Landships II

Centurion · Legend

Mk VIII*

Treadhead · Major

Wow!! Centurion

Must say, I am impressed by your drawing, but I'm quite certainly not the mosted learned here about the Mark VIII* and it's profile. What I will say is I am impressed by it's sheer size!...{I'm getting that stretch "limo" feeling here

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I am also a wee bit surprised to find it having the 'International' configuration of the front track horn.....my failing, I thought it was more along the lines of the standard previous British Marks.....
Can't wait to see who/what & how anyone adds/changes this profile......

Tread.

Hey.....I don't suppose you could do a side-by-side comparison of your Mark VIII* drawing against the German K-Wagen could you?....I would think that would give some of us a more 'meaty' idea of the sheer size of both of these rather unique machines....

tia

Centurion · Legend

Thanks Treadhead

The horns were as per the standard Mk VIII (the International) as the intention was to adapt this by adding sections to the front and rear parts of the vehicle rather than build a different tank from scratch . The enclose picture should give an idea as to how it would have compared with the K Wagen

Treadhead · Major

Howdy Centurion,

Sorry, I don't know where my mind was at, of course the track horns would be that shape....my failing

Your new graphic is way cool as well!......you must be employed in the graphics field or something huh? Wish I could whip up something like that on my Photoshop software.
From the size comparison the K-Wagen must have out-weighted the International by a considerable amount!
I don't suppose there are any drawings schematics showing the configuration of either the International or the Mk VIII*'s interior crew compartment is there?
{yeah...I know, I always ask these pain-in-the-ass questions don't I?

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Tread.

Tim R · Hero

Treadhead

Check out the MK VIII International information here in Landships.

http://www.landships.freeservers.com/mk8_the_international_info.htm

I have attached a interior drawings of the International.(From the Landship Article),

All the Best

Tim R

-- Edited by Tim R at 04:20, 2006-02-18

-- Edited by Tim R at 04:21, 2006-02-18

Centurion · Legend

Treadhead wrote:

Howdy Centurion, Sorry, I don't know where my mind was at, of course the track horns would be that shape....my failing Your new graphic is way cool as well!......you must be employed in the graphics field or something huh? Wish I could whip up something like that on my Photoshop software. From the size comparison the K-Wagen must have out-weighted the International by a considerable amount! I don't suppose there are any drawings schematics showing the configuration of either the International or the Mk VIII*'s interior crew compartment is there? {yeah...I know, I always ask these pain-in-the-ass questions don't I? } Tread.

Thanks Treadhead - actually I'm an IT project manager/consultant but I've being doing graphics using a computer since Babbage was a lad.

K Wagen was 163 tons. Standard International (Mk VIII) 45 1/2 tons (with equipement about 38 tons empty. Mk VIII* would have been about 42 1/2 tons empty so probably 50 tons with equipment.

Ther are drawings of the Mk VIII insides but I've found nothing on the K wagen or Mk VIII*. I suspect that the rear of the crew campartment of the latter would have been extended by 6 ft.