I agree with Plastic Fan. Excellent is a tank that has a long history, and during WW2 it was converted to mount an AA gun over that hatch. It has also had some strange things done to it in other places, so that there are hatches where there shouldn't be, etc. Definitely use the period photo.
Thank you very much for the information! I will go for what I can discern from Crusty's foto. And thank you for the compliment! Once I have more to show, I will make a full report on the model. I really want to go to Brusseles this summer, to see Lodestar III and make as many photographs as I can. As this means a special tour to do so, I might even contact the museum officials to see if I can get into the tank. There are many details not covered by the documents here at Landships, for which others might be grateful too.
I've attached a hatch photo of the Australian War Memorial's female Mark IV, Grit. Grit came out to Australia in 1918, and the hatch is unlikely to have been modified. It was under restoration in 2009 and I was lucky enough to have a guided tour.
Your model looks great, hope this photo is of use.
Thank you very much for the photograph! From what I can see, it looks like Grit also has L-shaped steel holding the hinges. It is a bit hard to tell, the rail holder covers the crucial part. A helpful photograph none the less! In the meantime I have put holders, similar to those for the visor flaps on the model. I will put a new photograph in soon.
It is 1/16 as I have other tank models (the usual WW2 ones) in that scale. Compared to those, a Mark IV is amazingly large - it sort of dwarfs a King Tiger! I plan to make it RC, and it will be a female. I haven't decided yet if its going to be D51 "Deborah" or C22 "Cynic" All in all, I am making parts for 3 tanks while I'm at it, because a male is also a must ( thinking of F41 "Fray Bentos ", the first one)..
Greetings!
Martin
-- Edited by MRG on Monday 21st of March 2011 05:51:34 PM
