An old warrior, lucky in combat to have survived so long....nearing the end of its' duty cycle

this is the album that was hacked and destroyed. many modelers have written to me asking to put it back up..so I'm a nice guy...
descriptions of pics will be added.
This tank is marked for the 26th Guards Tank Brigade, 2nd Guards Tank Corp, late Autumn, 1944. some pictures are missing from the first version, but I will find them and re-post them

Tamiya's B1 bis in 1/35 scale....much re working