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Author Topic: New Tank from Copplestone.  (Read 1645 times)

Offline Stu

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New Tank from Copplestone.
« on: July 11, 2008, 11:52:14 PM »
Either I'm way behind the times or I'm the first, I wandered over to Copplestone castings to see if he has posted his next special and found instead a Vickers medium Tank!
Off to work now but I will order one when I get back.

Offline Will Bailie

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Re: New Tank from Copplestone.
« Reply #1 on: July 12, 2008, 12:21:24 AM »
Helen noted this earlier:  http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=6614.0

As I understand, it is a recasting of the HLBS tank, in which case here is a photo with a Copplestone officer for scale:



And here is a photo of the real thing, with my friend Bruce added for scale:



This example is from the Australian armour museum.  Note the bright red paint - no doubt an example of Australian camouflage!

 

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