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Constructing the T29 Heavy Tank

One of the Clash of Steel Starter Sets have been on my wants list ever since I found out about them at the beginning of the year. I ordered Operation Unthinkable boxed set containing the British and German tanks.

I decided I would add to the game by ordering the other Operation Unthinkable set, which contains American and Soviet tanks. Three of these are the T29 or T30 Heavy Tank.

The T29 Heavy Tank was an American heavy tank project that was started in March 1944 to counter the German Tiger II heavy tank. Although it was not completed in time for use in World War II, the T29 served as a valuable testbed for post-war engineers to apply new concepts to artillery and automotive components. The tank featured a powerful 105 mm T5E1 gun and a massive, heavily armored turret. With a weight of approximately 64 tons, a crew of six, and an upgraded V12 engine, the T29 was a formidable and innovative design for its time.

T29 Tank

The instructions allow you to construct either the T30 or T29 Heavy Tank. I had already constructed a T30 tank, so with the other two kits I went with the T29.

This is the GF9 finished model.

This is the sprue.

The kit was relatively easy to construct.

The finished models.

Here are the two models.

Here are the two T29 tanks with the T30 tank.

The next step was a white undercoat.

More Operation Unthinkable

One of the Clash of Steel Starter Sets have been on my wants list ever since I found out about them at the beginning of the year. I ordered Operation Unthinkable boxed set containing the British and German tanks.

I decided I would add to the game by ordering the other Operation Unthinkable set, which contains American and Soviet tanks.

In the box, as well as the rules, counters, and dice, are twenty one tanks. 

For the Americans you get

  • Two T28 tanks
  • Two M18 Hellcats
  • Three T29 heavy tanks

The Soviets have

  • Six T54-1 tanks
  • Three IS-3 heavy tanks
  • Five ISU-130 SPGs.

Here are the sprues from the box.

What I didn’t realise was that the T54-1 model can also be made up as a T44 or a T55 as the different turrets are included. This gives even more flexibility over just using them as T54-1 tanks.

I thought that these would make ideal models for gaming scenarios from the Hot War series of books by Harry Turtledove.

This is the Operation Unthinkable Workbench.