Landships II

Luca · Major

Mark IV with interior.

PDA · Legend

No doubt you've already seen the article on the interior of the Mark IV on Landships:

interior of the Mark IV

piet71 · Major

Try to get your hands on this one,

http://nthn.firetrench.com/2013/04/great-war-tank-mark-iv-ownersworkshop-manual/

And looking forward to your build ,PS why not wait for the Takom MKIV.... release date june 2014

Luca · Major

Thanks mates for your help.
I know that some nice kits will be soon available, but I like the challenge to obtain a decent model from un ugly kit..At least, I hope so.. biggrin
On the other hand, no doubt that the incoming kits will be fantastic..

Luca.

-- Edited by Luca on Thursday 1st of May 2014 10:06:47 AM

Luca · Major

Hi mates .
I started working on my Mk IV.
I have a first question for the experts of the forum, concerning the loophole of the rear door.
Which kind of stuff covers the hole on the inner surface of the door?
It seems to be a simple round lid, but in some pics from outside it seems to be divided in two parts..
Can anybody explain the mystery?

Thanks.

Luca.

Luca · Major

Hi all.

I received many tips and infos from the mates of the forum ( thanks for kindness ), so I have some photos of my Mk IV to post.

That´s a very first step, and I hope to go on not too slow..

Any comment, of course, is welcome..

I know that the photos are not so good, it´s my fault, the camera is ok cry ..

Luca.

piet71 · Major

Excellent detailing !

-- Edited by piet71 on Sunday 18th of May 2014 09:29:00 PM

Luca · Major

Thanks piet.
Hope to post more photos ( more better photos ) in a short time, and that you will have a look again..

Luca.

Paul Bonnett · Hero

Fantastic details. I like the hinges on the fuel tank cover !
Paul

Luca · Major

Thank you Paul.

The hinges of the fuel tank cover are the only parts I did´nt scratchbuild or update... They are photoetched workable hinges of Aber..

The rear armor plate added.

Always test fitting, of course..

The incredible metallic 1/16 Mk IV built by MRG inspired me, so the lid of the rear door loophole actually works..

Luca.

d_fernetti · Hero

Well done! Keep up the good work!

Luca · Major

Thanks Diego.

Paul Bonnett · Hero

Amazing work

Luca · Major

Hi mates.

Some pics of the gun and the gun shield..more work than I had thought hmm

piet71 · Major

Wow!
Excellent skills....... you're my kind of model / scratch builder.

Are you going to make second cannon , or make a mould and duplicate this one ?

-- Edited by piet71 on Tuesday 3rd of June 2014 12:13:15 AM

Luca · Major

Hi Maarten.

First, thank for having a look at my model..

I´ll build the second gun in the same way in which I´m building the first. There are lots of small details that I won´t be able to reproduce using a mould ..

Ciao.

Luca.

Luca · Major

Some progress with the gun..

piet71 · Major

One word and that is ..................TOP!!!

brad · Corporal

Have you considered casting these in resin and selling some off? I'm sure you would have little trouble selling them.

Brilliant work.

cheers,

bj

Luca · Major

Hi Brad.

Thanks for following this topic.

As I already wrote to Maarten, when I started this model it was not my goal to reproduce some parts in resin.

However, when the ensemble of the gun will be completed I´ll ask an opinion to some friend with more experience in moulding.

Never say never. biggrin

Luca.

Luca · Major

Hi Gents.

Some progress regarding the back of the model.

The radiator grille with the mud flap and the rain roof finally completed.. aww

Cheers.

Luca.

piet71 · Major

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Luca · Major

Hi all.

First I have to apologize because of the delay since the last post. Had a lot to do with my..main job.

In the meanwhile I got the Owner's Workshop Manual on the Mk IV, and it helps a lot biggrin

At present I left the guns aside and went on the differential.

Here are some photos. I'd say it is 80% done..

That's how I did the structure..

..then the basic shape, made with Milliput..

..a lathe would have been useful wink .

Here are the pieces, made with 1 mm. thick plasticard, reproducing the joint between the upper half and the lower half. They are still roughly shaped..

Once finished the main body the detailing work begins..

The black arrow in the photo above points out a gap to be filled. These are "work in progress" photos, and of course many details were..revised.

Here are some photos of the current state of the differential..

Ok, that is it, for now.

You see, the piece needs some sanding, and details must yet be added. Hope to complete it in the next weekend.

Since I'm so slow, to finish this model certainly will take a long time ( and I'm pretty sure that, in the meanwhile, some updating set for the interior of the Mk IV will be available on the market biggrin ).

Anyway, scratchbuilding is a lot of fun, isn't it? smile

Hope to have a feedback from the experts of the forum. It'd be easy to correct any fault at this phase of the building..

Regards.

Luca.

thorst · Colonel

That looks great! Did you build this only by looking at photos? Or did you find drawings of the differential?

