so she is a Tankette [TANKS]

["Chrysanthos Kanellopoulos" <xchrysk-at-otenet.gr>]

So  I decided that given the small size, few wheels and disproportionally wide shape, my prototype could become only a tankette at 1:5.5th - 6th scale, and a length of  55 cms.  Aluminium sheets, 1.5 mms thick reirforced and braced along the edges create an impenetrable armour (from paintballs), with an upper hull less than 2 kgrs heavy.  It is not bad at all.  In fact, it is a small target. Yet, it is an imaginary Tankette. This type of hull never existed but considering the variety of tankettes used by the Polish cavalry,  it could only be possible in the '30s of a parallel universe.   A tribute to the Polish forces who actually used tankettes in large numbers. Have seen photos of drills from the 1930's and imagine dozens of them, flooding the landscape like beetles, behind a bush, inside a creek, under a tree... Plus I always liked the 1930's: cheerful , colorful markings, eccenrtic camouflage schemes, Hotchkisses and Tankettes. It was a time of innocence.  These photos were taken after it was sprayed with a primer and a coat of Light Olive Drab 2 (that's Tamiya's matt sprays, - not after Federal standards). Will have to spray some gibberish colorful markings like the one on the front glacis plate. Eventually, Tamiya's TS-28 satin olive green  already turned flat matt, after exposure to sunlight and dust. I plan to wash it with black and drybrush the edges with a lighter tone (when I was a 1:35 scale modeller, I saw some pics of large RC tanks and thought : "who needs an RC tank?" Tell me what in earth I was thinking..!). I will post some videos with stunts next week on YouTube. In theory, I could even carry it with me to the US in my next trip, in a suitcase, and play with it.  Can you imagine the people at JFK as soon as they open the suitcase? "What in earth is THAT sir ?? !"

And I am starting a real , large, 1:6 scale tank as we speak.

 

CHrys

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