TAS 44M reference: Help?

Armor/AFV WWII Axis
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So, I’m taking a break from designing the T23 in CAD and tackling one of my favorite never-were’s, the Hungarian TAS 44M. I was fortunate enough to find one of the holy grail references (Nehéz harckocsik – Összehasonlító értékelések, műveleti alkalmazások és a magyar TAS tervezése) but never found the other; “A Magyar Királyi Honvédség hazai gyártású páncélos harcjárművei 1914-1945”.

Which was fine, but then I worked on some of the scans available of the photos of the 1/10th construction model that is the main reference for the tank through AI enhancement and some interesting things popped out, including an inward slope on the glacis lip. So I was wonder if anyone has the book in question and might be willing to scan the page at a high resolution? Or maybe even knows where to get reproductions of the original photos? When I get done I’ll be making the files available. The Hobby Boss one really isn’t one of their better kits. . .

Thank you for any and all help!

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Hello, I have the book, what are you exactly looking for? There are a few low res photos of the factory model and some drawings based on these photos and factory blueprints. To be honest the Tas is a can of worms. The factory model, partial blueprints, written specs. and construction diary do not match with eachother (most probably because the desing process was by a trial and error). The most obvious parts are the exhausts, 3 on the blueprints 0 on the factory model.

Adam

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Mostly I’m trying to find the best resolution photos that have been published of that 1:10 model. I have several in the TAS book but the print quality is fairly low.

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