Thorsten

Luca · Major

Hi Thorsten.

I found some drawings of the interior of the tank, and they were useful to check the correct size in 1/35 scale. But sure, the photos are the main source for detailing..

MRG · Major

Hello Luca,

WOW, WOW and WOW!! It seems I will have to use your model as reference in future. smile

I found those bits fiddly - but you do them in 1/35...!

Respect!

With best regards,

Martin

Luca · Major

Hi MRG.

Thanks for your kind words.

When you find something interesting in my building, I simply feel honored. smile

Really hope that you can find something useful here.

Regards.

Luca.

d_fernetti · Hero

Incredible work, Luca! I feel humbled... and wanting to wreck my own model!

Luca · Major

Thanks Diego. smile

..and please, don't wreck the lovely lady wink .

Your support very appreciated.

Hope to post some progress quickly.

Regards.

Luca.

Tobias Bayer · Corporal

Cool scratchwork.

MRG · Major

Hello Luca,

don't forget the mud-chute cutouts, above the petrol tank, like I did on my Emhar ... Aaargh

emhar side

I had glued the body together before I got inspired by the Emhar kit to start my 1/16 project (and the research involved).. and when I realised it, it was too late to correct.

Another thing, do not get misled by my "petrol cap" on the 1/16 as it is a charging connector. The real thing looks like this (bad picture with lots of noise because it was so dark in there):

Lodestar-Rear%2004.jpg

I hope this helps with your stunning build.

Best regards,

Martin

-- Edited by MRG on Sunday 22nd of March 2015 09:13:07 PM

DaveS · Lieutenant

Superb modelling, I will have to look at my efforts in a different light.
Well done, your attention to detail is staggering.

-- Edited by DaveS on Sunday 22nd of March 2015 09:17:47 AM

Luca · Major

Hi mates, thanks for following smile

Tobias,David, thanks for your kind words.

Martin, your tips much appreciated aww

Actually, I was very inspired by your superb 1/16 biggrin . And now you prevent my wishes! I stopped the updating of the fuel filler cap since wasn't able to find out such a photo. It helps a lot.

Cheers.

Luca.

Luca · Major

Hi all.

I took advantage from the kindness of MRG and made that

I know that have to made the heads of the bolts flat and to rectify the little bolts made with white varnish..Well, that's going to be a tomorrow job.

At the moment I like the idea to declare this area done biggrin .

More photos of the differential coming soon.

Cheers.

Luca.

Luca · Major

Hi again smile

Apologies, the photos are quite poor since I used the camera of my mobile..

I added the ends to the differential. Just the..structure, since they will be covered in the finished model. At the moment they are..telescopic, to allow a correct fitting when this stuff will be connected to the side walls

The hexagonal bolts are both the resin ones by Verlinden and copies of them made with a Milliput mold..Monsieur Verlinden did a better job than me cry

Finally I made this little stuff, whose use I don't know. Some bit has yet to be added, but right now don't want to feed the carpet monsters

The differential needs some sanding, but it' more less finished.

Cheers.

Luca.

MRG · Major

Luca · Major

Hi all.

Some little progress with the interior of the Mk IV.

I started to build the subframe where the radiator, the differential, the gearbox and the engine will be installed.

I used wood laths to make the ensemble rigid enough, then covered them with plasticard.

The area inside the red lines will be removed when the subframe will be completed, since it wasn't actually part of this structure. At the moment it's helpful to keep the alignment as "square" as possible.

To be honest I'm not completely sure if the holes of the plate inside the red lines are of the correct size hmm and I guess it's going to be tricky to place the steering brake levers..

So, I'd be glad when somebody had infos concerning this area, since at the moment every fault could be "easily" revised..

A close-up of the fore section..

..and the ensemble at the moment

That is it for now aww .

Cheers

Luca

-- Edited by Luca on Thursday 16th of April 2015 01:37:55 PM

d_fernetti · Hero

Beautiful work, Romano, I'm following your build with the utmost attention!

thorst · Colonel

Really beautiful, this will be a masterpiece!

Luca · Major

Hi all smile

First, Diego and Thorst thanks for your kind words and apologies for the late reply.

Slow progress but..something done.

I built and set in place the steering brake levers. Found a shot of Grit that was of some use to properly locate their brackets..at least, hope so. The tricky thing in this case is that the handles of the levers will be very close to the glacis plate.

In the photo above the tail of the subframe can be seen, too, in the area where the radiators will be placed.

A view of the levers from the front left..

Here is one of the tubular radiators. This one will be placed on the right, so I made the pipes, since they will be visible in the finished model. The second radiator is going to be more..basic.

Now a rough "layout" of the elements built at the moment, with both the radiator and the differential just resting on the subframe.

As usually, C&C really welcome biggrin

Cheers.

Luca.