1/35 Emhar Tadpole - an old kit builds into a surprisingly nice replica!

That’s looks real good! Nice work on the base and the weathering is great!

Have to agree,nice work all around.

Hmmm;

 Was it called a tadpole because of it's long tails?

Tanker-Builder

Hmmm;

 Was it called a tadpole because of it's long tails?

 

Any markings are ficticious since the vehicle was never fielded.

I first built one of these Emhar kits way back around 1991 or 92. After suffering with the old Tauro A7V tank kit in the late 80s, the Emhar kit was nice, on par with the Peerless Max kits of the 1970s, but not up to modern standards of the 1990s.

Hi Rob!

 Ths one thing I look for in Armor is what some call Paper Panzers. You know new stuff that maybe went to the front and failed miserably so they didn't build anymore. For instance the " Dicker Max" self propelled gun. Only two were done and one was lost.

Good job on a dodgy old kit!  Did you use the kit tracks?  If so, you are a braver modeler than me!  I had to replace the tracks my Mk.V, as I could not see how the kit parts could work.  Still, the resin tracks I used were almost as bad.  Now we have nice kits AND aftermarket tracks!

The thing is that once you get paint on those old Emhar horses, they don’t look too bad.

Emhar kits were good.  They were released about 30 years ago.  I built several of them.  I haven't built the "Tadpole" though.  I have bought one.   They were great for the time.  Actually, they look pretty good. 

Hi,

Your build looks great.  I really like Emhar kits.  They were among the first kits that I could find for WWI armor so they will always hold a special place for me.

Pat

Now is a great time to be a WW I armor modeler!  Now where is a plastic kit of the K-Wagen?  It’s not really a paper panzer, since two were under construction prior to the end of the war.

A vendor at a show was trying his best to sell me a resin 1/35 kit, but $200 was a little too much for me.

Tanker-Builder

Hi Rob!

 Ths one thing I look for in Armor is what some call Paper Panzers. You know new stuff that maybe went to the front and failed miserably so they didn't build anymore. For instance the " Dicker Max" self propelled gun. Only two were done and one was lost.