1/35 KN1 Sea Tank

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In 1946 the DOD realing from the near defeat in ww2 realised our costal defence was lacking and that we needed far more destroyers but lacked the funds to produce them after the collosal costs of the war it was decided we needed light weight fast vessels with the fire power of a destroyer, it was decided that only one designer could design such a vessel, after the success of his flying tank the handsome and clever designer kpnuts was the only one capable of building the new vessel. No one knew where he had gone and a massive manhunt began to find him.
A little older and more grey haired, but distinguishly handsome, he was found on a remote island off the Galapagos, he was set to work immediately, after exhaustive research it was decided the crusader 3 tank would be the basis of this new vessel.
The first 3 prototypes sank without a trace but KN1 became the most successful sea tank ever made. Watch this space for the story of what could arguably be called the most successful sea going vessel of modern times
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Hi all well the fun begins, I'm not worried about realism or true to life just having some fun, trying different modeling methods and materials.
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This looks like it might be fun!
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kpnuts wrote:I'm not worried about realism or true to life just having some fun, trying different modeling methods and materials.
That's the way to go.

This should be fun to watch.

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[quote="kpnuts"]Hi all well the fun begins, I'm not worried about realism or true to life just having some fun, trying different modeling methods and materials.

Quite right too.
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Hi all here is the next update
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Going to add some outriggers at some point.
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Looks like it would work.

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As a defensive weapon it's a great idea. Operating from harbours or from prepared beaching ramps, in calm waters it would be a effective defensive weapon. However the long bow might present problems when trying to get out of the water on non prepared beaches.

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Very interesting model,I look forward to seeing more.
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Hi all, well since the Thermopylae is shelved again I'm onto this again, here is where I am now.
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That’s looking very menacing.
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