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Submitted: April 23, 2012
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IL-29 Kitbashby ~Tetchist

Traditional Art / Other

kitbash for my comic book.

this is a 1:35 scale plastic model using parts from Tamiya, Revell, and Trumpeter models. it depicts a vehicle from my fictional comic storyverse.

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"The IL29 has distinguished itself as the premier heavy tank for the Imperial forces, incorporating a suite of defensive measures to keep crew-survivability exceptionally high. Incorporating a specially-constructed armored shell around the hull, turret, and turret basket capable of resisting all but the heaviest guns in the Republican arsenal, this shell is bolstered by additional skirt and applique armored at key frontal locations, as well as early-production ERA panels to deflect shaped-charge attacks. Additionally, there is a small loader's hatch in the rear of the turret that can serve as a crew escape route for a disabled tank.

Designed to tackle the largest of enemy vehicles both at range and in close-quarters, it features the common 107mm gun and 7.7mm coaxial mounted on the ON-89, along with a 20mm cannon and a remote-slaved .52 machinegun mounted in a mini-turret on the deck of the main turret with a limited forward traverse.

The IL-29 is most commonly found in Heavy Armored Rejments, crewed by section and company commanders, serving as both a mobile headquarters and direct-assault weapon."

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~Jaye757 Sep 3, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

I guess all that ERA is needed because there's almost no way this machine could fight hull-down. I don't think anything this tall's been fielded since the Great War, or even earlier. I used to think the cupola on the M551 was tall, but this takes the title.

~Tetchist Sep 5, 2012 Professional Digital Artist

also...you use ERA because your armor is incapable of taking certain classes of anti-armor hits (which the ERA is capable of defeating), not because you can't avoid being seen/hit. if you can't avoid being seen/hit, you've already lost the game.

~Tetchist Sep 5, 2012 Professional Digital Artist

couple things:

1) the M1 is taller than the M551

2) this is based on an M60, which is nearly a meter taller than either of those

3) most of the tanks in WW1 were shorter than the M60