Thursday, 20 September 2018

Tankette MkI

The recent Ebro game saw the debut outing of my bodged tankettes. Here are the Mk.1,  a later post will cover the Mk.2. I’ll let you study the first two photos and try to guess what it’s based on. The punchline comes in the final pic.
The crew figures are from a 1/35 set - either Italeri or ICM I think - of WW2 Soviet tankers. The signal flags were an irresistible addition!



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11 comments:

  1. Pete.20 September 2018 at 18:05

    Great work Tim- I hate to think what gave you the inspiration to buy the kit with that in mind originally?

    Cheers,

    Pete.

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  2. Tim Gow20 September 2018 at 18:18

    Pete
    A warped mind? Divine inspiration? Spray paint fumes? All of the above?

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  3. Robert (Bob) Cordery20 September 2018 at 21:03

    Tim,

    An inspired conversion! It looks very convincing, and will certainly be robust enough to withstand many years of service.

    All the best,

    Bob

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  4. Geordie an Exiled FoG20 September 2018 at 23:58

    I applaud your ingenuity
    Although I cannot help feel you have angered the god of 1/72 miniatures

    ;)

    Very inspirational

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  5. Brian Carrick21 September 2018 at 07:40

    Excellent, I's never have guessed it came from a 1/72 kit, did you mount the turret bit back to front or is that how it comes?

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  6. Tim Gow21 September 2018 at 08:40

    Bob Cordery
    Not often one read the word ‘robust’ in connection with tankettes, but in this case I think you’re right.

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  7. Tim Gow21 September 2018 at 08:41

    Geordie
    I think that particular god has plenty of reasons to be cross with me!

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  8. Tim Gow21 September 2018 at 08:42

    Brian Carrick
    Both the superstructure and the track units are mounted back to front. So the back is now the front. Clear? Good.

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  9. Mad Padre21 September 2018 at 17:03

    Lovely and clever work. It's just so darned CUUUUTE!

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  10. Tim Gow21 September 2018 at 17:21

    Michael Peterson
    Sadly cuteness alone doesn’t qualify it for extra saving rolls!

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  11. Mark, Man of TIN22 September 2018 at 08:35

    Very very clever conversion. Perfect Interwar tankette. Just like Alan has in Newsreel here

    https://tradgardland.blogspot.com/2018/09/a-battle-of-machines-longer-version-1930.html

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