Mk.IV Male British WW1 Tank by Haliburton - FINISHED - Tamiya - 1/35 Scale

[Haliburton]

Well a quick family trip to Ottawa, lots of great stuff to see in that City and a chance to see my tax dollars hard at work 😳

The connection to the build thread is tenuous but…we saw the Canadian War Memorial which was commissioned after WW1 and intended as a monument only to that war to end all wars.  Hence the figures depicted are from the WW1 timeframe. However in the 1980s it was rededicated to add WW2 and the Korean War. Later in the 2000s the war in Afghanistan was added.  The original dedication in memory of WW1 attracted 100,000 spectators in memory of the approx 66,000 Canadians who died in that war.  Significant losses for a country with a population of only about 8 million at the time.  Lest we forget. Sorry about the sideways photo of the memorial.  
 

[Egilman]

7 minutes ago, Haliburton said:

Lest we forget.

 

 

Sorry about the sideways photo of the memorial.  

Very true my friend...

 

(as far as the sideways images, if your working with windows it's easy to fix... Click on the pic in windows explorer, it will open in windows photo viewer, there is a button to turn the pic in the direction you need, then close it, it will save in the orientation you set for it, then upload it)

[Haliburton]

Thanks Egilman, I’m on an ipad and couldn’t see any option to rotate. Btw I’m excited to see your Mark VII get underway!

 

Scott

[Haliburton]

I should add some minor progress on the tank itself - following the primer a base coat of olive drab.

 

[Javlin]

Looking good you will do a video? You ever watch these guys/I will do some armor but I am getting more interested of late.

 

 

[Haliburton]

2 hours ago, Javlin said:

Looking good you will do a video? You ever watch these guys/I will do some armor but I am getting more interested of late.

Hey Javlin, thanks!  Very cool video - a bit bigger than what I could manage but the principle is the same!  Once I’m done I’d like to do a video showing the tank running over some simulated battlefield trenches.  I did some surfing and also found quite a few sites focusing on rc tanks using IR to battle. It looked like a lot of fun. This is my first foray into armour and I’m really enjoying it. I hate to say it but the news footage of the war in Ukraine tweaked my interest in the role of armour and I haven’t looked back. 
 

Scott 

[Haliburton]

Hi everyone, I’ve now completed the final pieces on this one including the unditching beam and tow cables with some weathering.  I’ve also done a little trial video with the tank successfully scaling a small ground obstacle!  🙂

 

Scott 

[Old Collingwood]

Excellent work,  really  brings  her to life.

 

OC.

[Haliburton]

1 hour ago, Old Collingwood said:

Excellent work,  really  brings  her to life.

Thank you OC and to all for your interest, likes and comments!  I realize I forgot to apply the decal that is called for - shown here.   With that I’m going to call this build finished.    Scott

[Darius359au]

Looks nice , I built the same model a few years back and even though it's a gimmick there's something ridiculously cool and fun about watching it trundle along!

[Haliburton]

1 hour ago, Darius359au said:

Looks nice , I built the same model a few years back and even though it's a gimmick there's something ridiculously cool and fun about watching it trundle along!

Thanks Darius, agreed I bought it for the model less the motion but it certainly engaged my family (and the dog) in the build and I guess it brings out the little boy in me when I see it move forward too!  Scott 

[Canute]

Very well done, Scott. Had a flashback to a similar windup tank I had as a 7 year old.👍

[Landlubber Mike]

Fantastic build Scott, love the video!!

 

I don't know if it's the same tank, but there is a similar one in the excellent movie on Netflix - All Quiet on the Western Front.  I don't want to spoil things as to how the scene is set up and progresses, but it's very well done in the movie if you haven't seen it.

[Haliburton]

4 hours ago, Landlubber Mike said:

Fantastic build Scott, love the video!!

 

I don't know if it's the same tank, but there is a similar one in the excellent movie on Netflix - All Quiet on the Western Front.  I don't want to spoil things as to how the scene is set up and progresses, but it's very well done in the movie if you haven't seen it.

Thanks very much Mike - I did see that movie and it was well done along with the scene you’re referring to. Staring at these monsters from a trench for the first time would be absolutely terrifying. 

[mtaylor]

3 hours ago, Haliburton said:

Thanks very much Mike - I did see that movie and it was well done along with the scene you’re referring to. Staring at these monsters from a trench for the first time would be absolutely terrifying. 

I tend to think those who end up facing any tank would be giving serious thoiught to running away and hiding.  The difference is that back then, no one knew what the first ones were coming at them.  

[Haliburton]

28 minutes ago, mtaylor said:

tend to think those who end up facing any tank would be giving serious thoiught to running away and hiding.  The difference is that back then, no one knew what the first ones were coming at them.  

Agreed Mark, maybe it would be comparable to modern forces encountering some horrible terminator-like AI battle droid. Yikes the stuff of nightmares! 😳

[SigEp Ziggy]

Great Build, are you going to post a video of it running?

[Haliburton]

20 hours ago, SigEp Ziggy said:

Great Build, are you going to post a video of it running?

Hi Ziggy thanks for looking in!  There is a little video clip in the last image on post 37 (August 13).  Scott