I've finally finished my 1/35 Polish TKS tankette (Mirage kit). It took quite a long
time for such a small model, mainly because I was working on a number of other models
at the same time!
The model represents a pre-war vehicle, wartime vehicles had the colourful tactical markings on the
side painted out, as far as I know.
The figure is from a Heller French tank kit (I believe Polish and French soldiers/crew
had fairly similar uniforms and helmets, from pictures I've seen.. can anyone correct me on this)?
The TKS kit itself is like most Mirage/RPM AFVs, cleanly moulded and quite nicely detailed, but it
really needs an interior (I didn't add any as I have no reference pics) and the tiny independent track
links are a real pain to fit on correctly. The model is out of the box other than the top hatch which I
modified to the open position (as shown on the box art).
This picture shows the TKS along with the French Renault UE (also Mirage), a Jeep (Revell), Kubelwagen
(Italeri) and Kettenkraftrad (Tamiya) to give an idea of size :)
