Global Scale Modeller

My entry to this GB is the 1/35 Takom WWI Heavy Battle Tank Mark IV Hermaphrodite. the moment i heard about this GB i went out and found the prefect entry this will be the oldest vehicle in my collection

Good luck everyone and have fun

Well that sounds really cool
If it is a hermaphrodite does that mean the tank has both girl and boy naughty parts on it??

In biology, a hermaphrodite is an organism that has complete or partial reproductive organs and produces gametes normally associated with both male and female sexes. Many taxonomic groups of animals do not have separate sexes.

This is a family channel here bub, let’s not get too explicit with the modelling, gheeze

don't worry i'll be very careful to keep it PG

Twokidsnosleep wrote: Sun Sep 02, 2018 6:42 am Well that sounds really cool
If it is a hermaphrodite does that mean the tank has both girl and boy naughty parts on it??

In biology, a hermaphrodite is an organism that has complete or partial reproductive organs and produces gametes normally associated with both male and female sexes. Many taxonomic groups of animals do not have separate sexes.

This is a family channel here bub, let’s not get too explicit with the modelling, gheeze

You do know we were all going to politely ignore all possible connotations, but you blew it didn't ya

I've heard great things about these Takom kits so looking forward to watching this one come together - with both sets of naughty bits

Will you be fixing male to female parts?
Baby tanks?

This is going to be straight out of the box i don't have any aftermarket plans for it nor the cash to invest in doing so.

Looking forward to this one

I wouldn't worry too much about PE, having done quite a bit of it on my recent builds a lot of it is really a waste of time IMHO. Newer kits/moulds today are very much better than they were when PE was introduced, I'm not saying it's no good across the board, just that you need to be very selective.

I'm certainly not buying/using anymore on 1/72 and I'm going to be very, very selective with larger scale aircraft as most goes inside and won't be seen. With the costs being often as much if not more than the kit it's self it's a waste of money

just a quick update on where i've gotten to while also work for the past eight days.

Don't these kits look so nuggety and cool

Just so steam punk.

Nice job , I built the Takom captured mkIV, very nice to build although I found a couple of the steps challenging

Steve

just some more progress i should start slowing down or start thinking about also doing another entry because at this pace ill have her done by the end of the month

here's a few more

your going well there, great building.
Just be aware to get the panels right for the gun emplacements, cause it is easy to get them just slightly out and it throws the whole lot awry. ALso the gun emplacements I had trouble with and ended up with a gap where the turret turns and the side panel. I fixed this with a bit of card. I'm not sure if I caused that or it's a kit problem.
Cheers

I hear to make them up and before really setting, fix onto the sides as gives a bit of manoeuvre.

rcfanuk wrote: Sat Sep 08, 2018 9:57 pm Nice job , I built the Takom captured mkIV, very nice to build although I found a couple of the steps challenging

Steve

the main challenge i am facing is when i come to putting the two main track runners together all of the return wheels all do there own thing which is a massive pain to deal with.

dragonhunter1156 wrote: Tue Sep 11, 2018 7:27 am

rcfanuk wrote: Sat Sep 08, 2018 9:57 pm Nice job , I built the Takom captured mkIV, very nice to build although I found a couple of the steps challenging

Steve

the main challenge i am facing is when i come to putting the two main track runners together all of the return wheels all do there own thing which is a massive pain to deal with.

Yes, they took me a while, just had to take my time but got there in the end.

dragonhunter1156 wrote: Tue Sep 11, 2018 7:27 am

rcfanuk wrote: Sat Sep 08, 2018 9:57 pm Nice job , I built the Takom captured mkIV, very nice to build although I found a couple of the steps challenging

Steve

the main challenge i am facing is when i come to putting the two main track runners together all of the return wheels all do there own thing which is a massive pain to deal with.

A little cement to hold them in an upright position ( straight ) and they will click together like a Swiss watch.

Looking good

Looking at all the bolts reminds me that I have a feeling that they were called land ships?
I am most probably wrong but it seems to fit.
Great work.

here's some update photo's

a few more

next few

and the last few before she heads for paint

She's looking good mate