Hi Joe, great progress photos and build. I go this model and the rest of the WW1 paper model tanks at 1/72 scale. I have been collecting 1/72 scale The Combat Tanks Collection by DeAgostini (published with a magazine every forthnight) which has the world tanks from WW2 to todays modern tanks. These are not paper but diecast metal and plastic and nicely detailed and painted. I'll get around to build the paper model WW1 tanks to compliment this collection. Will keep an eye on your progress. Cheers Louis
On 9 February 2010 23:54, <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, it looks like Google is accepting my address again. Haven't been > able to post or read for a couple of months. > Mike tried hard to solve the problem but even with new addresses, google > was rejecting me. > > Nice to be able to participate again! > > Over the winter, I've been building the A7v German WWI tank published by > PaperPanzer. > It's a well done model, published at 1/72 scale. I've scaled it up ti 1/16 > (because that's what I like for armor) and have been enjoying the build. > The file is in vector format so it took the enlargement perfectly with no > loss of resolution. > > Thanks for reading > JoeG > > *Little history of the A7v from Wikipedia:* > The *A7V* was a tank <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank> introduced by > Germany in 1918, near the end of World War > I<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I>. > Only 21 were built. It was nicknamed "*The Moving Fortress*" by the > British because of the shape of the hull. They saw action from March to > October of that year, and were the only tanks produced by Germany in World > War I to see operational use. > The A7V was 7.34 metres (24.1 ft) long, 3 metres (9.8 ft) wide, and the > maximum height was 3.3 metres (11 ft). The tank had 20 mm of steel plate at > the sides and 30 mm at the front; however the steel was not hardenedarmour > plate <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_armour>, which reduced its > effectiveness. It was thick enough to stop machine gun and rifle fire, but > not larger calibres. This offered protection comparable to the thinner > armour of other tanks of the period, which used hardened steel. > The crew normally consisted of up to sixteen soldiers and two officers. > The A7V was armed with six 7.9 mm MG08/15 machine > guns<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maschinengewehr_08> and > a 5.7 cm Cockerill-Nordenfelt fortification gun mounted at the front. > Between forty and sixty cartridge-belts, each of 250 rounds, were carried as > well as 180 shells for the main gun. > Compared to other World War I tanks the road-speed was comparatively fast, > but the tank had very poor off-road capability and was prone to getting > stuck. The large overhang at the front and low ground clearance meant > trenches or very muddy areas were impassable. This was worsened by the fact > that the driver could not see the terrain directly in front of the tank, due > to a blind spot of about 10 metres. However, on open terrain it could be > used to some success and offered more firepower than the armoured > cars<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armored_car_(military)> that > were available. > The A7V was not considered a success and other designs were planned by > Germany, however the end of the war meant none of the other tanks in > development, or planned ones, would be finished. The final use in WWI of > A7Vs was in October 1918; a number were scrapped before the war ended in > November. > The extremely limited production of twenty made a very limited > contribution, and most of the tanks (less than a hundred in total) that were > fielded in action by Germany in World War I were captured French or British > tanks. In contrast, the French had produced over 3,600 of their light > FT-17 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FT-17>, the most produced tank of > World War I, and the British over 2,500 of their heavy Mark I to V tanks. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Papermodels II" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<papermodels%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/papermodels?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Papermodels II" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/papermodels?hl=en.
