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New to WW1 tanks and picked up the Airfix male at the weekend as a nostalgia/relaxing build between other projects.

In the great review/article on this site the author says

If you want to make a Mk II or III, the wheeled tail must be removed and the holes in the sides should be filled in. The holes in the rear end plate must be masked off, one with a small, square plate, the other with a box, positioned off-centre to the left.

I understand about the wheeled tail but can anyone point me to a pic of the rear end plate as it should be, Is the pic in the attached file (from matador Models Site) how it should look?



-- Edited by parkadge on Tuesday 19th of November 2013 12:50:16 AM

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The pic you post is OK, but the box is missing the two support bars.. Take a look at this vid, especially at 25seconds.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbvYa609Gi8

The slow motion sequence near the end shows a damaged Mark II that doesn't have the box, so that might be an option for you.

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-- Edited by PDA on Tuesday 19th of November 2013 04:53:21 AM

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Excellent PDA thank you

 

One further question- were any captured  mk IIs used by the Germans?



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parkadge wrote:

One further question- were any captured  mk IIs used by the Germans?

No. Definitely not. A lot of Mark IIs were left on the battlefield, and allegedly the armour was tested (the Mark II was not armoured - it was just steel plate), but no Mark II tanks were used by Germany.



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Cheers PDA and thanks for that. I night be looking for a Mk IV so :)



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