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1/35 KN1 Sea Tank

Posted: April 9th, 2017, 8:18 pm
by kpnuts
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

Re: 1/35 KN1 Sea Tank

Posted: April 10th, 2017, 8:03 pm
by 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.
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Re: 1/35 KN1 Sea Tank

Posted: April 10th, 2017, 8:08 pm
by iggie
This looks like it might be fun!

Re: 1/35 KN1 Sea Tank

Posted: April 11th, 2017, 9:24 pm
by splash
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.

Regards Splash

Re: 1/35 KN1 Sea Tank

Posted: April 11th, 2017, 9:47 pm
by general rocket
[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.

Re: 1/35 KN1 Sea Tank

Posted: April 15th, 2017, 10:05 pm
by kpnuts
Hi all here is the next update
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Going to add some outriggers at some point.

Re: 1/35 KN1 Sea Tank

Posted: April 16th, 2017, 3:24 am
by Clashcityrocker
Looks like it would work.

Nigel

Re: 1/35 KN1 Sea Tank

Posted: April 16th, 2017, 9:43 am
by splash
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.

Keep up the work.

Re: 1/35 KN1 Sea Tank

Posted: April 22nd, 2017, 6:12 pm
by celt
Very interesting model,I look forward to seeing more.

Re: 1/35 KN1 Sea Tank

Posted: July 10th, 2017, 6:43 am
by kpnuts
Hi all, well since the Thermopylae is shelved again I'm onto this again, here is where I am now.
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Re: 1/35 KN1 Sea Tank

Posted: December 17th, 2017, 2:31 pm
by splash
That’s looking very menacing.