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Tank

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One hundred years ago this year the first Mark I tanks made their debut at the Battle of the Somme ushering in a new era of mechanised warfare. The name "tank" was devised as a security measure during development work a year earlier, with the aim of making the Germans believe that the British were building water tanks.

My tank here was loosely based on the design of modern battle tanks such as the American M1 Abrams. But I have to admit that replicating the sleek lines of a modern tank is difficult in Plastic Meccano. Thus the turret in particular appears to be from tanks designs of a much earlier era.

Built : March 2016
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