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Posted: Tuesday, September 09, 2014 - 09:20 AM UTC

Euan Angus presents shots of his BT-42 by Eastern Express.

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Zvierboi

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Posted: Tuesday, September 09, 2014 - 11:23 AM UTC

Nice work Euan. I too am a big fan of Soviet/Russian armor. Nice to see the same passion in others. Hope to see more of your work!

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Posted: Tuesday, September 09, 2014 - 05:21 PM UTC

I thought I knew my Russian armor and have many books on the topic. I had to look up this AFV! You did a great job on this! Well done.

mwells63

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Posted: Tuesday, September 09, 2014 - 05:41 PM UTC

Great job on an unusual subject. Nice to see our younger members stepping up with good quality work. Keep it up.

Giovanni1508

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Posted: Tuesday, September 09, 2014 - 11:02 PM UTC

Euan, very good job. This is a soviet BT-7 used by Finnish Army, after some modifications, against the Red Army. Very nice subject !

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Posted: Wednesday, September 10, 2014 - 01:21 AM UTC

Nice job !

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Posted: Wednesday, September 10, 2014 - 02:08 AM UTC

Very nice work on the older of the two available 1:35 BT-42 kits!

Btw, what's the story behind the text on the fender toolbox? It's peculiar, I have to say. "Kutsuu" means "calls" or "(is) calling" in Finnish.

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I thought I knew my Russian armor and have many books on the topic. I had to look up this AFV!

Quite an oddball vehicle isn't it?
Putting an obsolete British howitzer limited to using two-part (separate cartridge and shell) ammunition in a cramped turret with traverse issues and installing that on a light 15 tonne tank chassis wasn't that stellar a success. It's a very interesting subject, though!