Jack Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Took this today - stunning in every detail. Very clever guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankman10 Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 This is one of the best reproduction tanks I have ever seen, and no wonder seeing how much it cost to manufacture (around £250,000)... The tracks for it were in the order of £30,000 to manufacture so I believe, not bad for a total screen prescence of around 4 seconds. I was fortunate to see her whilst she was in storage at the museum and without her sponson's, it is quite surprising how bare she is inside with just a driver's seat and steering controls and a bulkhead between the driver's compartment and engine compartment. She will be on display and hopefully in action during up-and-coming events at the museum (would love to see her in mock "action" against Bob Grundy's German A7V). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlienFTM Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Tank Times fell through my door a couple of days ago. Interesting stuff in there about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grasshopper Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Is the gun on the front a "film prop add on", only I don't recall the originals having one there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted February 9, 2012 Author Share Posted February 9, 2012 Not too sure Vince but that one is just a tin tube - I couldn't resist but to lift it to find out if was real. I think the cost of buying it is worth every penny. To see this running at Tank Fest is going to be real time travel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooky Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Is the gun on the front a "film prop add on", only I don't recall the originals having one there? The original MkIV did have a Lewis gun in the front as well as Lewis guns in the rear of each sponson so a toatla of three deployed but it also carried one as a spare Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Pearson Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 (edited) Is the gun on the front a "film prop add on", only I don't recall the originals having one there? The MkIV had a front mounted Lewis 303 machine gun I think. The tin tube is a cooling shroud, quite distinctive of the Lewis. Sorry, duplicate of above. My mistake! Edited February 9, 2012 by John Pearson Read other posts more closely!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 There were all sorts of various arment fits used. The basic male had two six pounders, the Female four .303 machine guns, then there was the Hemaprodite that had six pounders one side and machine guns the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooky Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 There were all sorts of various arment fits used. The basic male had two six pounders, the Female four .303 machine guns, then there was the Hemaprodite that had six pounders one side and machine guns the other. Agreed, however the female had the forward facing one as well and a spare making 6 in total Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bill Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 What sort of engine and transmission does it have? (The replica?) Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joris Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 Fantastic beast! Amazing what the film guys are able to spend on a 4 second shot... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_shadock Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 well, the vehicles reproductions featured in films and series are getting more and more realistic. The maker of this repro has already done a good job, but the "War Horse" tank is really more realistic : Pierre-Olivier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_shadock Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 What sort of engine and transmission does it have? (The replica?) Steve this article says that the tank was "built around the engine, transmission and track from a modern commercial excavator" http://www.culture24.org.uk/history%20%26%20heritage/war%20%26%20conflict/world%20war%20one/art372386 P-O Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_shadock Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 Fantastic beast! Amazing what the film guys are able to spend on a 4 second shot... I think that the tank was not built only to appear 4 seconds in the film. This is a quote from David Willey, Bovington's museum curator : "The movie connection is going to be a draw, but for the museum the replica offers a perfect solution to the need for a working World War One tank. "We obtained this replica because with the World War One centenaries approaching, we wanted a working example of a tank that was representative of that conflict," added Willey.. "For conservation reasons, we are no longer able to run any of our own vehicles from this period. We have long been investigating the possibility of building our own replica, so when this vehicle became available to us we were eager to acquire it." P-O Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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