25mm Tsar tanks from the 90's

[Ironclad Paul]

Due to the all conquering influence on me of the space 1889 'soldiers companion' when it first came out, I went off and built two of these 25mm Tsar tanks from cardboard in the early 90's.    They are slightly different from the real/actual 1917 Tsar tank although overall very similar, mine was steam powered of course, with a small funnel behind the superstructure.  you get an idea of the size of them by the 25mm figure.
They were armed with a 3 inch gun in the turret and two nordenfelts on each sponson.
I did space 1889 sheets for them using the soldiers companion but after all the effort they maybe only fought in one or two battles.  One did survive being in a bout of blowpipe wars and survived surprisingly well (dont ask).    anyway, they were made from cardboard maybe 23 years ago and lay about for ages so I sold them last year on ebay for maybe 8 quid each, I was quite happy as they took up loads of space.   hope the new owner has some good fun with them wherever they are..

[Malamute]

Great stuff.

[commissarmoody]

pretty cool

[FramFramson]

Ahahaha, someone really built one! Oh lordy, that's great.

[Gunbird]

Ahahaha, someone really built one! Oh lordy, that's great.

Not just one, but two! 

[warburton]

Excellent

[zebcook]

Wish I'd seen that auction. 

[The_Beast]

Wish I'd seen that auction. 

So we could have been in contention? 

Handsome, evocative items, for sure. Thanks for sharing; an announcement here would have raised the prices considerably!

Just to be naughty, I will ask if you ever tried the PKZ-2 observation helicopter? I know, I know, Austro-Hungarian, but imagine it tethered above the Tsar?


Image from the Roden 1/72 kit.

Doug