T-26 and Char B as VSF Tanks

[Fjodin]

I know people use early WW1 airlpanes for their VSF games. Also WW1 tanks are good for VSF. And armored cars as well. But the problem is russians does not have WW1 tanks.
So Mendeleev and Vezdekhod are always an option, but what do you think about twin turreted T-26 M1931?




Here is 1 turreted vesion

I know its 1931 but look at Renault FT-17



T-26 does not look so modern for VSF.


And Also have a look at Char B1

It will look great in VSF French army, because it so close to Renault (only much much bigger)

[Fjodin]

And what do you think about using this for VSF Japanese?


Type 89a I-Go (tank from 1932)


Type 94 Te-Ke

[chantyam]

Go the whole nine yards and go with a large multi-turret tank like the T-28 t-35 or the Vickers Tanks of the 1930's and perhaps Souma's
If its got a smoke stack looks un-workable and plenty of guns and rivets then go for it

[Gluteus Maximus]

Funny you should bring this up. I've got a 1/35 T28, which I've been intending to turn into a 28mm Landship for years.

Should be quite easy, just lots of time and effort involved 



Chabtyam's right, a big beast like this would be much more impressive.

[Fjodin]

T-28


T-35


Somua

[Traveler Man]

Multi-turreted tanks look so delightfully mad and totally in keeping with VSF. I'd say go for it.   

[former user]

good ideas, IMHO, all of them
especially the big ones as landships
apart from the FT17, which is too iconic and could hardly be transformed into something totally different

[Burnt65]

I just got some 1/72 FT17s that I will be turning into little scout tanks
Will post up some pics when done

[Trencher]

IMHO, those tanks look a bit too modern for VSF. The Char B is too "streamlined" for VSF.

If you're into 15mm, you could always have these 1/72 kits as a base to start for the Russians as well:

The Tzar. Equally iconic as the FT-17 but much more awe-inspiring (until it bogs down...  )

http://www.landships.freeservers.com/kora_lebedenko_kitreview.htm 
http://www.lfmodels.com/lebedenko-russian-tzar-tank-p-222.html?zenid=2e13b1ads6c6t1hpnepv0q5at7 

Be prepared for a *big* hole in your wallet. 
So maybe scratchbuilding might be an option.

If you're in need of something smaller, what about the T-18?

http://www.landships.freeservers.com/bull_t-18_kitreview.htm

And you can always get away with an early Christie - altough an American design. But hey - didn't the Russians perfect the Christie suspension anyway? Why not a few decades earlier?

http://www.landships.freeservers.com/jpegs_new/number_14/early_cristie.JPG

[6milPhil]

The independent might suit, ridiculously large and over gunned. Do like the way it looks like a buxom maid from the front though.

[Cadet13]

I always liked the St. Chamond tank.



Big, clunky, awkward looking, and absolutely covered in rivets

If you cut the top off, replaced the diesel with a steam boiler, and added a  gun on a carriage sticking out of the firing port, I think you'd have a pretty good mobile artillery piece.