My first attempt at a kitbashed tank
Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 4:04 am
When I first started this beastie, I wanted to make a M-26 Pershing tank in 1:18, then after checking photos, I changed my mind to making a M-24 Caffee tank after seeing the differance in the chassie of a M-26 and the M-41 I had to work with. I got a little wild and ended up with something in between with a BIG gun. So this ended up to be, what I would classify as my M-25A Theodore Roosevelt Heavy tank or Teddy tank for short. There's only one of them and I made it in the memory of my little brother Ted who passed away about 5 years ago. We used to do computer army games for years( Red Alert, C&C, etc.) and play plastic army men when we were just kids.
Well now to the pictures of the tank
First off, I started with the M-41 chassie and fitted it with a custom turret hybred of a cross between a Sherman and M-41 turrets.
I could help to add at least one custom figure. Every tank needs a commander
Here is our gunner holding one of the 155mm HE shells I made from scratch.
An overview shot showing the weaponry which includes the following: 155mm main cannon, (2) 30 cal. machine guns, 50 cal. AA machine gun and to top it off, a turret mounted flame thrower
The tank has increased armour protection for the crew as well as infra red night vision.
A backside view of the tank.
So basically the "Big Kahuna" is a Tiger and Panther killer. AS I said before, it is a one of a kind tank. Now presently on the kitbashing table right now is a M4 Sherman I'm modifying into a VC M4 Sherman Firefly tank . I'll post more on it as it gets closer to being finished
Well, what do y'all think of the Big Kahuna ????
General Blasto
Well now to the pictures of the tank
First off, I started with the M-41 chassie and fitted it with a custom turret hybred of a cross between a Sherman and M-41 turrets.
I could help to add at least one custom figure. Every tank needs a commander
Here is our gunner holding one of the 155mm HE shells I made from scratch.
An overview shot showing the weaponry which includes the following: 155mm main cannon, (2) 30 cal. machine guns, 50 cal. AA machine gun and to top it off, a turret mounted flame thrower
The tank has increased armour protection for the crew as well as infra red night vision.A backside view of the tank.
So basically the "Big Kahuna" is a Tiger and Panther killer. AS I said before, it is a one of a kind tank. Now presently on the kitbashing table right now is a M4 Sherman I'm modifying into a VC M4 Sherman Firefly tank . I'll post more on it as it gets closer to being finished
Well, what do y'all think of the Big Kahuna ????
General Blasto
Just a little before his time