Today I started the build of tamiya's Bt-42. I did some research and saw that this tank fought in the battle of Vyborg against the Russians in 1944.
Here is some history on it:
Initially the Viborg Bay islands were in a fairly strong position with the Finnish garrison on the Koivisto islands preventing Soviet naval forces from gaining access to the bay. The Soviet Baltic Fleet landed a small assault force on the islands, but the Finnish garrison managed to keep the bridgehead contained. Nevertheless, Finnish headquarters decided it would be impossible to keep the troops in the islands supplied given Soviet air supremacy, and withdrew their forces from the islands unopposed. This opened the route for the Baltic Fleet to get safely into the bay.
Battles in Viborg Bay started on June 30 with the Soviet 224th Rifle Division's attempt to capture the islands of Teikari and Melansaari. Finnish forces on the islands drove the attacks back, inflicting heavy losses on the Soviet troops in the process. Renewed Soviet attacks on July 4 met success in the islands near Uuras, but the attempt to land on Teikari was again repulsed with heavy Soviet losses.
On July 4 and 5 the Finnish Navy, supported by several German AFP gunbarges, made several raids on Viborg Bay in an attempt to disrupt the Soviet landings on the islands. Heavy Soviet resistance from shore artillery, numerous Motor Torpedo Boats, (MTB)s, and the Soviet air force forced the Finns to withdraw without reaching the intended target area. Although none of the Finnish ships were sunk, most of them suffered crew casualties and were badly damaged, requiring immediate repairs. This situation effectively forced Finnish naval forces to withdraw from the battle. Of the Finnish ships, the worst damage was suffered by the auxiliary gunboat Viena during a Soviet air attack on its anchorage. The ship came close to sinking but was still able to return to Helsinki for repairs.
Parts of the Soviet 124th Rifle Division captured the islands of Teikari and Melansaari on July 5–6. Fighting on the other islands closer to the northern shore continued until July 8 when the Soviet 124th and 224th Rifle Divisions attempted landings on the northern shore of the bay. The defending German 122nd Division repulsed the attempts. The Soviet 59th Army switched to defense after these attempts, and fighting in the bay wound down.
So here is the finished built kit:
And here it is with the base coat of tamiya field grey
Then I painted the tan-grey and brown camo
And here is the chipping:
And here it is with the dot filter on the turret so you can see how it worked vs the un-filtered hull
So ill finish the dot filter and work on some dirt. Next update I will also show the finished IS-2 that I will be using in the dio with this
Re: Battle of Vyborg 1944
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2015 9:55 pm
by brickfan8
Are you going to use the figure
Re: Battle of Vyborg 1944
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2015 10:19 pm
by Coen
Whooya! That's a wicked looking build!!
Re: Battle of Vyborg 1944
Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2015 6:38 pm
by conradschmid99
brickfan8 wrote:Are you going to use the figure
I might
Coen wrote:Whooya! That's a wicked looking build!!
Thanks so much Coen
Re: Battle of Vyborg 1944
Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2015 6:48 pm
by conradschmid99
Update #2
So here is the Is 2 i'm putting in the Dio with the Bt 42
And the bt 42 with the mud on
Stay tuned
Re: Battle of Vyborg 1944
Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2015 6:57 pm
by conradschmid99
Here are some reference pics for the dio
Re: Battle of Vyborg 1944
Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2015 7:06 pm
by Coen
That's looking completely excellent !!!
Re: Battle of Vyborg 1944
Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2015 10:27 am
by HamilkarBarkas
Highly interesting project, this is not a very well known episode of WW2.
Re: Battle of Vyborg 1944
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2015 5:21 am
by rwsmith14
Interesting Subject !!
Re: Battle of Vyborg 1944
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2015 8:04 am
by Donkeywalloper
What a absolutly brilliant build mate.
It always reminds me of my nemesis on WOT the KV2 (bloody Derp Devil ).
You have done a excellent job mate.
John
Re: Battle of Vyborg 1944
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2015 10:06 pm
by Gav0909
Interesting subject. And what an odd looking little tank, the turret looks completely alien to the tank hull lol.
Brilliant work so far, I look forward to seeing this come together.
Re: Battle of Vyborg 1944
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2015 1:32 am
by conradschmid99
Update #2
Thank you so much Coen, Hamilkar, rwsmith,Donkey walloper, and Gav for your comments
I started the dio this last weekend. The base is made of foam, then I put a glue water and dirt mix on it, then the foliage. The lare blank area is going to be a river
Thanks for watching
Re: Battle of Vyborg 1944
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2015 1:35 am
by rwsmith14
COOL !! Looking forward to the next update.
Re: Battle of Vyborg 1944
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2015 3:55 pm
by Donkeywalloper
Holy Smoley.
Its awesome mate.
Top notch.
John
Re: Battle of Vyborg 1944
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2015 2:31 am
by rwsmith14
you started a bug i me.I've been doing some research on the Winter and Continuation wars.. very interesting ...Now, I'm thinking and planning a diorama for myself. will continue to follow with interest.
Re: Battle of Vyborg 1944
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2015 5:40 am
by gustavlekstal
I really enjoy anything to do with the scandie front and this one with the quality you have is great to watch. Keep up the good work!
If anyone don't know that much about the Finnish war then battlefield is good place to start before books.
Re: Battle of Vyborg 1944
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2015 5:55 am
by PaulAyrey
Looks great, love the groundwork.
Re: Battle of Vyborg 1944
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2015 7:59 am
by rwsmith14
gustavlekstal wrote:I really enjoy anything to do with the scandie front and this one with the quality you have is great to watch. Keep up the good work!
If anyone don't know that much about the Finnish war then battlefield is good place to start before books.
That was an excellent video ! that whole youtube channel looked very interesting
Re: Battle of Vyborg 1944
Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2015 1:19 am
by conradschmid99
rwsmith14 wrote:COOL !! Looking forward to the next update.
rwsmith14 wrote:you started a bug i me.I've been doing some research on the Winter and Continuation wars.. very interesting ...Now, I'm thinking and planning a diorama for myself. will continue to follow with interest.
Thanks RW It is great to inspire someone. I think the minor wars are very interesting!
Donkeywalloper wrote:Holy Smoley.
Its awesome mate.
Top notch.
John
Thanks John
gustavlekstal wrote:I really enjoy anything to do with the scandie front and this one with the quality you have is great to watch. Keep up the good work!
If anyone don't know that much about the Finnish war then battlefield is good place to start before books.
To this build!
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