AFV: Mk. IV

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#AFV: Mk. IV ##A-Folded-Vehicle (AFV) Series No. 3 This installment in the A-Folded-Vehicle series of model vehicle kits can be printed on a 6- x 6-inch 3D printer bed, enabling you to obtain all the parts for this model in a single printing session. This model does not follow that requirement. ###The Model This is a 1:56 scale model of the British World War I Mk. IV tank. Consisting of eight different 3D-printable STL files labeled A-H, this kit cannot be defined as a member of my AFV series. It started out as a single print model, but early test builders craved a larger more substantial model. The scale was increased to 1:56 and the number of STL print files increased accordingly. There are twenty-eight parts in this model. Please study the illustrations and photographs provided for assistance with assembly. ###Assembly Instructions Step 1: Attach the narrow lower hull pieces, side-by-side, to the rear hull deck. These pieces should extend to the small round rear gears used for alignment. Step 2: Fasten the engine compartment bulkhead to the rear of the upper and lower hulls. This piece should rest on the rear hull deck extension from Step 1. Step 3: Finish the Mark Four front with the final upper hull piece attached to the front of the upper and lower hulls. Step 4: Cement the commander/driver's cupola over the rectangular opening on the front of the upper hull. There are two small hatches that can be fixed either open or closed on this cupola. Step 5: Build the left and right side sponsons. These sponsons consist of three armor plate sections for the outside and one roof plate. For proper orientation, the smaller end of each sponson faces forward. Step 6: Attach the engine to the engine compartment bulkhead. Step 7: Cement the unditching beam used on these early tanks for gaining traction in mud to the upper hull. ###5 Fun Facts About the Mark Four Fact 1. The armored tank concept was initially supported by Winston Churchill, the First Lord of the Admiralty. Fact 2. The initial armored tank was considered a "land battleship" and the prototypes were commissioned by the Landships Committee under the auspices of the Royal Naval Air Service. Fact 3. The first viable armored tank test prototype model was called "Mother." Fact 4. British Mark tank variants armed with machine guns were known as "female" tanks. Fact 5. British Mark tank variants armed with six-pounder forty-caliber naval cannons were called "male" tanks. --AFV #3, Tanks Marks I to IV, Ellis, Chris & Chamberlain, Peter; Profile Publications Limited, England. ###And Finally If you'd like to support my 3D modeling endeavors, please consider purchasing a copy of my new book about modeling. Buying this book enables me to continue publishing these FREE 3D models like the AFV series. *Something's Funny in the Air* - https://www.amazon.com/Somethings-Funny-Air-Dave-Prochnow/dp/1717823157/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1533745899&sr=1-1&keywords=something%27s+funny+in+the+air You can also purchase the eBook version of *Something's Funny in the Air* for $12.95. https://www.amazon.com/Somethings-Funny-Air-Dave-Prochnow-ebook/dp/B07FT7PG2T/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1539700609&sr=1-1&keywords=something%27s+funny+in+the+air Thank you!