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In early 1942 the British were made aware (by the Master spy Leopold Tepper) that the Russians were developing a flying tank. The A-40 Krylya. This information was was passed on to the MOD who hastily commissioned the design our own flying tank. It was decided this tank should be able to take off and land under its own power and not,as a glider towed by another plane, just increasing the target size and not as useful. The top designer, a young handsome genius by the name of K.P. Nuts was called in to do the job, his first request was to find the lightest, strongest materials available, it was discovered the MOD owned a patent on a product called Carbon fiber, invented by W. Watt, L.N. Phillips and W. J. Johnson. The Grant M3 was the tank chosen to be used on the project. The turret and mantle would be made of carbon fiber and the middle set of wheels would be removed and carbon fiber skids added to replace them, reducing the weight from 30 US short tons to 19 US short tons. I realise I've been a bit inventive with history carbon fiber was not invented till 1963 (at least as we know it today, they did have it in 1939 but was not useable for this type of thing) I will be building the tank as normal to start with, to get the experience with washes and stuff, my first attempt was not very good.     as you can see very crude and no washes, but I hope to improve. Ken's the name modeling's the game.
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Looking great KP! Look forward to seeing more  Spencer
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Nice work KP, I have the Academy M3 with interior, is this the same kit? Steve
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It is the exact same kit, apparently the suspension is all wrong but I'm no tank expert and anyway it won't look like a grant m3 by the time I've finished with it. Ken's the name modeling's the game.
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Hi all just got our Internet and phone back. Anyway back to the model, not for novice tank builders(the parts fit perfectly, it's the instructions)the instructions are very vague and confusing. I built their tiger type I tank as my first and the instructions were great but these are not 3 times I have had to unglue things as they have been in the wrong place and there is a round adjuster handle and gearing which goes in the lower gun turret that I am going to just have to guess where it goes as where the arrow points there is no obvious place to attatch it,shame as all the parts (when in the right place( or not the right place even) fit perfectly, in fact it is the best fitting kit I have built in a long time. Ken's the name modeling's the game.
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Looking good, some really nice weathering effects there..... Regards Alan
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Well done so far kp, I may get round to starting mine one day, possibly by the 100th anniversary of el alamein    Steve
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And here is tonights tank progress.    Ken's the name modeling's the game.
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Looking great KP! Very nice weathering you've done there  Spencer
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That is looking pretty dam cool KP can't wait to see the outcome with this.. Some fine work and imagination you have there Spencer
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Thanks spencer, won't be anything done this weekend its my father in laws 80th birthday this weekend so leaving early tomorrow morning driving up to Scotland then back home late sunday, not looking forward to the 7hour drive (and that's with no holdups. Ken's the name modeling's the game.
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An interesting twist KP, well done
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Certainly different and interesting Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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Not seen a tank like that before, nice one Al
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Very unusual KP, a nice idea Steve
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