Monday, 17 December 2018

Tankette MkII

Following on from my post on the MkI tankette, behold the much (well, slightly) improved MkII version
As well as providing rather more spacious accommodation for the crew, some of it under rakishly-sloped balsa armour, the MkII carries two machine guns.

 Construction underway at the Peoples' Tankette Factory No.1.

The balsa was given a coat of a random paint to seal it.

  Scary, eh?

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12 comments:

  1. Brian Carrick17 December 2018 at 17:33

    Scary but superb, how many will the People's Factory be producing?

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  2. Tim Gow17 December 2018 at 18:23

    Brian Carrick
    Two each of the Mk1 and Mk2 have been built. Production complete. For the moment at least....

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  3. Peter Douglas17 December 2018 at 18:25

    Balsa wood might give as good protection as the original armour! They look great, BTW!

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  4. Tim Gow17 December 2018 at 18:34

    Peter Douglas
    The crew’s best hope is the two coats of paint and one of varnish.

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  5. Geordie an Exiled FoG17 December 2018 at 19:00

    I sense a rampant arms race in progress
    Yet I know the horse is still the future!

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  6. Tim Gow17 December 2018 at 21:01

    Geordie
    Just the usual arms race! And you could be on to something with the carrigeless horse...

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  7. Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.com17 December 2018 at 22:38

    They look great! Have they been tested against spring powered artillery shells?

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  8. Don M17 December 2018 at 23:38

    Nice job there! Hey are two coats of paint and one of varnish an early from of composite armor ? :-)

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  9. tradgardmastare18 December 2018 at 06:50

    Hail to the people’s factory production comrades,great looking tankettes!
    Alan

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  10. Tim Gow18 December 2018 at 16:21

    Ross Mac
    Thanks. One fell victim to a barrage of matchsticks in the SCW game I reported on in September.

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  11. Tim Gow18 December 2018 at 16:23

    Don M
    The satchel on the starboard side of the hull contains the crew's lunch. That's a close as we get to'sandwich' armour...

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  12. Tim Gow18 December 2018 at 16:24

    tradgardmastare
    Rumour has it that the design team were issued with pogo sticks and sent into a dense minefield...

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