New project Matilda 3/4

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New project Matilda 3/4

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Before heading off to our autumn Spanish trip I have been toying with ideas for a winter project and came up with the Matilda
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I think several members have expressed an interest in this tank so I thought I might investigate the possible complexity of this build. I think the Panzer 3/4 tracks are about the right size, although they aren't the right profile, but given that the tracks are mainly covered by the side sponsons then it could be a possibility.

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Re: New project Matilda 3/4

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Hi Alwyn,
There’s one at the Manchester IWM
I’d gladly come with you to measure the required details.
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Alwyn darling, you may be doing your first commission for me :D

Oh, and I have a built 1/35th Tamiya one in my shed ;)
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And l have a 1/72 one in my loft. By all accounts, they were very good at climbing hills. Being heavy little buggers, l hope they had good brakes to come down again!

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General Jumbo01 wrote:And l have a 1/72 one in my loft. By all accounts, they were very good at climbing hills. Being heavy little buggers, l hope they had good brakes to come down again!

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If they were anything like the brakes on English cars (even right up to the 80s) they would have been in real low gear with the escape hatch open !!!!
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Wow Wayne, when did you sneak down my shed :think:

I told my missus not to let her strange men into my man cave >:<
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Grandson for scale lol

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Following along with this one Alwyn, it would be nice to have a stablemate for my Cromwell :thumbup:

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The Queen of the Desert, eh? Lots of interesting and complex shapes in the glacis and mantlet, they'd definitely be too complex for styrene sheets. Time for the OpenSCAD maestro to do his thing. I'll be watching this with interest, Alwyn!
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