Derwentsider Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Hi all, I've had a bit of spare time over the Easter so decided to knock up this small tank.It's the female version (machine gun armed) of the Mk.1 tank which were first used during the battle of the Somme in 1916. Nothing much to say about the construction other than it went together nicely without any filler. Painted with Tamiya acrylics and mounted on a 6" x 4" photo frame with flower arranging block off-cuts forming the contours, then bedded in with Polycell and small bits of soil from the garden .Annoyingly the Vallejo pigments have dried a different colour to the groundwork. The whole thing went together remarkably quickly over a couple of days One of these early tanks supported my great uncles battalion (12th Bn Durham Light Infantry) during their successful assault to take Le Sars in October 1916. Sadly he didn't make it through and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing Thanks for looking,Tim. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Nice job on this and in a scale this small, even more so. John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerrardandrews Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Brilliant looking model of WW1 tank, brilliant history lesson 😊 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzby061 Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Looks good & well presented. I bet it's a quantum leap over the venerable Airfix kit. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangor Lad Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Nicely finished and displayed. Nice also to read about the personal connection you have. I built the Airfix Mk I a year or two ago. I'd quite like to build this one as a companion piece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derwentsider Posted April 19, 2017 Author Share Posted April 19, 2017 Thanks for the kind comments everyone. I built the Airfix kit a while ago and thought it was really nice. This one though takes it to a much higher level of finesse. It has a look of Noah's Ark about with the grenade mesh on the roof. I think I'll have a look at their Austin Mk.IV armoured car next 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrancisGL Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 Very nice done, looks bigger, such 1/35 p.e., pretty shot in sepia tone, cheers mate 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cromwell Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 (edited) Love the dio I had to read the whole thread twice cause I didn't see what scale it was. Originally thought it was 1/35. A testament to your work sir!!! Edited April 21, 2017 by Cromwell Typo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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