discussion Mark IV female from Takom

[Neo]

Greeting! I would like to show you my latest project. This is Mark IV #2009 from Takom. I am fond of building British armor, especially cruiser tanks. So this Mark is something new for me. Dozens of bolts and rivets. I build this kit with help of great master - Andrey Fonin. He is building another Mark.IV, but his variant is a destroyed tank.
I ahve a little progress so far with front hull. Hatches are movable and now they have correct thickness. Chain are handmade. Pistol ports covers movable. I have replaced all bolts on sides. Takom's variant of the bolts look like rivets.

 

[scottie3158]

Neo glad to see you here and really glad you brought this with you.

Scottie

 

[Guest]

Hi Neo and welcome, I'm glad you made it here, how I/we can see how it turns out (I can see where I went wrong) :smiling4:.
Pete.

 

[Neo]

Hi Neo and welcome, I'm glad you made it here, how I/we can see how it turns out (I can see where I went wrong) :smiling4:.
Pete.

Hello, Pete! Thank you for the warm welcome! I will try to avoid mistakes. And unfortunately I do a lot of extra work that not could be done.

 

[Guest]

OH MAN this is going to be rich.:thumb2:

 

[Neo]

OH MAN this is going to be rich.:thumb2:

Greetings, Tony! I hope so:thinking::smiling3:

 

[Lee.M]

Hi Neo

Great work as usual. I now want to see you scratch a fully working engine for it. :smirk:

Regards Lee

 

[Steve Jones]

Neo
Massive fan of your work. Looking forward to seeing this one through to completion
Steve

 

[morph]

Excellent work Neo as usual. I see you removed the rivet underneath the lewis gun :smiling4:

 

[Neo]

Hi Neo

Great work as usual. I now want to see you scratch a fully working engine for it. :smirk:

Regards Lee

Hello,Lee! I think engine will be very hard to build,because I wll need authentic fuel and oil for it:tears-of-joy:

 

[Neo]

Neo
Massive fan of your work. Looking forward to seeing this one through to completion
Steve

Hello,Steve! thank you, I am pleased! Unfortunatelly works with sides of the hull takes much more time that I have expected:sad:

 

[Neo]

Excellent work Neo as usual. I see you removed the rivet underneath the lewis gun :smiling4:

Yes I did:smiling4: And only this:upside:

 

[Guest]

This looks brilliant !

 

[Neo]

This looks brilliant !

Thank you but not yet!:relieved:

 

[Guest]

Yes sir it does already !

 

[Neo]

Greetings! I have found that Takom gives wrong location of the towing device from the inner side. Don't trust Takom

Than I've tried to make another chain with fixator. Now I am working with inner part of the hull side.
Progress is very low. Only idler tensioners.
(Photo for discussion only)

 

[Guest]

Nice move sir, it's a good thing to always check and dubbelcheck your references.

 

[Neo]

Nice move sir, it's a good thing to always check and dubbelcheck your references.

Yes, I always use 2-3 walkarounds. So I don't rely on manufacturers variants for a long time:relieved:

 

[Guest]

hello Neo,
Great to see your build has made it across, it would have been a shame to miss the build.
Cheers, MikeC.

 

[Neo]

hello Neo,
Great to see your build has made it across, it would have been a shame to miss the build.
Cheers, MikeC.

Hello, Mike! I will try to make something special to hold your attention :smiling: