Landships II

Long Tom · Brigadier

Emhar Mark IV to II-a feasible conversion?

RCD · Lieutenant-Colonel

The purists may shout but I put� Airfix male sponsons onto an Emhar IV. The sponsons fit exactly which I was very suprised about. The exaust and the box at the back were simple enough and were based on the Matador leaflet.

Considering trying the same with the female sponsons if I can get a Emhar model. I think that will be the biggest challenge as I am not into e-bay!

PDA · Legend

It's the front of the cab that will be the biggest problem, as far as I can see. The vision slits moved, and the mounting for the machine gun changed (quite a bit).

Compare:

Mark I and II

Mark IV

I think it is doable, though.

Mark Hansen · Legend

You could do it but the only reason I can think of is if you have to have 1/72 rather than 1/76.

kieffer · Commander in Chief

Hi PDA,

I was wondering, these drawings of the MkI in the article you referred too, are they correct? As for the male, the sponson top drawing, isn't there one angle or panel too much? (I mean the serie showing sides, top, with the aerial etc.) Oh and the angled iron is missing too on the top of the sponson)

Kieffer

-- Edited by kieffer on Friday 11th of February 2011 10:05:49 AM

Long Tom · Brigadier

I thought of the Mark II because I know the Mark I is out of the question-too many differences such as track width etc.

PDA · Legend

kieffer, I think the best series of plans are those from Helen, here:

http://www.activeboard.com/forum.spark?aBID=63528&p=3&topicID=30761901

Somehow, I overlooked them when I was re-writing the Mark I article.

Long Tom, I think track width remained the same until the Mark V and V* were introduced. Even then, not every tank used the new, wider, tracks. But, I know what you mean about too many changes between a Mark I and Mark IV.

I'm going to take a guess: You have Airfix's Mark I female, and it comes with spare male sponsons. You also have Emhar's Mark IV male, and know the sponsons are wrong. Am I close?

Long Tom · Brigadier

You're half right.� I only have the Mark IV male, and I was thinking along the lines of scratchbuilding as needed.