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FV432 / 38T replica

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G'day

I thought this might be of interest to you all, given the discussions about converting british APC's to wartime German AFV's etc.

A big budget movie was made on the Gold Coast and other locations in Queensland called " The Great Raid", concerning a WW2 US ranger raid on a Japanese POW camp in the Phillipines. Sad fact was it was a truly awful film and in no way paid tribute to the WW2 vets or the locals who made it a successful raid.

But of interest here was that Miramax commissioned three AFV's to be made, two replica japanese tanks and one M4A3 sherman. The former converted from Gulf war veteran FV432's, and the latter from the chassis of a Grant tank.

Some local model builders and re-enactors had permission to further convert this tank into a Early war 38T, and the results were fairly credible.

If you go to this website you can see before and during photos of it.

http://www.warmuseums.com.au/German%2038T%20Tank.htm

I guess it further highlights that motivation and passion ( for an individuals at least) isn't always enough to see projects like this thru, a healthly bank balance is.

Cheers

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Post by ss-commander smeders »

could you convert 1 into a panzer I OR III? and did they use one OR two tanks?
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Hi

they used two (2) brit APC's and two (2) Grant hulls to convert into the sherman. The Sherman is brilliant, very well detailed and you'd be hard pressed to think its a copy until your right next to it

More photos here:

http://www.west-front.net/vehiclejaptank.htm

and here:

http://www.west-front.net/vehicletanksherman.htm

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Post by ss-commander smeders »

the jap tank to make it, duz it need: 2 apc's to make one tank OR 1 apc to make one!


(1) 1 APC= one Jap tank OR
(2) 2 APC= one Jap tank!
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(1) 1 APC= one Jap tank
(2) 1 Git with lots of pounds guvnor !
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2=me with $$$$$$$$$$$$$........lol :lol: :lol:
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Jager Clauscen wrote:(2) 1 Git with lots of pounds guvnor !
ss-commander smeders wrote:2=me with $$$$$$$$$$$$$........lol
i think we've already established you don't have lots of pounds smeegle, as for being a git, well you said it not me.

when are you going to listen to what people say and stop filling this forum up with your pointless shit :?:
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i am....so can you stop posting sh*t telling me please! :roll:

EDITED FOR BAD WORDS! :oops:
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lol. i think perhaps you shouldnt post anything in the vehicle section, it seems to bring out your worst :roll:
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TIME TO *EDIT*
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ss-commander smeders wrote:i am....so can you stop posting sh*t telling me please! :roll:

EDITED FOR BAD WORDS! :oops:
yes because in many ways its my fault isn't it smee. my message was posted over 24hrs before your reply, at a time when you weren't prepared to shut up as it was before the poll so i feel my message was justified so don't start rolling your eyes at me ok?
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