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wayne57


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i want to scratch build the tank found on this site from the crude drawing of the side view. My question is as far as the turret is concerned it looks to me like it may be square  with round corners for the machine gun turrets and if so would there be a hatch on top and if so would it be center or offset round or square.
would there be a grate on the sides such as the medium tank
some other suggestions for details would be aprreciated also

thank you

wayne

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Wayne, there is a photo of the wooden mock-up here

http://www.flickr.com/photos/7700258@N05/2202127224

How much the real thing would have looked like the mock-up is anybody's guess.

The Medium Mark B has side ventilation grilles, but the Medium Mark C has them higher up (above the tracks but in the side of the engine compartment). So where they would have been on the Mark VI may depend on who designed it; Tritton or Wilson? They can't be seen in the mock-up, but how much of a conclusion can we draw from that?

At the rear corners of the barbette (or turret?) it looks as though the machine guns project out on their swivel (like on the Hedi tanks), whereas they seem to be set back from the front corners.

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