Hi

I want to show you my Matilda Flail Tank (Skorpion), the proyect is not yet finished. I could see many people making this model but they always chose the same type when there is another very interesting in my opinion.

I found these images in internet and I decided to create my own blueprints of the skorpion tank, based in those pictures, my intuition and mainly my imagination.







The first issue was to improve slighty the Tamiya´s Kit Matilda. It was the oldest one with many mistakes. It was very useful for my proyect that my company send me to work close to Saumur, in france, where there is a wonderful Tanks Museum, all the original photos are from there. So...

First step was to simulate metal foundry texture in turret and other parts.



One thing that Tamiya´s kit hadn´t, were the skids for tracks, it has small wheels instead. I made them from Evergreen sheet.







The exhaust silencers.
I have modified the elbows and have added them flanges. I added also brass strips with overlenght to adjust after to the model.
I closed the holes of the original kit with plastic and I redone some pieces in that area.







Front of tank

1. These pieces were build from Evergreen and tin strips.
2. Rebuild welds with green stuff.
3. Cut the corner.
4. To Close the grating with Evergreen.
5. Build this with green stuff.



Rebuild Headlights



1. Lights modified.
2. Brass strips added.
3. I should have change this part but finally i couldn´t, sorry.
4. Headlights added
5. Rebuild rearview mirror



The exahust.

1. Make exahust arrangement with brass wire.
2. Add flanges.
3. Cover with green stuff.
4 y 5. Modelize the exhaust and elbows.
6. Add clamps.





The extra tank.

More brass and Evergreen.







Rear of tank

I rebuild the taillights, handles of the engine cover and exahust supports.







Turret

The turret boxes and its supports, and signal flags box.





Wireless aerial



Smoke launchers



General views of these items.





Some handles, a lamp and commander´s hacht.




Finally I changed the tracks by others from Bronco and that´s all, maybe I will add supports for jerry cans on the rear but I don´t know. Tomorrow the mine flail.



Un saludo

Thanks to all for comments.

I'm making some drawings or blueprints for Mine Flail when I finish them I will show you, maybe there are useful for someone.

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Thanks to all for comments.

I'm making some drawings or blueprints for Mine Flail when I finish them I will show you, maybe there are useful for someone.

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Count me in! I'd definitely like a copy

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Thanks to all for comments.

I'm making some drawings or blueprints for Mine Flail when I finish them I will show you, maybe there are useful for someone.

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Count me in! I'd definitely like a copy

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Aye, if you do make the blueprints that would be great to have.

That looks great. Did you have to add weight to the Matilda, to keep it from pitching forward?

Aye, if you do make the blueprints that would be great to have.

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That looks great. Did you have to add weight to the Matilda, to keep it from pitching forward?

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I hope not, at the beginning I thought it would be necessary but if pay attention to brass wires some of them arrive to the ground and support the set.

But in fact I have not yet attached the structure to the tank, so... I will give you a definitive answer a.s.a.p.

As the scratch building class is a go, I would like a copy. I can use it as my first project.

So a 210mm x 279mm page size should print on US Letter or A4 without scaling issues.

What kind of paper format you use in USA? We usually use A4 in Europe, it´s important to get the properly scale when you print.

Here in Lugo, we're still using A4.....

US letter size is
Letter 8.5" × 11" 215.9mm × 279.4mm
DIN A4 is:
8.3 x 11.7 inches x 210 x 297 mm

So a 210mm x 279mm page size should print on US Letter or A4 without scaling issues.