You old pyromaniac you!
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Good thing that there weren’t any cameras around when I did this sort of thing to some of my models as a teenager… thankfully the statute of limitations is long expired on the methods of their demise. I’m surprised that none of the neighbors never called the police… 
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Hey who are you calling old…?
These in action shots are masterful Tim! Really look like the real thing! Must have taken months of building and planning just to blow up perfectly good models!
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Wow, I still have my OM10 from the same era.
Tim, your photos of your work are like Haley’s Comet - every time it comes back into view it is still awesome to behold.
How diod you capture the flying turret of the exploding T-34?
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That armoured car being thrown through the air is truly amazing Tim, worthy of the late, great Gerry Anderson…brilliant, 
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G, 
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Thanks G, exactly right it is all Gerry & Sylvia’s fault! The first Thunderbirds ep (Sept 1965) was trying to land a big plane/rocket ship (just looked it up, the Fireflash) with one undercarriage undescended, somehow there were flames involved. As a 9 year-old I was so er blown away by that show…although even then I didn’t think the fire/smoke looked that realistic but what did I know? It rarely does unless it’s 1:1 scale.
Thanks Matt – yes it did, & surprisingly that 222 only suffered minor damage & lives on to this day, - Tamiya built ‘em tough. My pyro recipes were fast enough that plastic didn’t have time to melt, as that sequence shows - more by luck than judgement.
Thanks Fred – Haley’s Comet, yeah guilty as charged some shots keep coming back. As for the turret flight, the old Handycam video rolled for detonation, footage uploaded & best/better frames selected for the sequence…
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Reminds of the footage in the opening for Cross of Iron… excellent stuff!
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now you need to do one with a T-72!
Ken
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