Showing posts with label tankette. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tankette. Show all posts

Monday, 4 September 2023

Martel Tankette

 

This is a niche product if ever there was one — the 1925 wooden prototype of the tiny one-man British Martel tankette.

The model is designed at 1:100 scale (15mm).

The STL is available at https://www.wargaming3d.com/product/martel-tankette-prototype-1925/




Wednesday, 15 March 2017

Carden-Loyd Carrier (1:285)


https://www.shapeways.com/product/XL7A9GKNA/carden-loyd-carrier-mkvi-6mm
The Carden-Loyd carriers were the direct ancestors of the later, more famous Universal Carriers of WWII. They were tiny, very lightly armoured, and had a tendency to fall to bits, but they were useful enough to be used in their hundreds by the British army in the late 1920s and '30s. The army liked them because they were cheap, and they could be used to practice their light tank doctrine. They appeared in a variety of roles (mortar carrier, light anti-tank gun tow, for example), but the most common was the Vickers-armed Medium Machine-gun Carrier, as shown here.

This model is only about 10mm long — the honking great big struts are sprues to support the gun barrel and towing hitch during printing.

https://www.shapeways.com/product/MS8BTEMAU/carden-loyd-carrier-mkvi-6mm-12up
It's also available as a twelve-up sprue — much more cost-effective.

Monday, 26 September 2016

Tančík vz. 33 (15mm)

This is my 3d-printed model of the Tančík vz. 33 in 1:100 scale (15mm), printed by Shapeways in WSF nylon. The figure, for scale, is a Battlefront 15mm German Grenadier.

It's available at http://shpws.me/MgdR

I made this model in response to a request rather than for my own interest. There's a 1:72 (20mm) version as well.