The tanks at Gaza received many modifications, unfortunately the MasterBox 'Gaza' kits don't include them, other than a set of decals and some sponson lifting frames which, being maintenance items, would probably not have been fitted while the tank was in use.

The parts in white are all extras fitted to a tank called 'Kia Ora'. I'm unsure if all the extras were fitted at the same time but it was fun building it all.



The palm trees are from the Verlinden range and the figures from the recently released HaT WW1 British Tropical Soldiers set.

I absolutly love this.
The colour on the Mark I tank is fantastic and I personly think spot-on.
Grey with a lot of dust.

I have a question though.
I never seen pictures of Mark 1 tanks with grousers on the tracks in the European theater nor seen in Gaza. Grousers where common on Mark 2 tanks, not Mark 1.
Can you direct me to your reference so I can apply these for sure on my own Mark 1 kit?

Oh, and do you know wat those spikes on the roof are made for?

Photos of Kia Ora with grousers can be found here:
http://landships.activeboard.com/t35474066/e-companypalestine-1917/?page=1#comment-35631427
(2nd photo from the right)
And also in the Osprey Publishing book 'British Mark 1 Tank 1916' ISBN 978-1-84176-689-8, on Pg 36.

The short 'spikes' on the roof are mounting studs for additional armour plating. I believe the armour was rarely fitted but many Mk1 tanks have the studs.
The 3rd photo here shows them on Kia Ora:
http://landships.activeboard.com/t48991684/gaza-tanks/?page=1#comment-48991684
The probable pattern for the studs can be found here:
http://www.landships.net/t57371418/spaced-armour-mk1-tank/?page=1#comment-57410761

The taller framework on the roof was just for carrying supplies - to prevent them falling onto the tracks. I believe there was at least one fire due to the hot exhaust and the practice of carrying supplies on the roof was stopped at some stage during the campaign.

Most references seem to say that the Gaza tanks were painted brown over an original grey, but the brown did wear off after a while. I've attempted to replicate this with some grey shading in the centre of the side panels.

Thanks for the links.
This wil help me to make the Gaza Mark 1 tank more real and alive.

Nice work, I love the WWI Tanks and vehicles. Those tanks have so many square edges and rivets they are fun to paint and weather. Another thing I like is you can really go to town with the weathering because of the terrain, life of service and paint quality during WWI they really got worn out as compared to modern equipment. Do you have any more photos of your diorama?