"Finished 15mm S-Tank ( Strv 103 )" Topic

I am proud to show you 15mm Swedish S-Tank or The Stridsvagn 103, that I finished at the beginning of December, but because of Christmas and New Year I found time to post it only now :)

There should be a cupola MG, but I haven't unified this element yet. There are be 15 parts (actually its 14 unique parts, because two headlights are identical, so there should be be 14 parts on mold and 15 parts in a pack (I need to unify Machine Gun))

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Sweet!

Who is going to produce this? QRF?

I gotta save up, my 'Coldest War' Swedes need a full company of 14!

The tracks are separate?!! The TRACKS are SEPARATE!! MWAAAHAAHAHAHAAAAA!!!!

Leland R. Erickson
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Looks great!

I will need a few of those.

Any chance you'll be producing their Swedish APC as well?

Of course, I can see BWP is wanting to convert it into a hover, or grav tank, as well. Can't blame him.

Now, to find some proper, 15mm Swedish infantry for the Cold War.

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I hope so ;) I emailed Geoff early this week, and still waiting for reply.

And thanx to BlackWidowPilot and Mako11 for good replies.

By the way I decided to add some more minor details to tracks. Will share photo soon (with added MG). I am also thinking about adding optional side armor for track to be able to make late version of a tank.

I mean this things at the side of tracks. By the way you may notice optional dozer blade on my 3d model. Also flotation device and rear storage boxes are also optional.

Great work Nic!

Nice! May I ask what modeling program you are using?

The tracks and cannon are seperate… Oooooh, I am seeing some BRILLIANT potential for an energy cannon armed variant here!

Yes! Beautiful! I'll be ordering a half-dozen or so.

And like Chatticus, I'll be converting some of mine to a more sci-fi look, so the separate cannon is a definite plus. Maybe a hover or grav version, too . . .

Am I weird for thinking it would look like a nice sci-fi apc when driving backwards?

Of course, I can see BWP is wanting to convert it into a hover, or grav tank, as well. Can't blame him

Grav. With fixed rocket pods on the sides…. and a nasty AAA weapon system while I'm at it…

Leland R. Erickson
Metal Express
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P.S. And if any of youse mugs tink I'm going to let a perfectly good set of tracks go to waste, youse mugs got another tink comin,' capiche?

Yes, we will be printing and producing this, along with the Pbv302. In an unofficial collaboration, Armies Army are working on Swedish Infantry.

We are hoping to reduce the number of parts when we put it into mould. They are necessary for the best printing quality, but we should be able to part-assemble it before moulding and casting. The tracks will still be separate…

Geoff
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Excellent news.

Hopefully, someone will make a M41DK tank for the Danes, and some East German troops too.

And I'm told the Kanone is now in mould…

…and just researching the Bv206 versions

Wonderful work :)

I never realised that the S-tank used a form of 'jerry-can' armour for their tracks. What a tremandous idea.

The Strv 103 C used plastic jerrycans to carry fuel and as a little extra protection from explosives and shrapnel.

The 15mm model above is probably the B-model based on the model of equipmentboxes on the back (although they were sometimes used on the C-model as well). As you can see in the picture of the real thing the C-model also had a anti-HEAT fence. Apparenty it was very effective and remained classified until 1992. The model is also a correct B-model because it lacks gun tube protection. The plow was not mounted on every B-model while it became standard on the C-model.

The models tracks are the Diehl-design that was introduced on the B-model during the 70's. The B-model served from the early 70's and the C-model came into service 1986/87.

This model would represent a Strv 103 B serving between the late 70's and mid 80's.

Cool design!

Yes it was B model. But I think to make some elements to convert it into C model.

And I'm told the Kanone is now in mould

Excellent, just what I need to complete my Bundeswehr.

That's just the 3D cad image so far. Look for his posts on the Cunningham to see the printed item. We then have to clean, mould and cast it.

As Geoff said this is just 3D model. In needs to be printed, cleaned, casted.

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And thanx to all for replies.

Looking forward for these, but especially the Bv206 woked up my interest.

"Yes it was B model. But I think to make some elements to convert it into C model."

Cool! I really like that the plow is a separate part for easy convertion to a C-model. The jerrycans and flotation screen (the tubes on the sides) were not always mounted on either B or C tanks.

One or two tanks per company had the plow during the B-model era. Of course I just mentioning the operational facts. It's a gaming piece (and will probably be a very good one at that) and not a scale model.

Needs a hovertank option as well as tracks, oh yes it does :)

I've just put this on my Blog…What timescales are we looking at Geoff, before production ? April?

Hopefully earlier, but yes, could be April

Geoff, please reply to my email ;)

For some reason my emails are not going through to you…

Can this be scaled to 20 mm?

OK I have no need for one of these, I don't do 15mm moderns and don't intend too. So why am I thinking I WAAAAAAAAAAAANT one!!?

Fatman

Suddenly rather relieved his pay pal account is suspended. ;=P

Suddenly rather relieved his pay pal account is suspended. ;=P

Well, not exactly relieved in my case, but I can't spend any more $$ that way!

Same here
Fatman

So, dumb question…

I want to make a 15mm vehicle that hasn't been done yet. How would I go about doing so? Where do you start? What tips or tricks are there?

Is 3D printing a viable option?

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Thats really strange :) Could you please try this email:

nikita-kondratov@hotmail.com

because I haven't received any email from you, maybe due to some kind of mailbox bug…

I want to make a 15mm vehicle that hasn't been done yet. How would I go about doing so? Where do you start? What tips or tricks are there? Is 3D printing a viable option?

Maybe, is probably the most honest answer. Some of it depends on your own fiscal viability. 3D printing requires a good 3D file (many of the files freely available online are ok for online games, etc, but not 'watertight' for printing.

You then need to consider the quality of print. The higher the quality, the more expensive the print, so you could have the above printed relatively cheaply (but still more than we will cast and sell it for, so print on demand is not really viable yet) but the detail and surface quality is likely to be poor.

In contrast, the high quality machine we used to print the Cunningham means that the print alone was about £200.00 GBP-250. So you either need to be prepared to pay £250.00 GBP for a model, or (at roughly £5.50 GBP retail each) a [very] long sales period to recover your cost…

Interesting, Geoff. Thanks.

Added optional water tanks!

Any update on this? I really want some :)

I do as well.

Would love to see the tanks as an option that can be put on, or removed, with minimagnets, as desired.

So..any updates concerning this? :D Eagerly looking forward to get one of these, and Bv206 especially!

Waiting to get it back from the printer

This is very nice.

Another tank on a very long list…

Hey, Geoff? any progress on the Pbv 302s and/or infantry?

Kinda waiting to see how the S Tank pans out first. Apparently I may have photos tomorroe.

Keith (AA) was doing infantry

Looking forward to it seeing it.
Shame that the 302 will have to wait, would have liked to field a true tank company from the get go if Im to wargame it, but I understand that cold war swedes might be a bit of a risk for you as well.
Will try to help with sales in Sweden, a couple of museums might be interested etc.

Now Im hoping for infantry and perhaps ikv 91s/ bv 206es.

Sadly, Ive had a sculpting/molding (disaster) which will take time to rebuild, more importanty fund….
It may turn out I do a kickstarter to help

Keith

Sad to hear that! :/

If you end up doing kickstarter, you can count on having at least one preorderer/financier.

Thanks :)

Make that two, if I could ever get a [expletives deleted] job again…