Takom 1/35 scale tadpole and Tamiya Mark IV Male WWI tank

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The topmost pic is the Takom 1/35 scale Mark IV Tadpole. It was proposed to counter the German anti tank ditches, but was founfd to be too rigid and never used in combat.

The second set are of the Tamiya 1/35th scale Mark IV male WWI tank.This was a fun build. it is motorized and lumbers quite nicely over all the stuff on my workbench. Won a first place out of box armor with it in 2015.mark IV

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Very nice builds. Excellent weathering on the tracks.

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I agree !http://z4.ifrm.com/12405/69/0/e7401/e7401.gif
!https://forums.tigsource.com/Smileys/derek/eyebrows.gif*Very* nice work here.

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Thanks, guys… The tracks were done with this great stuff called Sophisicated finishes.I know you can find it on Amazon ( I did) or in craft stores in the antiquing section. It is a 2 part application that has you brush metal powder ( in a chemical suspension) onto the surface you want rusted and then an activator that rusts it in just minutes… Very neat stuff.

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Wow, that’s some sharp work! I’ve seen a few ‘landship’ models around but yours is one of the better ones- kudos sir!

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I also enjoyed the Tamiya kit,but yours is outstanding.

I used it to attack the cat.

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You are so mean Tojo [6]. What is your cat’s address? I’ll send him\her a panzerfaust or two [:D]

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Now THAT’S funny !!

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Now THAT’S funny !!!

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That’s funny… When I was a kid , first building models in the late 70s, I built the monogram 1/48 scale naval airplanes with the working features, i.e. dropping bobs, torpedoes etc… and ran regular sorties against the family dog… till i left my room door open and came home from school and he had destroyed every one of them…hehe Chewed the bombs to splinters…

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My wife brought some similar stuff home made by TenSecondsStudio called VerDay paint. It’s an acrylic patina finish. You get copper, iron, brass, bronze colored paints with a spray you spray on them when still wet that causes the paint to turn the oxidized color. I’ve already tried it on the water jacket (copper) on my FT17 engine. Plan to apply it to the treads too.

Nice work!

Gene Beaird,
Pearland, Texas

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Thanks… The sophisticated finishes stuff consists of 2 bottles. One is the finely powdered iron in a liquid suspension and the other is the rusting activator… I slathered the metal on fairly liberally and drizzled the activator on top of it. I also coated the exhaust fairly heavily with it and applied the activator to it as well. It rusts up in about 10 to 15 minutes.