Author Topic: What a Tanker! (Read 1071 times)

monk2002uk · « **on:** August 28, 2021, 04:26:57 PM »

A British tanker in 1/35 scale from the Tommy's War range. He will form part of a diorama I am working on, hence the less-than-impressive base:

Robert

fred · « **Reply #1 on:** August 28, 2021, 08:10:15 PM »

Very nice painting, on an interesting figure

Are you going for WWI in all scales at the minute?

2010sunburst · « **Reply #2 on:** August 28, 2021, 08:46:50 PM »

Lovely job on a nice miniature. I especially like your skin tones and his expression.
Only thing I would say is that Tommy’s war stuff is in 1/32nd, not 1/35th, so if your dio involves 1/35th kit he’s going to look a bit big…..

monk2002uk · « **Reply #3 on:** August 28, 2021, 08:55:17 PM »

Quote from: fred on August 28, 2021, 08:10:15 PM

Are you going for WWI in all scales at the minute?

Pretty much

My go-to is 6mm for large scale battles. 15mm for Crossfire. 28mm for Bolt Action games with my sons. This figure is purely for show

All part of clearing down the lead (and resin) pile...

Robert

monk2002uk · « **Reply #4 on:** August 28, 2021, 08:56:32 PM »

Quote from: 2010sunburst on August 28, 2021, 08:46:50 PM

Lovely job on a nice miniature. I especially like your skin tones and his expression.
Only thing I would say is that Tommy’s war stuff is in 1/32nd, not 1/35th, so if your dio involves 1/35th kit he’s going to look a bit big…..

Thank you. You are quite right about the 1/32nd scale for Tommy's War. The British MkIV tank is 1/32nd scale too, so all good (so far).

Robert

2010sunburst · « **Reply #5 on:** August 28, 2021, 09:22:56 PM »

Excellent….if the tank comes out as well as the figure it’s going to be a cracking dio.

monk2002uk · « **Reply #6 on:** August 29, 2021, 07:56:04 AM »

Here is the 1/32 tank from Scalelink. She is a Mark IV female, named 'Flirt II' (formally 'F4').

The model was missing several parts. I tried contacting the manufacturer but never got a reply. So it was out with the CAD software. Here is the part that sits under the top of the track at the rear. The photo-etch part was scanned. The image helped to get the size of the new part sorted:

Here are the parts in the slicer software, which is used to create the 25 micron horizontal layers that the 3D printer builds the models with:

Robert

2010sunburst · « **Reply #7 on:** August 29, 2021, 08:29:18 AM »

Excellent stuff. The tank is really looking the part.

fred · « **Reply #8 on:** August 29, 2021, 04:51:39 PM »

That’s quite a lot of bits to be missing from a kit. Not good from the manufacturer.

Baron von Wreckedoften · « **Reply #9 on:** October 21, 2021, 06:09:39 PM »

Excuse my ignorance, but......brown boots for a corporal? (Or is that specific to tank crews?)

Ranthony · « **Reply #10 on:** October 21, 2021, 06:16:23 PM »

Quote from: Baron von Wreckedoften on October 21, 2021, 06:09:39 PM

Excuse my ignorance, but......brown boots for a corporal? (Or is that specific to tank crews?)

This is a man who knows he's right but has perfected the art of tact and diplomacy.

monk2002uk · « **Reply #11 on:** October 22, 2021, 05:01:10 AM »

It's a tank crew thing...

Robert

Baron von Wreckedoften · « **Reply #12 on:** October 31, 2021, 10:14:45 PM »

James Morris · « **Reply #13 on:** November 25, 2021, 07:59:18 AM »

Lovely work. Nice to see a bigger model for a change.

monk2002uk · « **Reply #14 on:** November 26, 2021, 12:50:20 PM »

Thanks, James. It nearly didn't make it to the table though. Thank goodness for 3D printing (or plasticard if I had really needed to)

Just working on the diorama base now.

Robert

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