Landships II

eugene · Field Marshal

group build v.2.0

Drader · Lieutenant

Hi Eugene.

As a Mark V it will have Hotchkiss guns. And as for the fit at the rear of the hull roof, the two hatches are openable, so the fit doesn't have to be super tight. There's a noticeable join in the IWM's one in this photo

http://svsm.org/gallery/MkV/IMG_1947

eugene · Field Marshal

Drader,

thanks a lot, really helps!
Eugene

Treadhead · Major

Howdy eugene,

Your project is coming along nicely there mate! And I really like the wee bio you provided for her...nice. I have already {basically} finished building my whippet, all I need to do now is a few of the 'extras', and paint, then I'm done. So, I have also picked up an Emhar Mk. IV 'female' in 1/35th scale as a second entry in the Group Build, so I'll be building a similar tank to your fine entry.

Now, as to your fit issues...it already appears you have applied putty on the starboard side of the hull and backplate succesfully, so just repeat the process?

Now a question. Drader you said those were "openable" hatches, what were they used for? Loading? Entry/Exit?...?

Tread.

Roger Todd · Legend

Is there a time limit?

eugene · Field Marshal

yes you have 45 min and 23 sec. left

just kidding

Treadhead · Major

Howdy Roger,

To answer your question, you have a wee bit more time than our good eugene suggested...

{silly bugger

}

I did not originally place a timeframe on this Group Build because I was mainly afraid to scare people off...but since it has received decent participation I am open to suggestions from the participants themselves. My only input would be to keep it fairly short. This way there is both a comfortable sense of 'getting it done', and, it also allows those of us who enjoy the experience the opportunity to maybe begin another one once this one is finished...{I'm actually somewhat surprised noone has joined my softskin build

}

Anyway, what do you fellas think?

warm regards,

Tread.

-- Edited by Treadhead at 16:17, 2006-01-21

Eric · Colonel

Regarding the softskin groupbuild, I may be, start one after the Mk II completion.
I am ok for a time limit, but, at least 4 month, and with this time , I am not sure to finish one project

I am not so fast even if my best result is 8 days for a Modelkrak Russo-Balt. This is an exception.

Eric

Roger Todd · Legend

Eugene - don't do that again, you'll give me a heart attack!

Treadders, suggestions... Hmm... I dunno, a month? Six weeks?

Treadhead · Major

Howdy Roger,

Thx for the input. I was also thinking about something like about 3 months start-to-finish....and since this Group Build was originally started on Christmas Day, that would put us close to about a 1/3 of the way thru...so, how does March 31st sound as an 'End' date?............opinions everyone? This way there is a definitive date to shoot for {and you Braille scalers shouldn't have any problem with this}, and the door would be open for those of us who enjoyed building british tanks to maybe begin a new Build with sayyyyyy, equal time for the German armour fans out there to build something!

Tread.

Roger Todd · Legend

31st March?

Perfect! A realistic date, not so far that momentum can be lost (not that it's begun, in my case...), but not so close as to cause panic!

Treadhead · Major

Howdy Roger,

I couldn't agree with your points more.

I genuinely feel that a 3 month timeframe is a good balance of time 'enough', as well as good timing for maintaining piqued interest and comfortable pacing.......so, unless someone else has any differing input, or feels they might need more time, I would like to establish the completion date as, March 31, 2006.

This will also give me time to finish my second entry, the Mark IV

Tread.

-- Edited by Treadhead at 18:20, 2006-01-22