At work, using apprentices I've designed and built a ww1 male tank with a colleague at work, its approx 1,100mm long, 820mm high. Spur of the moment at work on Tuesday(College last week of term). Hopefully Leon reads this and can put up the picture I emailed him(just asked him nicely). This shows it without the sponsons, nearly finished those today - the development work on the shapes slowed me down - I'll get another picture on Tuesday. Its made from 1mm low carbon steel plate using my template and pattern development skills :D
Dave
Brilliant! :o
Definitely needs a picture.
And this is why Dave is cool!
Quote from: mad lemmey on 22 June 2018, 06:43:21 PM
And this is why Dave is cool!
Only one reason why Dave is so cool -
we all have thousands of other reasons in our own collections!
I've added the image now.
:-bd =D> :-bd =D>
Quote from: mollinary on 22 June 2018, 07:11:29 PM
Only one reason why Dave is so cool -
we all have thousands of other reasons in our own collections!
Seconded
Great work 8)
What a cracking project. If just ONE of those apprentices goes off to learn a bit more about her then you done a wonderful job.
To paraphrase Haig: "She's lovely. I'll take a thousand".
The latest the right hand sponson has now been completed, left hand side to do. :D
Dave
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Superb!
Really looking the business now.
:-bd =D> :-bd =D>
Another unwanted example of giant-ism
Cool :D :D
Brilliant :)
A 1.1m long tank would certainly be an imposing site on your average games table....or are you planning on running an outdoor 1/6 scale refight of Cambrai?
Quote from: mad lemmey on 26 June 2018, 04:04:21 PM
Superb!
Cheers, we are using washers etc to approximate different features on the tank, need two lewis guns to complete the model. Nearly finished other sponson.
Dave
Quote from: Steve J on 22 June 2018, 09:18:12 PM
Great work 8)
Thanks, it looks the biz, just got to be careful not to over detail it.
Dave
Latest pics of the tank finished detailing the back just some extra work on the sides to finish off and then off to the paint shop.
Dave
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a) Very good work. Look forward to seeing it painted.
b) How heavy is it? Looks solid.
c) When will it be motorised?
d) This isn't going in the painting competition is it? I mean I suppose it's a Pendraken product ...
:-bd =D> :-bd =D>
Superb
Quote from: fsn on 06 July 2018, 05:23:09 PM
a) Very good work. Look forward to seeing it painted.
b) How heavy is it? Looks solid.
c) When will it be motorised?
d) This isn't going in the painting competition is it? I mean I suppose it's a Pendraken product ...
I'm looking forward to seeing it painted, its hollow made from 1mm low carbon steel.
It won't be motorised that needs doing at the start with machining work and I would have to look at a bike chain type system for the drive.
For the painting competition I could reduce the photograph size ;)
Thanks for the comments, I've got the basics for the diorama started a old school table, extended the width to 900mm and kept the length at 1500. Any ideas for making the terrain I was thinking of sand based paint with extra sand and PVA glue added?
Dave
The one true scale ?......Pah !!
Really is rather special, Dave....Great work !
Cheers - Phil
The tanks complete its gone off to the body shop for titivating and painting, will get a pic once its undercoated 8) 8)
Dave
That looks superb. It looks like it should be on a monument at Cambrai.
By my calculations, a 6' tall crewman would be just shy of 10' tall, and a 5'6" crewman would be about 9' tall ...
Techno! Oh Techno! Bit of a challenge for you.
If Leon provides me with all the green stuff....I'll give it a go. (No, I won't !)
(Last time I made some 90mm tall figures, so they could be pantographed down for 30mm 'plastics', was the only time I had an allergy to the epoxy in green stuff. Mind you, I was mixing handfuls of the putty.)
Cheers - Phil
Quote from: fsn on 10 July 2018, 06:33:55 AM
By my calculations, a 6' tall crewman would be just shy of 10' tall, and a 5'6" crewman would be about 9' tall ...
Techno! Oh Techno! Bit of a challenge for you.
10 FOOT tall!!? Techno, you're gonna need a bigger shaper :D
I'd noticed that, Mike. ;)
It'd cost **** knows...... Just for the green stuff......and it'd never fit in a mould. ;D ;D ;D
I think Nobby has confused ' with ". ;D ;D ;D ;D
Cheers - Phil
Latest pics, Craig from the paint shop has cleaned the rust off the steel and put a coat of grey zinc based primer on the tank. Hope to get the next images midweek :)
Dave
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:-bd =D> :-bd
Hope to get a picture of the tank, after research on the net, comments from the tank museum land ships etc, I've gone for my mark 4 in brown, black tracks. so trip to halfords for the best colour to match milk chocolate. Leon's got the pic :D(error occurred going to my address >:(). To add are the white red white strips and I think letters. Started display with a 900mm section of rolled barded wire, base marked out ready for tank and shell holes and part of a trench system.
