Hi guys.
I've recently started a Indy 3 tank build, I've had a hard time convincing myself of the 1/35 scale demensions I've come up with.
Here's the setup/histories . . .
Of the real WWI tanks, the Mark IV-VIII saw service, and were multiple sizes. They vary from 26 feet (Mark IV) all the way up to 36 feet (Mark VIII).
The Indy tank is a rough extrapolation (sp?) of the tank, similar to the Flying Wing design (you know, "Horten-like")
Anyway, the biggest problem, is that armed with multiple references, 1/35 figures and vehicles for reference, and actual personal experience around the filming props (Disney "escorted walking tour"), I'm coming up with a huge frickin' tank model, and am unconvinced of the scale measurements I've got, even though I've done the math over and over, and on different scale converters.
A lesser problem is that the Indy tank also has two different filming pieces; the functional tank, and the fighting/filming rig.
Both are different sizes.
THe tank is around 40-50 feet long, and about 10-12 feet tall, while the fighting rig is 30-40 feet long, and only 5 feet tall (although, it was sitting on a truck frame).
I'd love to have a gigantic tank model to display, but the hard core armour modeler in me says " It's a tank!! You CAN ONLY BUILD IN 1/35th!!"
So, if you were to build this steel beast, what would you shoot for?
Exacting scale measurements, or loose interpretation?
And the ultimate question; if you were to buy/build one for your collection, what would make you giddy more, 1/35th scale or 1/24th?
Thanks!
(pics after a few opinions)
I've recently started a Indy 3 tank build, I've had a hard time convincing myself of the 1/35 scale demensions I've come up with.
Here's the setup/histories . . .
Of the real WWI tanks, the Mark IV-VIII saw service, and were multiple sizes. They vary from 26 feet (Mark IV) all the way up to 36 feet (Mark VIII).
The Indy tank is a rough extrapolation (sp?) of the tank, similar to the Flying Wing design (you know, "Horten-like")
Anyway, the biggest problem, is that armed with multiple references, 1/35 figures and vehicles for reference, and actual personal experience around the filming props (Disney "escorted walking tour"), I'm coming up with a huge frickin' tank model, and am unconvinced of the scale measurements I've got, even though I've done the math over and over, and on different scale converters.
A lesser problem is that the Indy tank also has two different filming pieces; the functional tank, and the fighting/filming rig.
Both are different sizes.
THe tank is around 40-50 feet long, and about 10-12 feet tall, while the fighting rig is 30-40 feet long, and only 5 feet tall (although, it was sitting on a truck frame).
I'd love to have a gigantic tank model to display, but the hard core armour modeler in me says " It's a tank!! You CAN ONLY BUILD IN 1/35th!!"
So, if you were to build this steel beast, what would you shoot for?
Exacting scale measurements, or loose interpretation?
And the ultimate question; if you were to buy/build one for your collection, what would make you giddy more, 1/35th scale or 1/24th?
Thanks!
(pics after a few opinions)
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