Gun Carrier Mk 1

[stillp]

Does anyone know about these?

Apparently mechanically based on the Mk 1 tank. According to the Tank Museum " This was to carry an artillery piece and ammunition forward, allowing artillery to more easily keep up with advancing forces. In the event they were mainly used to carry supplies."
I don't recall seeing these before.
Pete

[Tim Marlow]

I’ve come across them before, they were the first SP gun I think. Fifty were supplied. I think Emhar make a kit of one, but I might be wrong.

[Tim Marlow]

Just checked, they only make the Tadpole mortar carrier.....

[Dave Ward]

Here you go..................................https://www.scalemates.com/kits/panz...-marki--107246
Don't think it'd be cheap!
Dave

[Guest]

They’re one of the rarer tank(-like vehicle)s of the First World War, yes. They do appear in the better books (and, I suppose, web sites) on the subject, but I doubt they’re well-known. I suppose it would be a relatively easy scratchbuild, provided you don’t mind making about a million rivets

[stillp]

Here you go..................................https://www.scalemates.com/kits/panz...-marki--107246
Don't think it'd be cheap!
Dave

I found an American review that said it was $260 in 2011!

They’re one of the rarer tank(-like vehicle)s of the First World War, yes. They do appear in the better books (and, I suppose, web sites) on the subject, but I doubt they’re well-known. I suppose it would be a relatively easy scratchbuild, provided you don’t mind making about a million rivets :smiling3:

Relatively easy? It's alright for you to say that!

I wasn't planning on building one, but it was something I hadn't seen before and wondered if anyone else knew of it.

Pete

[Guest]

I found an American review that said it was $260 in 2011!

Ouch …

Relatively easy? It's alright for you to say that!

Let me rephrase that: it would seem to be a relatively easy scratchbuild until you actually get part of the way in

I wasn't planning on building one, but it was something I hadn't seen before and wondered if anyone else knew of it.

I think it got snowed under a bit by the attention given to the more glamorous actual tanks, as well as the small number produced relative to those.

[bazers]

Hi guys if you want a 1 72scale there was one in resin nice kit, i have built one in a dio unloading gun if this is your scale I will try to find manufacturer.