News in reveals one of the unusual tank designs a TV-8, phase 1 being released by a Bulgarian company Trimontium Historic Miniatures.
This is partial text from the full article (usually with photos) at https://armorama.com/news/tv-8-phase-1
This is partial text from the full article (usually with photos) at https://armorama.com/news/tv-8-phase-1
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https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/coldwar/us/chrysler-tv-8/
Weird and wonderful …
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‘Trimontium’ just seems to be a new brand for OKB Grigorov who have been around for some time. But their products are usually very good.
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I’ve always wanted to do a model of this wacky NBC-proof design, but could never figure out how to do that “turret”. My God, to ever see a model of this vehicle is amazing. What next?
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I thought it was OKB at first from the box art.
Really? It looks like somebody Farted inside the Turret
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Well, for some reason I like it - a lot! That would look interesting say, alongside the Sov Object 279; even better if fielded in something like MASSTER (I know MASSTER came so much later but…)
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As an afterthought, wouldn’t this be just great for “The Best Tank That Never Was” campaign running at the moment?
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Well Matthew, in answer to “What next?” - why the T-92 Light Tank of course!
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I had to look that one up.
It’s just one of those funky vehicles that caught my imagination when I was a youngster. Tamiya even made one back in the day:
I just thought it looked great:
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That’s a nice little tank. Looks cool and fast.
So, how do we get hold of these guys?
I’ve got to have one!
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Order direct, very good service 
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Thanks Lou - I didn’t know you were on this site; good to see that you are!
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Not the cheapest of models €183.40!!
To my knowledge this is their first 1/35 model, so a potentially interesting time for the odd stuff from the braille scalers.
Lou
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Yeah - I just found that out; a bit of an “Ouch” moment, but then, consider what the going rate is for some resin stuff in any case, ie as opposed to 3D printed items. God knows I’ve more than enough to build as it is.
I might ponder anew - say - for something like 5 minutes or so (!)
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His stuff has never been cheap, but can’t blame him for trying to make money.
I had a moment of inspiration from a bit Googling for multi-turret tanks, ended up buying a late HobbyBoss BT-2 and a T-26, plus some Masterclub Replacement tracks and I now own an £82 dust collector (BT-4)
I’d like to say thats all I’ve bought, but that would be a huge fib😒.
I know, lets go 50/50 I’ll build and paint it and you put it on your shelf. That way I don’t get shouted at 
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I do have to balance the/any purchase with the stark question of “When will I actually build it?” The shelf of doom of half-started is almost surpassing that of the general stash.
Amongst which are 3 x Commander Models MBT-70s(!)
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Brian, you’ve got 3 Commander Models MBT-70’s? That makes one complete kit!
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