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Tanks Are Mighty Fine Things
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A re-visiting of an older piece I did.Inspired by a Spanish Civil War poster, and the industrial beauty of Soviet Tank Design, a stylized T-35 is the theme of this poster!The Tank is roomier…Continue

Tags: T-34, AFV, T-35, tank, T-28

Started this discussion. Last reply by Lejon Astray Mar 18, 2011.

 

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Type 89 Yi-Go Medium tank

This is a piece representing the IJA medium tank Type 89.The Type 89 Yi-Go or Chi-Ro was a medium tank used by the Imperial Japanese Army. The Type 89 was a 1920's design, built to support the infantry, and thus lacked the armor or armament to defeat later designs, and was regarded as obsolete by the time of the battles of…See More
Mar 21
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Char B1 BIS

This is a another in a series of Tank portraits.This print represents a Char B bis in service with the French Army May 1940.At the request of General Estienne and on the basis of previous studies worked out by Renault, Schneider, FAMH, FCM, and Delaunay-Belleville, a new battle tank was developed under the code designation of…See More
Oct 18, 2012
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Vickers A9 Cruiser Mk I

This is a another in a series of Tank portraits.This print represents an A9 Cruiser Mk I tank in North Africa with the 7th Armoured Division (The Desert Rats), 1940.In 1934 Vickers-Armstrong had produced a new medium tank, the A9, which was subsequently designated the Cruiser Tank Mark I. It was the first British tank to…See More
May 30, 2012
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Doolittle Raider

This piece is dedicated to the 70th Anniversary of the Doolittle Raid.The April 1942 air attack on Japan, launched from the aircraft carrier Hornet and led by Lieutenant Colonel James…See More
Apr 19, 2012
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Mar 22, 2012
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Citroën 2CV

Illustration of an iconic design. This was a fun piece to do, all the lines of it are interesting, I want one! This piece was created in Illustrator CS and is entirely vector. The shading was rendered using the blend tool between different vector shapes, and a some use of the gradient and transparency tools.See More
Mar 1, 2012
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Neubaufahrzeug PzKpfw VI

This is a another in my series of Tank portraits. PzKpfw NbFz V and VI’s designs were very similar to the British Vickers "Independent" tank, Soviet T-35, French Char-2C and proved to be too complex to produce. Only two prototypes were built by Rheinmetall in 1934. In Spring of 1939, Krupp’s PzKpfw NbFz VI was shown at the…See More
Feb 15, 2012
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Military Antiques Museum Logo

Logo I created for the Military Antiques and Museum in Petaluma, CA.See More
Dec 5, 2011
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Jul 20, 2011
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Seversky J-9

Seversky J-9, supplied to the Swedish Air Force in 1940. It had a more powerful engine (1065 hp Twin Wasp) a lengthened fuselage, and was more heavily armed (two 7.9 mm machine guns and two 13.2 automatic cannons) than the P-35 from which is was derived.The J 9’s did a valuable duty during the neutrality watch as successors to…See More
Jun 9, 2011
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Caudron C.460 Rafale

The Caudron C.460 Rafale ("Squall") was a French racing aircraft built to participate in the Coupe Deutsch de la Meurthe race of 1934.A C.460 piloted by Michel Detroyat also won the Thompson Trophy at the 1936 National Air Races in the United States.This piece was created in Illustrator CS and is entirely vector. …See More
Apr 20, 2011
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Apr 5, 2011
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Mar 18, 2011
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Tanks Are Mighty Fine Things

A re-visiting of an older piece I did.Inspired by a Spanish Civil War poster, and the industrial beauty of Soviet Tank Design, a stylized T-35 is the theme of this poster!The Tank is roomier sir!Expect follow ups from Tankograd Institute!  See More
Mar 17, 2011
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Bell XFL-1 Airabonita

In 1938, the U.S. Navy placed a contract with the Bell Aircraft for a navalized version of the P-39 fighter. Changes included a tailwheel undercarriage, installation of an arrestor hook, enlarged vertical surfaces and restressing for carrier operations. The Navy lost interest in the project and only one prototype was…See More
Mar 5, 2011
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Surcouf

The French submarine Surcouf, launched in 1929, was 361 feet long, and at 3,304 tons was, at that time, the world's largest pre WW2 submarine. Two Sulze diesel engines and two electric motors were used for her propulsion, she could cover 10,000 miles at 10 knots, submerged speed was 8.5 knots, but on the surface she was…See More
Jan 6, 2011
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Type 89 Yi-Go Medium tank

Posted on March 21, 2013 at 7:51pm 2 Comments

This is a piece representing the IJA medium tank Type 89.



The Type 89 Yi-Go or Chi-Ro was a medium tank used by the Imperial Japanese Army. The Type 89 was a 1920's design, built to support the infantry, and thus lacked the armor or armament to defeat…
Continue

Char B1 BIS

Posted on October 18, 2012 at 9:00pm 1 Comment

This is a another in a series of Tank portraits.

This print represents a Char B bis in service with the French Army May 1940.

At the request of General Estienne and on the basis of previous studies worked out by Renault, Schneider, FAMH, FCM, and Delaunay-Belleville, a new battle tank was developed…

Continue

Vickers A9 Cruiser Mk I

Posted on May 30, 2012 at 11:00am 7 Comments

This is a another in a series of Tank portraits.

This print represents an A9 Cruiser Mk I tank in North Africa with the 7th Armoured Division (The Desert Rats), 1940.

In 1934 Vickers-Armstrong had produced a new medium tank, the A9, which was subsequently designated the Cruiser Tank Mark I. It was…

Continue

Doolittle Raider

Posted on April 19, 2012 at 12:00pm 3 Comments

This piece is dedicated to the 70th Anniversary of the Doolittle Raid.

The April 1942 air attack on Japan, launched from the aircraft carrier Hornet and led by Lieutenant Colonel…

Continue

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At 3:48pm on December 28, 2010, lord_k said…

Hello Lejon,

I approved your article but for some reason it is absent deom our blogroll. Please check the article settings: probably it's in "visible only to me" mode (change to "everyone").

 

Regards,

LK

 
 
 

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