Kit from Takom:


Inbox:
-> http://www.perthmilitarymodelling.com/reviews/vehicles/takom/takom2008-9.html
-> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19h8Si9gZx8

Pictures:
-> http://svsm.org/gallery/mkIV_family
-> http://www.landships.info/landships/tank_articles.html?load=tank_articles/Surviving_Mark_IV.html
-> http://landships.activeboard.com/f316939/tanks

Books:


Movies:
-> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezBSURCMe-o
-> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Y0ZHESxVEc

Enjoy !

Robert,
That's some really beautiful work-- nice job. I especially like the finishing techniques for the tracks and spuds-- well done!
VR, Russ

One of those, "so ugly it's beautiful" tanks. You really nailed the weathering and captured the look of a heavily worn beasty.

Beautifully done! Al

Very nice! I have the old and crappy Emhar version that I built years ago. I may have to pony up for a modern old tank

Cool build, stunning finish.
It cries out for a vignette or even a diorama.

Very nice indeed. Well done. Puts my recent 3 MkIV efforts well into the shade (over on Britmodeller).

The only things I would say are that the asbestos tape wrap on the exhaust was not painted and remained white, if dirty. The track metal was dark brown: they were pressed from plate then face-hardened. So they did not wear to silvery or graphite shades: polished dark metallic brown. This is a common error.

The exact true colour of Flirt II is unknown and the tank currently in Lincoln and formerly at Bovington marked as Flirt II almost certainly isn't that tank, and has in any case been repainted more than once. She certainly could have been khaki green as you have shown. It has recently been discovered that Fosters-built tanks were all factory finished in Brunswick Green, but without a serial it's impossible to determine the builder.