Landships II

Members Login
Username 
 
Password 
    Remember Me  
Landships II -> Landships WW1 Forum -> Modelling -> Emhar Mk4 female
Post Info TOPIC: Emhar Mk4 female
philthydirtyanimal


Commander in Chief

Status: Offline
Posts: 671
Date:
Emhar Mk4 female
Permalink   

i was wondering about a few details of the emhar mk4 female kit. in peter's review of this kit

http://www.landships.freeservers.com/emhar_mk4_kitreview.htm

he says that the hotchkiss machine guns were used as a replacement for the lewis machine guns. he also says the rails for the unditching equipment did appear in the form portrayed in the kit, but only on late mk4 tanks.

my query is; i can't find any photgraphic or movie evidence for this. i haven't seen any mk4 tanks equipped with hotchkiss guns and/or the inverted unditching rails. all of the mk4 tanks in my photo and film collections are using lewis guns.

are there any photos or films that show the hotchkiss fitted to female mk4 tanks?

__________________
In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is freedom, in water there is bacteria.
Mark Hansen


Legend

Status: Offline
Posts: 1076
Date:
Permalink   

I have only seen Hotchkiss MG's fitted to a male Mk IV. It's not impossible that they were fitted to the females but as you say there are no photos to back it up.

__________________
Firefly


Sergeant

Status: Offline
Posts: 25
Date:
Permalink   

Just put the Mk IV Female together,I found the unditching rails to come rather high over the stowage box.I swapped the rails left to right to get the'L' shape facing inwards.It looks like the photo on p43 Osprey British MkIV .Also I found the tracks came out a link short ,is it me? I also replaced the Hotchkiss guns with some styrene tube.The Lewis guns with the Emhar male look a bit short.

__________________
Firefly


Sergeant

Status: Offline
Posts: 25
Date:
Permalink   

At last,photos of work in progress!
TTFN ,Marcus

-- Edited by Firefly at 20:46, 2007-12-19

Attachments
__________________
Page 1 of 1  sorted by
 
Quick Reply

Please log in to post quick replies.
Landships II -> Landships WW1 Forum -> Modelling -> Emhar Mk4 female
Tweet this page Post to Digg Post to Del.icio.us


Create your own FREE Forum
Report Abuse 		Powered by ActiveBoard