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New T-34/85 Medium Tank kit from Brickmania available now!
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Sun, 9 Mar 2003 01:48:16 GMT
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The first of the new line of custom WW2 kits for 2003 starts shipping on Monday.
The first model is Brickmania #207: T-34/85 Soviet Medium Tank, available in
light gray. Here is the "official" Brickmania spiel:
T-34 / 85 Soviet Medium Tank designed by Daniel Siskind
The seventh WW2 custom Lego® model kit to be designed by Daniel Siskind and the
third of a new series of WW2 AFV models to be released by Brickmania.
Developed in great secrecy, the T-34 was Russia's answer to growing military
threat of pre- World War Two Germany. Incorporating many new and innovative
features, such as the Christie suspension system and sloping hull armor, it's
success was considered a gamble by the Communist Party bosses. While the Soviet
Union already had a heavy tank series in production (KV series), it the T-34
program was given the go ahead. Stalin's rationale was that the designers could
always be executed if the project failed.
While still not in full production when Hitler unleased the Blitzkreig on the
Soviet Union, the appearance of the T-34 on the battlefield soon stunned the
German High Command. Not only was the T-34 able to withstand almost anything the
Germans could throw at it, but it's 76mm gun could easily knock out the Panzer
III's and IV's, then the heaviest tanks in the German arsenal. Hitler responded
with a crash program of heavy tank production, spawning the legendary Panther
and Tiger models, with thicker armor and every larger weapons.
The first of the new German heavy tanks to arrive in Russia was the Tiger I,
which was fitted with a redisgned version of the Luftwaffe's 88mm anti-aircraft
canon. This proved to be just what the German's needed to stop the new T-34.
They now had the firepower and the Tiger's thick armor made them almost immune
to the 76mm gun of the T-34. In reponse, the T-34 was fitted with a similarly
powerful new 85mm gun and a larger turret, which also allowed the crew to be
increased to five.
While the T-34 was never able to fully stand toe against the Panther or Tigers,
due to it's comparatively lighter armor, it was able to achieve effectiveness by
matching it in firepower. Ultimately, it was the simplicity of the design, which
made it more suitable for mass production than it's German equivelents. With
over 40,000 T-34's being produced during the war, it was able to defeat the
German invasion through firepower, achieved by strength in numbers.
Special features of this model include poseable turret and main gun, all five
crewment, a completely detailed hull interior (including driver and radio
operator stations, fighting compartment, and engine compartment), and six
opening hatches, and 120 links of Technic® conveyer belt chain, and numerous
decorated tiles.
Check out my T-34 Gallery for 24 more images of this kit and prototype model!
This limited edition custom model kit contains 701 genuine Lego® building
bricks, complete full-color building instructions on CD-Rom (Adobe® Acrobat
Reader® required), and is packaged in a sealed box. Each kit also comes with a
Certificate of Authenticity, listing the kit number and batch from when it was
created.
This is a limited production, fan created model kit available on a first come,
first serve basis and may be discontinued at any time.
Price for the kit with CD-Rom instructions (Adobe® PDF) is $230.00 plus shipping
Price for the kit with full-color printed instructions is $245.00 plus shipping
Price for printed instructions is $25.00 plus shipping
I still have some of my older WW2 kits left too (inlcuding the final four copies
of my M4A3E2 Sherman "Jumbo") and even some Trains and Castle stuff too. All of
my kits can be viewed / ordered online here:
http://www.brickmania.com/kits.html
Thanks for your time and take care!
Dan of Brickmania
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