Pic of my new British Kitty Cat Killer

Looks great... one question. Is that an actual machine? or a kitbash done for $h!ts and giggles? I never seen anything like.

Likening it. Are those the original kits tracks or AM's.

wow, is it prototypical? or did you make it up? really good job! question about this type of british tank: why were there numbers on the turret?i have notices on others like this (cromwell right?)

Looks pretty cool. I am guessing the numbers are for the degrees of turn that the turret has made, how that would be helpful on the out side I have no clue , but its my guess.

THis was the Centaur, made by Tamiya. This was a remotored cromwell, that had a real problem with bad engines. These were used by the Royal marines and only used once, on D-day on Gold, Juno, and sword. THe markings on the turret were to be read via binoloculars from support ships to dirrect navel gunfire.
It was a great little kit, as we expect from tamiya. The tracks are stock tamiya, glued down to simulate sag. Have to finish the tools,and rear screen. Otherwise it is done. Neat little tank. Bill

I've seen pictures of British warships with the same numbering on their turrets.

Very nice Bill ..... good to see something a little different.

Lovely tank, thanks for the pics.

Shes a beaut mate. It is a refreshing change.

Looks cool. Good to see a British Armor for a change. How about a British Armor GB, anyone?

Nice job, crossracer

Looks great, I like the weathering.

Nice build and interesting as well! well done

Is this the one that they called the Flying Dustbin or something similar?? I was looking for pics of that one but couldn't find any....mainly as I didn't know what to look under LOL

Cool. Is ther a positioning pin or a large rod painted red on the back of the tank so they could red the direction of the turret?

Nice work!

Don't reckon a 96mm howitzer would bother any kitties too much, though...unless you lobbed it on top of 'em!

QUOTE: Originally posted by J-Hulk Nice work! Don't reckon a 96mm howitzer would bother any kitties too much, though...unless you lobbed it on top of 'em!

Yeah, when I clicked on this, I assumed it would be a Firefly! Well, if this thing was somehow directing naval bombardment, then that's one way it could have killed the kitties -- introduce Mr. Vaunted Tank to Mr. Five Inch Gun!

Interesting subject, and a nice build. Thanks for posting.

Thanks for all the nice replies. Yea, not much of a threat to a Tiger or Panther. THere were no red lines on the back, just the numbers continuing arount till they hit 360. If you want a simple, different build, i highly recomend this tank or the cromwell. It is just Flat Earth tamiya paint over a flat black base. THe decals went on well and a little solvaset snuggled them right down. This was not the flying dust bin, the would be the Petard mortar found inthe front of the Churchell tanks. Apparently there were not enough of the Rolls Royce Metor engines to go around,so they reengined this series with the liberty engine. Thecromwell was the A27, this is the A27L, L is for liberty. WEll the darn engines had a habit of shaking apart at high speed(British Automotive expertese strikes again ) Apparenty they were very successful on D-Day, providing great firesupport. I went light on the weathering because they did not see much action.
Aside from that, great little kit. Pick one up, its an easy weeks worth of enjoyment.
Bill

the build looks great. thanks for the peek.

joe

Nice build and an interesting subject. Thanks for sharing.

Groovy bould man. i love the oddball stuff.
Ryan

Nice build, I love the subject!

Looks cool. Thanks, Bill. Nice to see one so different. I was convinced it was a kit bash until I read your later posts!!

QUOTE: Originally posted by crossracer . WEll the darn engines had a habit of shaking apart at high speed(British Automotive expertese strikes again )

thanks for that i work in that area

QUOTE: Originally posted by crossracer . Apparenty they were very successful on D-Day, providing great firesupport. I went light on the weathering because they did not see much action. Aside from that, great little kit. Pick one up, its an easy weeks worth of enjoyment. Bill

the Sherman and Centuars had the markings on the turret were designed to assist gun laying when the tanks fired from their landing craft in the final stages of the run into the Normandy beaches,
The Royal Marine Armoured Support Group remained in action for fifteen days and penetrated up to ten miles inland and took part in alot of fighting around Caen

the Centaur was the A27L (L for the Liberty engine it used, the engine was dated from 1917) The Cromwell was the A27M (M for the Rolls Royce Meteor engine it used, the Meteor engine was adaped from the Rolls Royce Merlin engine)
the Centaurs were
the Mk1 with 6pdr gun
Mk 3 with 75mm gun some were converted to the
Mk 4 with 95mm howitzer (as the great model of Bills)
others to the OP with a dummy gun and extra radios
AA Mk1 with a 40mm Bofors gun on the turret ring
AA Mk2 with a Crusader AA turret and Polsten cannons
ARV Turret removed and winch fitted in turret space
Centaur Kangaroo Turret removed and used as a APC
Centaur Dozer Turret removed and a spade fitted to the front (photo of one in the Bovington post)
the rest were converted into Cromwells

youve done a great job on the Centaur Bill, it looks great