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Aussie Grit


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G'day Guys,

I have been searching without success  confuse for some time for a HO scale Mk IV Tank  to represent  GRIT (Female Mk IV Tank Serial number 4643) the tank which came to Australia for raising War Loans. I am a railway modeller of NSW Railways from about 1890 to 1920 and as it was transported by rail when in NSW I want to make a model.  The only indication of a HO model I can find seems to be 1-87 World Tank Depot but these do not seem to be available.  Any suggestions?

Thanks,  Michael.

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Hi Aussie Grit, This thread may be of some help, I suspect the "Wiking A7V" I saw for sale in a local shop may be the WTD model reboxed so it may be worthwhile checking there for other tanks from the range....

http://www.activeboard.com/forum.spark?aBID=63528&p=3&topicID=37397315



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-- Edited by Ironsides on Sunday 16th of January 2011 12:50:40 PM

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The other posibilty is Corgi. Some years ago they brought out in thier "King and Country" range a B type bus and a tank,Fray Bentos. They were to a very odd scale,smaller than 1:76. So if you post the width and length of a tank in HO scale I can give you an idea.
Being a railway modeller myself (narrow gauge) in 00 scale why did you go for HO? Is 00 gauge not that popular in Australia.

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The only shop I know with 1/87 models is http://www.united-fun.com/shop1/index1.html, although I haven't seen any WW-1 models there.

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Thanks for the fast replys guys!

HO scale is by far the most popular railway modelling scale in Australia, especially for Australian prototypes.  If any one has a Corgi King & Country model they could throw a ruler over I would be most grateful.  The measurements I have are Length: 26ft5in (92.46mm in HO), Width Male 13ft6in (47.25mm), Width Female 10ft6in (36.75mm) and height 8ft8in (30.33mm).

Thanks again.



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IIRC, some of the Corgi stuff worked out at about 1/90.

If you can wade through this, there are some pics and clues:

http://www.activeboard.com/forum.spark?aBID=63528&p=3&topicID=13956105

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