Tuesday, January 26, 2016 - 04:31 AM UTC
Hot on the heels of our news item showing just a CAD image, Hobby Boss have now released full details of their impending 1/35 Vickers Medium Mark I. Their web site has it slated for release this month.
The new Vickers Medium Mark I kit from Hobby Boss will contain over 720 parts over 12 sprues, plus the multi-slide moulded upper hull and turret, and will include photo etched components and individual track links.

From the Hobby Boss web site:

The Vickers Medium Mark I was a British tank of the period between the two World Wars built by Vickers. It replaced some of the Mark V heavy tanks; together with its successor, the slightly improved Vickers Medium Mark II, it served in the Royal Tank Regiments, being the first type of the, in total, 200 tanks to be phased out in 1938.

The Medium Mark I was the first tank to see "mass" production since the last of the ten Char 2C's had been finished in 1921. Indeed, as of the next tank, the Renault NC27, only about thirty were built, the British Mediums represented most of the world tank production during the Twenties. They never fired a shot in anger and their performance in a real battle can only be speculated upon but as the only modern tanks in existence in the decade after the First World War they provided the British with a unique opportunity to test the many new ideas about mechanised warfare using real operational units. The knowledge thus gained would prove invaluable in the Second World War.


The finished build will produce a model of 154.3mm in length. Hobby Boss item number is 83878.
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Never though I'd see this in plastic....a few variations possible...ie radio command.
JAN 26, 2016 - 04:22 PM
Were these tanks ever used in action?
JAN 26, 2016 - 06:19 PM
No thankfully, but I believe a few mark IIs were dug in as static pillboxes in Egypt at the time of the Italian invasion.
JAN 26, 2016 - 08:44 PM
No thankfully, but I believe a few mark IIs were dug in as static pillboxes in Egypt at the time of the Italian invasion.[/quote] I thought a few of the later marks were actually part of the 1st Armoured Div (?) in Egypt at the beginning of the war? Very quickly out of service and dug in, but I think they actually made one swan across the desert but didn't actually see any combat. I think... Paul
JAN 26, 2016 - 10:22 PM
Steve check out Vallejo they have done deep bronze green for some time now. Oh I'll be getting one of these for sure.
JAN 27, 2016 - 01:11 AM
thank you hobby boss for a unusual vickers project, looks good.
JAN 27, 2016 - 01:28 AM
No thankfully, but I believe a few mark IIs were dug in as static pillboxes in Egypt at the time of the Italian invasion.[/quote] I thought a few of the later marks were actually part of the 1st Armoured Div (?) in Egypt at the beginning of the war? Very quickly out of service and dug in, but I think they actually made one swan across the desert but didn't actually see any combat. I think... Paul[/quote] I think they sent some mark IIs to Egypt in November 1939, but they were only used for training purposes.
JAN 27, 2016 - 02:12 AM
Thank you for the feedback guys - much appreciated!
JAN 27, 2016 - 10:31 AM
Humbrol make Acrylics now, which are almost a 1:1 eqv. to the famed enamel range, inc. AB0075 Bronze Green. But since I have the ultra large, last a moggle lifetime bottle of VJ Bronze Green Primer, I'll use that as a base.
JAN 27, 2016 - 04:33 PM
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