Canada raised several tank battalions in 1918, no doubt for employment in the projected offensive of 1919, but none of them saw actual service in the fighting on the Western Front. My model is based on an illustration of CANTANKEROUS that appeared on the 1st Canadian Tank Battalion's 1918 Christmas card. I incorporated this illustration in the title image below.
Illustrations being what they are, the louvres and Hotchkiss MGs identify this tank as a Mark V but the raised hatch on the rear of the roof looks suspiciously like that which appears on a Mark IV. For my purposes however, we'll call it a Mark V. The model is Takom's 1/35 scale Mark V built out of the box with the addition of a figure from the Stalingrad line. The base colours and highlights were done using Vallejo acrylics, followed by oil based washes and filters. The last step in the process was to dry brush with enamels. For the purists out there, although the tank appears to have a greenish tinge to it, the colours used are entirely within the brown range. The dried mud effect was made with Liquitex acrylic mediums. The tank's name and number were made from Archer dry transfer lettering burnished onto clear decal paper, and applied in the usual fashion. The figure was painted with Vallejo acrylics also. The base was made from a piece of latex cobblestone (no longer available) painted in various shades of gray, mounted in a simple photo frame.
Thanks for looking!
Cheers,
Chris
