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Pnzr-Cmdr
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Posted: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 - 12:05 PM UTC
Does anyone make a model of this WWI tank?
mlb63
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Posted: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 - 01:14 PM UTC
not sure , but i thought emhar made a kit a while back.
slodder
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Posted: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 - 01:18 PM UTC
emhar does make a number of WWI tanks both in 1/72 an 1/35 scale. Go to Mil. Hobbies in the ad above and search for them. I've got the 1/72 Mark IV male and female tanks and they are pretty nice.
mlb63
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Posted: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 - 01:53 PM UTC
i just looked on the mil hobbies website emhar makes one in 1/72 and tauro makes it in 1/35 so what's yer poison?
Pnzr-Cmdr
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Posted: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 - 10:34 PM UTC
1/35 my friend... 1/35
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Posted: Thursday, October 23, 2003 - 12:43 AM UTC
Tauro's 1/35 versionis not a bad kit. Somewhat rudimentary for an interior. The Maxim MG's flash suppressors may be a bit fragile. There is no crew. The biggest problem you'll encounter is the suspension/running gear. Both are theoreticallly designed to work. 3 words: Ain't gonna happen. There are attachment points that are 2-3 mm across that are supposed to hold components that will hold springed pivots. If you get this, toss the springs (they won't show anyway and build a non operating suspension. Your next big problem will be the tracks. Indy links , and a whole lot of them, of a hard, brittle plastic that doesn't respond well to glue, attached with metal pins just a hair too big for the holes. The holes really can't safely be enlarged. Using the kit parts, three things will happen: 1) You'll have multiple broken links; 2) You'll have multiple peircings of your fingers trying to push these pins through the holes; 3) You'' toss the whole thing in the trash.
All is not hopeless. Toss the pins, don't even open the poly bag, they have ho use. Next, take some regular paper staples. Break them apart from the strip. Dozens of them. Straighten one leg out., so they go from |_| to __|. Use these to assemble the links. When they are all assembled, use wire cutters to remove the excess. :-)
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