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Offline Melvin

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Re: "Kelly's Heros"
« Reply #15 on: February 13, 2011, 03:14:58 AM »
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Re: "Kelly's Heros"
« Reply #16 on: February 13, 2011, 07:20:06 AM »
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Re: "Kelly's Heros"
« Reply #17 on: February 13, 2011, 08:55:28 AM »
"Have a little faith baby, have a little faith"

I was there in fianl scenes of the bank. Exit stage right.  :bolt:
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Re: "Kelly's Heros"
« Reply #18 on: February 13, 2011, 09:36:59 AM »
http://www.pbase.com/mnoble/image/80519164

The SPR Tiger is a T-34 chassis. It might not be the actual Kelly Heroes vehicle though, I thought maybe at the end of the film they stored them somewhere but maybe not <shrug>.

...and yes, the Kellys Heroes Tiger I was absolutely a T-34 conversion. They filmed the movie in Yugosalvia (when they used Russian AFVs) and they would have had easy access to old T-34s.

http://www.rctankwarfare.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=3271&start=20

Look closely at the bogies and track.
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Offline MiloMorai

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Re: "Kelly's Heros"
« Reply #19 on: February 13, 2011, 10:27:51 AM »
The Tiger in SPR was based on a T-55. Notice the spacing between the 1st and 2cd road wheels. On the T-34 this spacing was between the 2cd and 3rd road wheels.



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Re: "Kelly's Heros"
« Reply #20 on: February 13, 2011, 11:38:34 AM »
Well, on the examples I showed the spacing on both AFVs is between the 2nd and 3rd bogie from the front ala the T-34.
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Re: "Kelly's Heros"
« Reply #21 on: February 13, 2011, 04:09:32 PM »
"What's with all the negative waves, Baby?" :D
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Re: "Kelly's Heros"
« Reply #22 on: February 15, 2011, 05:02:48 PM »
If I'm not mistaken I believe there's a wirblewind in the movie.
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Re: "Kelly's Heros"
« Reply #23 on: February 16, 2011, 12:25:13 AM »
never saw that..... would be nice.  :D
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Re: "Kelly's Heros"
« Reply #24 on: February 16, 2011, 02:22:42 PM »
Quote from: vafiii on February 15, 2011, 05:02:48 PM
If I'm not mistaken I believe there's a wirblewind in the movie.

Quad 20mm behind sandbags durring the "tunnel attack".

Not a wirble.


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Re: "Kelly's Heros"
« Reply #25 on: February 16, 2011, 03:13:46 PM »
Quote from: AWwrgwy on February 16, 2011, 02:22:42 PM
Quad 20mm behind sandbags durring the "tunnel attack".

Not a wirble.


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How would you know, you never seen the movie...

Wait a minute, that might explain why it takes so many hits to kill some of those GVs.. Darn paint! :neener: :salute
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Re: "Kelly's Heros"
« Reply #26 on: February 17, 2011, 02:17:29 AM »
Quote from: oboe on February 12, 2011, 08:35:43 PM
I grew up loving that movie.  Telly Savalas was great.  Don Rickles was great.  Lotsa funny lines.

I watch it now, especially the cowboy style showdown at the end, and it seems like something Quentin Tarentino would've liked. 

In fact, QT used the part of the soundtrack from Kelly's Heroes in Inglourious Bastards.  

Yep, that little bit of the soundtrack is actually called "Tiger Tank". Lalo Schifrin is one seriously talented guy. And he's been cranking out memorable music for what seems like forever.   :aok
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Re: "Kelly's Heros"
« Reply #27 on: February 23, 2011, 02:56:04 PM »
one of the tigers from SPR is mocked on T-34 chassis, a guy i know mine owns one.
You open the "tigers" hatches which are all fabbed Alluminum and underneath the is the slopped armor from a T-34. lol  :x

For anyone in the Chicagoland/midwest area it sometimes appears at local WW2 reenactments, if ya want to check it out in person.

Kelly's Heros is one of my favorite movies, it's nice seeing all the real armor and stuff.

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Re: "Kelly's Heros"
« Reply #28 on: February 23, 2011, 05:36:30 PM »
Just watched Patton and Kelly's Heroes the other day.

Patton's story is pretty cool, using him as a diversion was pretty clever.

Anyone got any recommendations?  I'm sick and laying low, so I've been watching a lot of movies! :)
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Re: "Kelly's Heros"
« Reply #29 on: February 23, 2011, 05:37:54 PM »
Quote from: SectorNine50 on February 23, 2011, 05:36:30 PM

Anyone got any recommendations?  I'm sick and laying low, so I've been watching a lot of movies! :)

"A Bridge Too Far" is one of my favorites.
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