AIRFIX WWI MALE TANK MARK 1 - WWI Memorial GB

[Steve Jones]

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[Guest]

Steve welcome and great start,
hats off to those of you that work in such small scale .

[Jim R]

Hi Steve
A build with really personal connections. That makes it special. Even without your meticulous research and detailing it will be excellent. The camo will be a breeze for a modeller of your talents.
Jim

[colin m]

Solomon Joseph Solomon, I think it was he whom came with the idea of camouflage during WW1. So you can blame him for the slightly tricky camo' scheme on your tank. I built a couple of these very old kits a couple of years ago and actually thought, they were quite good, considering their age. Masking fluid was the answer (for me) for the many layers of camouflage.

[papa 695]

It's not a bad kit at all Steve I built one some time ago but as a captured one in German camo.
A very nice start by the way.

[SimonT]

1:76 :thumb2: and as old as an old thing, only a year younger than me in original issue but yours is in a red box so should have the cleaned up mouldings

These used to get bought just so people could slice off the rivets to use on scratch builds and conversions

Lacking a bit of detail but should still look the part

[Guest]

Great introduction once again Steve, and having that personal history with your great Uncle will make this a great build .
Taking my seat near the kitchen door, ready to make the tea .
John.

[Steve Jones]

Hi Everyone

Brad - It's only since I brought an Optivisor a year ago that I have been able to build this small. It's great fun once you get the hang of it
Jim - I appreciate you confidence. However I will be trying out some new methods on the painting and weathering. You know me - always like to push the boundaries:smiling3:
Colin - I have been studying Solomon's work for a few weeks now. There are a lot of grey areas surrounding the Mk 1 at Fleurs due to the lack of photographic evidence. A lot of peoples opinions are based on what came later especially the camo work on Mk IV's. The grey areas are; was there camo on the top or on the rear wheel unit and wheels? Was the paintwork hard lined, blended or a mixture of both?. I think there will be some artistic license so the jury is still out on which way I go
Ian - I would like to see that. That sounds cool. Please feel free to post pictures of it on this blog if possible:thumb2:
JR - With this camo pattern on 1 76 I may need something a little stronger:smiling3:
Mr T - Kit Size When I put the kit together I thought this looks very big! So I compared it to the Tiger in 1 72 and this was the result

[Guest]

Steve can't see that bit of damage posing a problem for you.
Looking good on the last photo.
JR

[Guest]

Steve, I have one, it still won't make a difference... I need injection of mojo... Lol, great stuff by the way.
Don't know if this is any use to you.. Taken at Fleurs - Courcelette. 1915
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Courtesy IWM. No copyright infringement intended, for discussion purposes only.

[Fernando N]

Nice one Steve and a great introduction as always.:thumb2:
Have fun with simply building this one OOB and good luck with figuring out the paint scheme...

[stillp]

Hi Everyone

Was the paintwork hard lined, blended or a mixture of both?

I suspect that it would have been brush painted, so a hard edge.

Pete

[papa 695]

Here you are Steve.
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[SimonT]

It has always been 1/76 Steve and, as far as I know, has never been criticised for being the wrong length.

Been criticised for a few other things though - see this LINK for a good history lesson on the kit

Pity about the torn sprue attachments but they look easily fixable

[Steve Jones]

JR - Cheers mate.The advantages of doing a muddy vehicle is that a lot of issues can be hidden:smiling3:
Brad - Many thanks for the photo. I have some others with the camo scheme on them and they are all different. So whichever way I go I should get away with the accuracy factor
Fernando - Great to have you along
Peter - Totally agree:thumb2:
Ian - That's terrific mate. I really appreciate you posting the pics. This will help me a lot.:thumb2::thumb2::thumb2:
Mr T - I am a big fan of Landships but I have never seen this page before. It's fantastic. Really appreciate you digging it out. I was very tempted to start making the changes but I have enough headaches on my bench at the moment with the Holt and the FAT CAT so I will stick with plan A. I will just have to rename him "the Mark II that used to be a Supply Tank and has the tail-wheels from a Mark I attached" build:smiling5:

Having fun and games cleaning up the rear springs so hopefully will update at the weekend. many thanks for all your help and support