Marklo Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 I’ve been threatening to build one of these for ages to fill out my WWI tank collection to the point of printing out a paper model of it years ago. While tidying up some paperwork I found the printout so I’ve decided to give it a go. The K-Wagen was a behemoth, if the British heavy tank was a land ship than this would have been a land dreadnaught. Bigger than a Tiger II possibly even than a Maus, designers to be brought to the battlefield in modular sections, two prototypes were at an advanced stage of construction at the end or the war but were scrapped without ever leaving the factory . Without a doubt it would have been a formidable battlefield presence but more mobile fortress than tank. The main hull. When I get a chance I’ll post some size comparison photos. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marklo Posted January 24, 2022 Author Share Posted January 24, 2022 Lower hull started, and a scale Frenchman, it really was a monster. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voozet Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 It promises to be interesting. I don't deal with armored vehicles anymore, but I'll take a look here because I love models built from scratch. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echen Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Where can you buy scratch? I've never managed to find any. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marklo Posted January 24, 2022 Author Share Posted January 24, 2022 11 minutes ago, echen said: Where can you buy scratch? I find it’s more a state of mind than a brand. In the case of the K-wagen it’s the ability to break complex structures into simpler components, very Zen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marklo Posted January 24, 2022 Author Share Posted January 24, 2022 (edited) Running gear, such as it is from some scrap balsa. A bit like the A7V only the tracks will be visible oncevthecsideplates and sponsons go on. As the track segments are fairly simple I’ll go the same way as I did on my Schneider and they’ll be a strip of ten thou plastic with overlapping embossed segments applied. Edited January 24, 2022 by Marklo 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sardaukar Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 50 minutes ago, Marklo said: I find it’s more a state of mind than a brand. In the case of the K-wagen it’s the ability to break complex structures into simpler components, very Zen Very apt, didn't the K-wagen have to be shipped to the battlefield in 4 different parts and assembled there as it was too big to be transported whole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marklo Posted January 24, 2022 Author Share Posted January 24, 2022 (edited) 6 minutes ago, sardaukar said: Very apt, didn't the K-wagen have to be shipped to the battlefield in 4 different parts and assembled there as it was too big to be transported whole. Yes. it’s actually almost as big as my 1/35 T34!! We’re nearly talking landkreuzer size here.. I should get the sponsons blocked out tomorrow and then I can take a few comparison shots against some other 1/72 AFVs I did a Tiger for the Christmas Blitzenbuild so that should be a good one Edited January 24, 2022 by Marklo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marklo Posted January 24, 2022 Author Share Posted January 24, 2022 (edited) Isn’t the internet wonderful!! I Edited January 24, 2022 by Marklo 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandsaw Steve Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 14 hours ago, Marklo said: I find it’s more a state of mind than a brand. In the case of the K-wagen it’s the ability to break complex structures into simpler components, very Zen Exactly! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marklo Posted January 25, 2022 Author Share Posted January 25, 2022 Sponsons fitted. Next step will be to fill and cleanup all the joints before adding details like the turrets, track plates and hatches. Coming together nicely . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marklo Posted January 27, 2022 Author Share Posted January 27, 2022 Some paint to see where the filler needs to go. Sitting next to a char 1bis. Yes they’re the same scale!! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marklo Posted February 1, 2022 Author Share Posted February 1, 2022 Filled sanded and skinned in ‘riveted’ 10 thou card. The panel sizes are conjectural but I’m basing them on a 2m wide section which would have been at the limits of what could be achieved in an armoured steel plate at the time. I’m basing this on the A7V production where some vehicles had three side plates and some five this was because the hardening process caused excessive curvature in the plates for the later machines and rather than waste them they were cut into narrower sections that could be attached to the machines despite the curvature. With a Tiger I for size comparison ( actually the Handley page is also the same scale) Scribbled down a plan for the camo this is a what if as neither K-Wagen ever left the factory, but I’m going to do a four colour scheme based loosely on latter A7V and bautepsnzer schemes. I’m going to spray the colours free hand but I may add a black demarcation line depending on how it looks. Just need to fix all the joints then turrets and final detail before paint. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marklo Posted February 1, 2022 Author Share Posted February 1, 2022 (edited) Cannon ready to go. Sprue and sheet. I’ve modelled them pretty much in the main gun on the A7V. That just leaves machine gun apertures, exhausts, vents, track plates add bf the commanders cupola. I do notice that there doesn’t seem to be a door on any representations so I think I’ll add one somewhere to the rear. There are two hatches on top so I may run with these and add some ladder rungs to the rear, still looks like an odd way to get in and out of such a large vehicle… Edited February 1, 2022 by Marklo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marklo Posted February 2, 2022 Author Share Posted February 2, 2022 First camo colour on, still needs a little work around the seams. A little more filling next, then I’ll probably drill the machine gun openings and vision slits before proceeding with the final camo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandsaw Steve Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 Rapid progress dude! Looking good. Can’t wait to see the finished camouflage pattern. 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marklo Posted February 3, 2022 Author Share Posted February 3, 2022 Hatches, the cupola and exhausts added. Camo on its loosely based on schemes used in Bautepanzers and A7Vs. Homebrewed decals just waiting for the varnish to dry. Detail painting, decals, weathering and mud left to add, could well be finished by the weekend. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColonelKrypton Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 Hmmm, Something has changed. For a few days now I have not been able to see your pictures in your posts. I can click on the links and "Open link in new tab" and can then see the picture but they don't appear inline in your posts. Maybe something to do with the hiccups Britmodeller has been having the past few days. cheers, Graham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 Same here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marklo Posted February 5, 2022 Author Share Posted February 5, 2022 Village photos SSL certificate hasn’t been renewed so until they do you’ll have to click on the images to see them. I’m going to wait it out as I don’t fancy changing hosting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandsaw Steve Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 FWIW - Your pics are showing up just fine for me. No difference from usual behaviour that I can see. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marklo Posted February 5, 2022 Author Share Posted February 5, 2022 3 hours ago, Bandsaw Steve said: FWIW - Your pics are showing up just fine for me. No difference from usual behaviour that I can see. It’ll probably depend on your browser’s security settings. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marklo Posted February 6, 2022 Author Share Posted February 6, 2022 gun ports snd track plates added. Just the spandau barrels left to stick on. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandsaw Steve Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 I think the world needs more purple land-dreadnaughts. 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mig Eater Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 On 1/24/2022 at 8:10 PM, Marklo said: Isn’t the internet wonderful!! I LOL that's a 3D model I made about 15 years ago for a computer game. I made another more detailed 3D model a few years ago too, with the plan to 3D print it in 1/35 scale 😋 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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