One Man Army

[Tobsen77]

Hi,

inspired by this thread

http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=6253.0

 I build a new tankette 





It's nearly 4 cm tall. Some small details like handlebars for the door are still missing. Comments appreciated!

Tobi

[fritzy]

Looking good, you need a servant attached to the back peddling a penny farthing which is attached to the tracks. Or am I just cracking up? Looks quite cute, in a stange way. 

Cheers

Fritzy

[Mancha]

As I said in the other thread: That's pretty cool.  How do you make the treads?

[Sendak]

Sorta universal carrier meets turret.

Great idea!

Super scratch-building skills.

Thanks for the inspiration.

[Geudens]

Ok (here I go...).  I think the turret part looks great; but since the model is just 4cm high, the tracks are rather smallish in my opinion.

I would prefer to see tracks that are slightly larger and go higher up the sides of the turret (like the French WW1 FT17 tank), with a plateau in between where the (removable) turret fits in.  After all, the contraption in the thread that inspired you could be taken from its carriage to act as pillbox.  A small steam engine & smokestack might be fitted to the back of the plateau in between the lenghtened tracks.

Rudi

[Tobsen77]

As I said in the other thread: That's pretty cool.  How do you make the treads?

Hi,

the treads are made of profiled evergreen plasticsheet bent arround some tubes.

Tobi

[Chuckaroobob]

I think it looks pretty cool, definitely has that pulp look that's taking the mini world by storm!

[Overlord]

It could almost be a VSF Dalek! 

[Wirelizard]

No no, it's the Smytheson-Crapper Military Field Lavatory (Protected), better known as the Armoured John or the Steel Outhouse! 

What looks like a gunbarrel is actually the vent stack - putting it vertical made the Armoured John unable to go under railway bridges and the like, you know.

[Tobsen77]

Hi,

I added some detail and got some of these cast...



Now on eBay:

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180256902334

Tobi