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Old 07-31-2022, 04:28 AM
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All politics aside, this is a fun modeling idea.

You are right Gary, up until now we have had WW1, WW2, Cold War era, Middle East, and Modern tanks to model. Now the Modern era has Ukraine as a historical subset to model.

I got a T-90 a couple of months ago and modeled it as captured by Ukraine and pressed into service. I've always thought captured and reused tanks were an interesting modeling niche. I wanted a modern Russian tank to complement my T-34/85, so current events gave me the inspiration.

I have been thinking a Ural truck would go well with the T-90 in my shelf diorama and I like the rocket launcher idea. Sadly, bottle rockets are not legal in Colorado, so mine would have to be just for show. Oddly, the Tochka would be legal, because model rockets are legal here. What a blast that would be to drive up to some spot and launch a rocket 400 feet into the air from a RC platform! Can you send more pictures of a Tochka? Is it amphibious too?