1/35 Emhar Mark IV Female - WW1

[Chris951]

Thought I would share this one as it is a real departure from my normal modern British military vehicles thing. 

 

A bit of background - I have a friend who is a real WW1 buff and we got chatting about the Battle of Cambria and "Deborah" came up (Alcohol may have been involved).  I decided that I was going to make her a presentation cased Mk IV female and this is the result!

 

 

I had to create my own decals as "Deborah" decals don't exist out there - not totally brilliant but once you touch them up with some paint etc they came out OK.

 

 

I did make a few mistakes, the Lewis guns are aftermarket as the original Emhar ones are dire.  (It's a 1991 kit but was good enough and detailed enough for an external view with mud!)  I didn't put the barrel extensions on because they made the machine gun barrels look to long - in hindsight, I needed to embed the barrels a lot further back in the sponsons.  You live and learn!

 

The unditching beam is scratch built as the Emhar kit doesn't come with one.  A stiff-bristled hand brush sacrificed itself to make the fascine bundle.

 

 

The tracks are aftermarket Friulmodel, as are the grousers.  Went together quite nicely, look good and definitely add some weight to the model.

 

 

I did have big ideas for a diorama including barbed wire, figures and various other things but this is my 11th model and first weathered model so decided not to push my luck.

 

Overall I am pretty pleased with how it went, I will be presenting it to my friend this evening and hopefully it will join the rest of her WW1 memorabilia in her office.

 

 

 

[Milan Mynar]

Excellent work.

[anders1970]

Really nice, love the weathering and rust finish.

[Tijuana Taxi]

You made a fine job of it Chris, sure your friend will be delighted.

[Pete1961]

That looks really great. Nicely displayed as well.

[Morantbay]

Very nice work. I can only hope my planned effort at a fascine ( upcoming Churchill group build) comes half way to yours, if it does I would be very happy indeed.

[LeeM]

You should be pleased. Very nice.