Dave
A name, Sir! It must have a Name!
"Fray Bentos" would be stirring in it's ... trench?
A name is a great idea! I set out to try and find some authentic ones with a variety of searches. I came across landships - home a google site, which has everything you could ever want about WW1 British tanks, including known names, with serial numbers and tank types, in alphabetical order! Wow!
Quote from: fsn on 17 July 2018, 06:55:07 PM
A name, Sir! It must have a Name!
"Fray Bentos" would be stirring in it's ... trench?
What about 'dodgy dave' ;)
Dave
Surely the only name would be "Milady"?
Take your pick
https://sites.google.com/site/landships/home/lists/lists-of-world-war-one-tanks-by-name
Sadly, neither Milady nor Dodgy Dave seem to be recorded as potential names :(
I do like the sound of
"Dominion" a Mark V which on 8-Aug-18 attacked with a piper playing on its roof!
Kia Ora 19 Apr 17 – f, "Gaza" tank - 2Lt Winder – 155 brig – Attacked Outpost Hill, developed Mechanical trouble and returned safely
Gets my vote even if the wrong 'gender' ;)
Latest pics and diorama :D
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Looking very ... chocolatey.
Two questions: Have you decided on a name? What are you going to do with it when it's finished?
Sorry three questions: What's the next project? These riveted hulls are fine, but have you thought about something with a cast hull?
Quote from: fsn on 18 July 2018, 06:42:50 PM
Looking very ... chocolatey.
Two questions: Have you decided on a name? What are you going to do with it when it's finished?
Sorry three questions: What's the next project? These riveted hulls are fine, but have you thought about something with a cast hull?
First question, on display at College, then in Darlington Cornmill for the 100th armistice? as I understand at this moment?
I can fabricate a component to look like a cast hull. My colleague has said why don't we build a tiger tank!!!!!!!! shall I talk him out of that and suggest another post war tank?
Dave
Quote from: Dave on 18 July 2018, 06:51:26 PM
First question, on display at College, then in Darlington Cornmill for the 100th armistice? as I understand at this moment?
I can fabricate a component to look like a cast hull. My colleague has said why don't we build a tiger tank!!!!!!!! shall I talk him out of that and suggest another post war tank?
Dave
Missed the name, yes but don't know, at mercy of paint department, chocolaty colour describe by curator at Bovington and paint found internally on the Brussels MK4.
Dave
Chocolate is a very good colour for a WWI tank. You could name it "Dairy Milk"*
Not a Tiger, please! =) Crusader would be fun - all angles, or a M3 Lee? Dingo, Daimler or Humber a/c?
... perhaps I should let you finish this one first.
Sorry. :-[
* I still prefer "Milady".
Who are you and what have you done with Nobby?
Dave mentioned 'another postwar tank' and come up with this??!!
The base is done, papermache work finished and I did my own basetex mix (needed a lot) with left over emulsion paint - egg shell blue, watered PVA and sand from the construction department. I've fastened the barbed wire into position making it look like the tanks going over the top. I need brown spray paint to paint the base and highlight and pour gel into the creates to create pools of water.
Dave
Quote from: Dave on 24 July 2018, 06:27:07 PM
The base is done, papermache work finished and I did my own basetex mix (needed a lot) with left over emulsion paint - egg shell blue, watered PVA and sand from the construction department. I've fastened the barbed wire into position making it look like the tanks going over the top. I need brown spray paint to paint the base and highlight and pour gel into the creates to create pools of water.
Dave
should be crators
Looking good
Sounding good ;)
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latest tank with diorama completed
Dave
Quote from: Dave on 11 August 2018, 10:13:56 AM
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latest tank with diorama completed
I've forgotten how to link from facebook weres leon when you need him!!!!!
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latest tank with diorama completed
Dave
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Quote from: Dave on 11 August 2018, 10:13:56 AM
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latest tank with diorama completed
Dave
I've just had a rush of blood shall i do three of these British and three German tanks and have a battle in the garden :( :o :o :o :o
Dave
I'd seek medical help Dave !!! ;) :D ;D
Nah, I would seek a bigger garden, that is fabulous
Does look rather spiffy !! :-bd
Cheers - Phil