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Hobby Boss: Vickers Medium Tank Mk II*
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Posted: Friday, January 06, 2017 - 06:11 AM UTC


Officially released last December, Hobby Boss shares photos of what’s inside its Vickers Mk II* kit.

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Posted: Friday, January 06, 2017 - 07:50 AM UTC
*yawn* where is my bergepanther?!
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Posted: Friday, January 06, 2017 - 08:29 AM UTC
I could build a whole shelf of these. So ugly and clunky. I love it.
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Posted: Friday, January 06, 2017 - 03:15 PM UTC
If I would use Facebook: I like!!!!
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Posted: Friday, January 06, 2017 - 04:35 PM UTC
DAK dio idea



H.P.
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Posted: Friday, January 06, 2017 - 05:49 PM UTC
Frenchy, thanks for that picture. I had never seen a picture of a Vickers Mk. I or II in North Africa before.
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Frenchy, thanks for that picture. I had never seen a picture of a Vickers Mk. I or II in North Africa before.


You're welcome Here's another one :



H.P.
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Posted: Saturday, January 07, 2017 - 09:09 PM UTC

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Frenchy, thanks for that picture. I had never seen a picture of a Vickers Mk. I or II in North Africa before.


You're welcome Here's another one :



H.P.
Removed by original poster on 01/08/17 - 16:24:29 (GMT).
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Posted: Saturday, January 07, 2017 - 09:26 PM UTC
Looks like they were only used there for training or as pillboxes...

http://tankarchives.blogspot.fr/2016/12/medium-tank-mkii-interbellum-long-liver.html

http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=134677

Another view :



According to the caption, this one has been captured by the Germans in Egypt in 1941 :



Pillbox :



H.P.
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Posted: Saturday, January 07, 2017 - 09:38 PM UTC
Great news, The tank in the photo is in the Hobby Boss catalog, but it is not this release, but should be the next one.
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Posted: Saturday, January 07, 2017 - 11:04 PM UTC
Too cool! I love these dorky interwar AFVs, they're like the homely puppy in a litter, you're amused and impressed if it can do ANYTHING. The pillbox is a neat idea.
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Posted: Sunday, January 08, 2017 - 05:59 AM UTC
Quite a large tank considering the anaemic gun. So weird looking!
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Posted: Sunday, January 08, 2017 - 07:25 AM UTC

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Looks like they were only used there for training or as pillboxes...

http://tankarchives.blogspot.fr/2016/12/medium-tank-mkii-interbellum-long-liver.html

http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=134677


Another view :



According to the caption, this one has been captured by the Germans in Egypt in 1941 :



Pillbox :



H.P.


A beute? That I like
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Posted: Sunday, January 08, 2017 - 07:56 AM UTC
I recall hearing once these never saw combat. but seeing these photos make one wonder. Cheers, Brock
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Posted: Sunday, January 15, 2017 - 04:32 PM UTC
These tanks were introduced in the mid 1920s. If measured versus other tanks circa 1925-27 it was well armed and armoured. By the late 1930s this was no longer the case of course. I believe these introduced the classic 3 man turret crew as well.
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Posted: Sunday, January 15, 2017 - 10:05 PM UTC
The mk I was a pleasant build besides the single link tracks which follow the HobbyBoss agenda of doing the links too tight to fit eachother. Another flaw is the mudscrapets in the front who should be at an angle but in the instructions showen vertical. East to fix though. The tracks are best replaced by Bronco workable Mathilda II tracks. Cheap and easy to assemble.
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Posted: Sunday, January 15, 2017 - 10:26 PM UTC

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I recall hearing once these never saw combat. but seeing these photos make one wonder. Cheers, Brock


No they never saw combat. The ones on the Egyptian border (which is these ones) were bypassed ant abandoned.

That is not to say they were not used _operationally_ as right at the beginning of the war they were part of the active forces patrolling the border against the Italians, they just never saw combat and were withdrawn as soon as possible because they were totally clapped out as the war started an only used because there literally was nothing else on hand.

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Posted: Sunday, January 15, 2017 - 10:33 PM UTC

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Quite a large tank considering the anaemic gun. So weird looking!


The 3 pdr (47mm) could hole anything in German service in 1939 at reasonable ranges. Not quite as good as the even smaller 2 pdr (40mm) but quite respectable for 1938-39.

And one thing that made the vehicle quite large were the two MG positions at the rear sides of the hull. There had to be space to man them and store their ammo.

Paul
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Posted: Sunday, January 15, 2017 - 11:09 PM UTC
How was the name pronounced? Mark-Two-"Star?" Mark-Two-"Asterisk?"
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Posted: Monday, January 16, 2017 - 02:34 AM UTC
Mark 2 Star believe it or not it also went to the soviets and was know-as the English Workman.
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Posted: Monday, January 16, 2017 - 03:04 AM UTC

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Mark 2 Star believe it or not it also went to the soviets and was know-as the English Workman.


English Workman was most similar to Mk IIA
/ Robin
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Posted: Monday, January 16, 2017 - 05:13 AM UTC

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The mk I was a pleasant build besides the single link tracks which follow the HobbyBoss agenda of doing the links too tight to fit eachother. The tracks are best replaced by Bronco workable Mathilda II tracks. Cheap and easy to assemble.


Those may be the "best" alternative at this point but the tracks were not the same; they are approximations.

KL
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Posted: Monday, January 16, 2017 - 05:25 AM UTC
The wartime photos above do not show the version modeled by this kit. This kit is a Mk. II*, the photos look like Mk. IIA*s which have a different turret and a radio bustle. I think Hobby Boss has announced either a Mk IIA* or a Mk II**, anyways a version with the radio bustle.

KL
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Posted: Monday, January 16, 2017 - 04:45 PM UTC

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The mk I was a pleasant build besides the single link tracks which follow the HobbyBoss agenda of doing the links too tight to fit eachother. The tracks are best replaced by Bronco workable Mathilda II tracks. Cheap and easy to assemble.


Those may be the "best" alternative at this point but the tracks were not the same; they are approximations.

KL


Sir
Thanks for the input. Before choosing the Bronco version I compared the Bronco links with the Hobby Boss links and they matched well in size with the HB being slightly thicker. Considering HB records of tracks that was not an issue. I also searched the internet for info with little luck. I know, according to the sources found, that A12 Matilda II was based on the Vickers Medium and the Matilda suspension was directly transfered from the late japanese export version of the Vickers Medium. Finally I tried to study and compare both period photos of the vehicles and the ones I personally have shot at the Bovington Vickers Medium and found no significant differences.
Based on the above I came to conclusion that the tracks were the same but if that is wrong I am more than happy that someone has the detailed information I was searching for.
Could you please Sir point out the differences between the track versions?

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Mats
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