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.US Army T29E1 Heavy Tank
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.Hobby Boss
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.1:35
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| Builder: | .Volcano
| | Item Status: | .Built To Order / Pre-Order
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Award winner built and painted US T29E1 Heavy Tank with realistic heavy weathering. Classic US Army Green. Top building quality with outstanding details throughout the whole model and very high standard accuracy on every individual part. Track links with road wheel detail. Rotating turret and gun detail. Hull and deck detail. Add on vehicle tools and more add-on details.
- Top building quality with sublime detail overall.
- The complex shape with both rounded and flat surfaces has been particularly well done.
- The panels and rivets realistically reproduced.
- Turret with realistic details.
- Separate commander and loader`s hatch with detail.
- Side turret hatch can be modeled open/closed.
- Detailed periscope for driver`s and commander`s hatch.
- Turret machine gun with ammo box and more detail.
- Main gun barrel with detail.
- Muzzle brake w/detail.
- Uper hull has actually been completely redone with great detail.
- Hatches on hull front rendered w/fine details.
- Engine deck with great grill and panel detail.
- Fenders w/intricate detail.
- Authentic sprocket wheels w/18-teeth.
- Road wheels are accurately reproduced.
- The tracks links with great detail.
- Accurate details of the extension.
- Lots of small exterior details including lights, grabs, toolboxes and more.
- Antenna, on-vehicle tools and more accessories have been reproduced.
Buffing and polishing to remove mold seam. Base color with primer and putty for better surface detail. Airbrushed and painted with multicolor. Add clear paint for good finishing on decal applying. Washing to enhance the surface detail increase the appearance of depth including panels, doors, hatches, rivets, bolt head and more. Dry brushing to emphasize and highlighting texture with edge for good wear, tear and fading. Multi-color filters for blend color effects. Add nonglossy paint for better finishing. The great detail paint job on rust and paint chips off with scratches, worn and bare metal realistic simulating, flow rust and rain streaks effects, grease with staining appearing, engine smoking and muffler burned representing. Also smear and dirt with dust and real mud and more on real-life weathering. Final protective layer for long-term collection.
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The Heavy Tank T29 and Heavy Tank T34 were an American heavy tank project started in March 1944 to counter the new German heavy tanks. The T26E3 Medium Tank (that entered service as the M26 Pershing), weighing around 45 tonnes, was not considered heavily enough armed or armored to counter the German Tiger II/ King Tiger, which weighed closer to 70 tonnes. The T29 was not ready in time for the war in Europe, but it did provide post-war engineers with opportunities for testing the engineering concepts in artillery and automotive components.
The T29 was based upon a lengthened version of the T26E3 hull and featured heavier armor, an upgraded Ford GAC engine providing about 770 bhp (570 kW) gross, 650 bhp (480 kW) net, more comfortable controls for the driver, and a massive new turret incorporating the high velocity 105 mm gun T5. It weighed approximately 132,000 lb (60 t) unstowed and 141,000 lb (64 t) combat loaded. Its maximum armor thickness was 279 mm compared to 180 mm on the German Tiger II while its 105 mm gun was 7.06 m long compared to the 6.29 m of the Tiger II`s 88 mm. Other trial models had Allison V1710 V12 engines.
Developed at the same time and closely related to the T29, the T30 Heavy Tank was virtually identical but mounted a 155mm gun T7 and featured a more powerful engine and an extra crew member to help load the gun.
In 1945, with the war in Europe already over, the T29 and T30 were classified "limited procurement" and a small order proposed on the basis that their large guns and heavy armor would be useful for attacking Japanese bunkers. Army Ground Forces command, however, objected to the deployment of such heavy vehicles and the war ended before the issue was resolved, so only a small batch of pilot models were constructed.
The final variation of the T29 concept, the Heavy Tank T34, mounted a 120 mm gun based upon the then-current 120mm M1 anti-aircraft gun. This gun was designated as the 120 mm T53, which could achieve a maximum rate of fire of 5 rounds per minute with two loaders. With solid shot weighing 50 lb (23 kg), it had a muzzle velocity of 3,150 ft/s (960 m/s). A lightweight HVAP round with a muzzle velocity of 4,100 ft/s (1,200 m/s) was in development. In order to balance out the weight of the longer and heavier cannon, an additional 101 mm of armour was welded on the rear of the turret bustle. There were only two prototypes, one converted from one of the T29 pilot models and one converted from a T30. Once again, the end of the war curtailed further development, but the experience gained with the T34 was valuable in the development of the M103 heavy tank.
The T29 featured a coincidence rangefinder projecting from both sides of the turret, distinctively resembling "ears".
There are a couple of surviving T29s at Fort Benning, Georgia. They are being stored in preparation for an Armor exhibit. One has the distinctive rangefinder, while the other does not. Both can be seen as well as many other vehicles in a fenced enclosure on 25 Infantry Regiment Road. One is located in front of the National Armor and Cavalry Museum. There is also a surviving T29 without the rangefinder at the Detroit Arsenal in Warren, Michigan.
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