This is my first foray into the armor forum; I normally hang out it the ship department. But one of my interests is World War I, and I ran across a kit announcement today that has me pretty curious.
Tamiya USA is announcing a "British WWI Mk.IV male tank with single motor" in 1/35 scale. I know what a Mk.IV male tank is all right, but I'm wondering what the term "single motor" means. Does it refer to the prototype, or is it going to contain one of those silly little electric motors? I thought Tamiya had pretty much given up on those gadgets; is it conceivable that this is a reissue of a kit from long ago?
Here's the link: http://www.tamiyausa.com/coming-soon/plastic-model-series-20/1-35-scale-military-miniature-12000/wwi-british-tank-mk-iv-male-30057 .
I googled "British Mk.IV male tank, and wasn't able to find any reference to any of the things having more than one motor (which produced a maximum speed of 4 mph).
Tamiya USA also is announcing a set of 1/35 British WWI infantry. (The Japanese Tamiya site doesn't mention either kit.)
Anybody know anything about this? I'm not particularly interested in running a little tank across the floor, but WWI models of any sort (other than aircraft) are scarce. The centennial observance seems to be generating some interest among the model companies.
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