Monday, 7 November 2011

20mm Painted WW2 Soviet T-28 medium tanks.

The Soviet T-28 was among the worlds first medium tanks, the prototype was completed in 1931 and went into production in 1932, it was an infantry support tank and designed to destroy fortified positions but would see limited success on the battlefield.

It weighed 28 tonnes, a length of nearly 24 and a half feet, a crew of 6, a 76.2mm main gun and this variant had 4 7.62mm machine guns.

Have been collecting a few 20mm Soviet pieces over the last year as a side line and as the British are currently been painted I just wanted to paint something different (not that different I grant you) but will do something around 1942 in Russia with my early war Germans.

The models are from Shellhole Scenics "Friend or Foe" range and I have added some 20mm German armour to show scale.






20mm German Panzer IV and II for scale.

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47 comments:

  1. Al7 November 2011 at 09:58

    Nice, a couple of my favourites

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  2. Anonymous7 November 2011 at 09:59

    That insane, I thought the M3 Lee looked goofy, but holy nuts this is truly Russian thinking. Big tank, more guns, what can possibly go wrong?

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  3. Melanie7 November 2011 at 10:03

    Very interesting, and well done...as usual!

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  4. Piers7 November 2011 at 10:08

    Excellent.

    I need to get a few of those. Truly awful tank design. Amazing that a nation that came up with the T-34 also went with such disasters as this and its slightly bigger cousin.

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  5. The Extraordinarii7 November 2011 at 10:16

    Nice painting mate, it looks like a bucket of bolts, but thats Russian construction for ya, I'm really enjoying your WW2 stuff, keep cranking it out!

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  6. Thanos7 November 2011 at 10:36

    A great addition to your collection Fran!
    Nice work!
    T.

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  7. Rodger7 November 2011 at 10:47

    No shortage of lead coming out of those babies!! Nice work Fran.

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  8. Fire at Will7 November 2011 at 11:17

    Impressive, but just a pity that the armour was so thin.

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  9. Anatoli7 November 2011 at 11:40

    Love all that interwar design madness .-D
    Great job with the painting too!

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  10. Trey7 November 2011 at 12:05

    Cool!

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  11. Unknown7 November 2011 at 12:13

    Oh, the tanks of the Russians. But nothing the in spite of... great work! Likes me very well. 1A

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  12. Dustee7 November 2011 at 12:34

    I know nothing about tanks or wars or anything, but I still think you did a really good job on them and I like the star on 'em. :) Have a good Monday Angry!

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  13. Dangerous Brian7 November 2011 at 13:10

    Very nice work Fran.

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  14. Luckyjoe7 November 2011 at 13:32

    Those look great. I love those old Russian tanks. I use 15mm versions for Space Ork tanks. They just look so bodged together.

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  15. Jay7 November 2011 at 14:01

    Tons of fun! Good looking models.

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  16. Zombie7 November 2011 at 14:07

    I've never seen tanks like that with two gun turrets on the front. pretty bad ass man!

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  17. DEZMOND7 November 2011 at 14:18

    they look powerful!

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  18. Unknown7 November 2011 at 14:58

    Those look incredible, and massive next to the german ones. Nice job again!

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  19. mork69697 November 2011 at 15:08

    Interesting looking tanks. Cool stuff, indeed!

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  20. dmarks7 November 2011 at 15:25

    Nice tanks.

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  21. Christopher(aka Axebreaker)7 November 2011 at 15:33

    Great looking tanks!! I've been catching the WWII bug again myself, but need to do a thing or two before doing some more.

    Christopher

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  22. Simon Quinton 7 November 2011 at 16:17

    Nice work mate. the look like they would be beasts in real life

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  23. A Beer for the Shower7 November 2011 at 16:29

    Those small medium tanks look really large. *ba dum bum*

    Also, love the weaponry they're sporting. Wouldn't want to get on the wrong side of those, medium sized or not.

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  24. Neil Scott7 November 2011 at 17:20

    Cool!

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  25. Copyboy7 November 2011 at 17:21

    Dems some tenacious tanks!!!!!

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  26. Red137 November 2011 at 17:25

    They look so real... just a little smaller

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  27. Bart7 November 2011 at 17:51

    fuck yeah tanks!

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  28. Ray Rousell7 November 2011 at 18:27

    Very, very nice Francois!!!!

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  29. Unknown7 November 2011 at 19:32

    I like the German Panzers the best. My brother and I had a great deal of admiration for Rommel as a military leader and when we played our wargames we fought over which one of us could be Rommel and his troops. Although he was the enemy we couldn't help but admire him.

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  30. Laughing Ferret7 November 2011 at 19:39

    Very fun! I love this tank. Nice to see someone embrace them! So quirky... even more so is the T-35. I have one of these T-28's in 1/56 scale that I got to use for my Quar :)

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  31. Michael Awdry7 November 2011 at 20:01

    They really look as if they should pack a punch, great paint job as well Sir.

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  32. Tony Van Helsing7 November 2011 at 20:22

    Six guys in one of them, bet that was grim.

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  33. MiniMike7 November 2011 at 20:31

    Great stuff again Fran, they sure look good

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  34. Bix7 November 2011 at 20:45

    Great Tanks Angry, I've never seen that Mk before do you know if the designers were looking at Russian pin ups for inspiration for that formidable frontage? ;o)

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  35. Herkybird7 November 2011 at 20:56

    ..and to think at the same time we were developing the similar style A9!

    Good job the Soviets had the T-34 on the way....

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  36. Joakim Ström7 November 2011 at 21:16

    Great, and from a company I was unaware of. I got a T-28 from SHQ that is really nice, but these look better.
    /Joakim

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  37. The Happy Whisk7 November 2011 at 21:28

    More good work. Very cool. Hope the day is good by you. Overcast and chilly here. It's game night for Tim, and soon I'll be tucked away, reading. Can't wait.

    Happy New Week.

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  38. Mike7 November 2011 at 21:35

    Great stuff. I am working on a scenario for the Soviet offensive in Finland in July, '44. The Finns will be using quite a few captured Red tanks, mainly T26's, but they'll also have one of these.

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  39. Steve Bailey7 November 2011 at 21:52

    Very nicely done!!! Man tanks are always cool.... at any size!!!

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  40. Jay7 November 2011 at 22:41

    RED STAR!

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  41. DWei7 November 2011 at 23:10

    I'd take the panzers over those any days. I've heard enough horror stories of soviet machinery.

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  42. Poetry of the Day8 November 2011 at 00:11

    cool tanks, would be sweet if u could fire them

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  43. Chris C.8 November 2011 at 02:38

    Excellent vehicles. The detail really seems to "pop" very nicely on these.

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  44. Sahil Malhotra8 November 2011 at 03:34

    wow ..it sets me ready for war ...

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  45. mamtc8 November 2011 at 23:50

    they look perfect and so real. My kid would love it.

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  46. Mark9 November 2011 at 10:00

    The Soviets were badass on the battlefield. By far no one in the allies gave as much as them, or lost as much.

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  47. Jason Meyers12 November 2011 at 04:41

    Love the tanks. Packing just a bit of firepower...

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