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[gnomemeansgnome]

This looks cool. A landship, indeed.

[general rocket]

On to the road wheels, very much in style of British rhomboids and the later Churchills. The small road wheels are assembled from two halves with a rubber bearing inside, and then mounted on fixed axles that are molded on to the lower Hull.



The tracks an interesting construction, each track is made from two rubber bands that are joined together, and then the plates are fixed to the track. The plates were given a base coat of Black, then Airfix Rust (113), a coat of Ammo Shadow Rust will be next then dry brushed with some sort of metallic(s).



Comment and criticism welcome.

[JamesPerrin]

Those tracks are certainly unusual but will add plenty of interest to this already unique looking tank.

[Impisi]

I remeber having done that one myself soem years back, so I'll watch what you will do with it. It looks very nice so far.

[general rocket]

The tracks are now fitted to the tank, and pretty much slipped straight on with no problems.



The crows nest/observation dome has also been placed in position. This chamber is mounted on a ram which raises it well above the Hull for reconnaissance and spotting and retrieve into the Hull. In the pictures below you can see the crows nest in the raised position and also in the position that it will remain in.





Comment and criticism welcome

[AndrewR]

This is looking great. The razzle-dazzle camouflage is excellent.

[general rocket]

The trench crossing extention has now been fitted, very much like the one the Renault ft17.



Comment and criticism welcome

[JamesPerrin]

Feels like it should be smashing through a wall or something.

[philp]

Huh, this one doesn't have the pig crew?

[general rocket]

Huh, this one doesn't have the pig crew?

Just the one officer, not intending to use it, will probably look for a group of soldiers that are a little more real.

[gnomemeansgnome]

Looks like it'll be a pig to build and paint anyway.

[general rocket]

The finished turret is something of a beast.

[general rocket]

I'm calling this finished now.











Annoyingly I keep finding bits that need tidying slightly.







And finally a couple of pictures with a random figure added to show the size of the beast. I do at some point intend to mount a couple of more suitable figures when something appropriate comes along.

[JamesPerrin]

It’s properly cool. Looks like a fortress on tracks.

[Clashcityrocker]

Good looking Bad Guy

Nigel