one that I did was a Trumpeter Type 56 that was bought by some other company and repackaged with Iraqi markings as the "Fedayeen" type, some kind of memorial to the war in Iraq

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NightRaven1 In reply to Tatsumi67 [2010-10-02 19:52:06 +0000 UTC]

u know wht Fedayeen mean ? it's a arbick word but i can understand it it means "zealot" some zealot were they lol u just had to hit there tank with some light weapon like Grenadeluncher and that would be eangh for them to leave there tank !

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Tatsumi67 In reply to NightRaven1 [2010-10-02 19:56:48 +0000 UTC]

Yes actually I did know that,the term Fedayeen and "Saddam's Men of Sacrifice" were buzz words on the news and documentaries during the war.

American media....Crazy.

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NightRaven1 In reply to Tatsumi67 [2010-10-02 20:30:59 +0000 UTC]

lol do u know during the war one iranian F-14 shot a Aim54 to a formation of 4 mig-23s when missile hit the leader 2 mig-23s got shot down other 2 ejected in fear just imagen lol

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Tatsumi67 In reply to NightRaven1 [2010-10-02 23:26:56 +0000 UTC]

Wow. Go IRIAF! I weep for the grounded F-14s.

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NightRaven1 In reply to Tatsumi67 [2010-10-04 12:55:46 +0000 UTC]

they are not grounded ? 0.o they have 4-5 sorty evey day !

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Tatsumi67 In reply to NightRaven1 [2010-10-05 00:47:08 +0000 UTC]

Oh I heard the maintenance costs were too high to keep them airborne

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NightRaven1 In reply to Tatsumi67 [2010-10-07 18:42:44 +0000 UTC]

yet they are still flying

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Tatsumi67 In reply to NightRaven1 [2010-10-07 22:06:10 +0000 UTC]

Good!

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BlueFox284 [2010-09-29 21:27:17 +0000 UTC]

The photo is too dark too see much below the turret I'm afraid

But I like what I can see though!!!

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NightRaven1 In reply to BlueFox284 [2010-10-01 22:08:37 +0000 UTC]

yeah srry my camers flash didnt work i think it's broken !

thanx

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NightRaven1 In reply to BlueFox284 [2010-10-01 22:08:33 +0000 UTC]

yeah srry my camers flash didnt work i think it's broken !

thanx

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DingoPatagonico [2010-09-29 21:13:55 +0000 UTC]

beautifull work!!

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NightRaven1 In reply to DingoPatagonico [2010-10-01 22:08:40 +0000 UTC]

thax m8

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