Churchill Mk-I (2017)

Here's my shot at a Churchill Mk.I




This build is inspired by incalcatore's Churchill MOC and how he did mount the idler wheel at the front.



It had to be a Mark I for several reasons:
I liked the second gun in the front hull, so that had to be a "must have" feature
The Mark I did not have it's tracks covered, which made it:
A: easier to build
B: look cooler and more like a WWI tank



I would have prefered to build a later production turret,
but in order to coincide with the rest of the vehicle, I had to build a Mark I turret.



Some remarks:
The tracks run smoothly and freely around the tank.
The machine gun in the turret is a pickaxe.
The hull gun is able to move up/down and left/right.
The turret is able to fully rotate exactly above the 2 hatches in the front.



I know that on the real tank the hatch to the right of the front
hull gun is attached at the side and not at the top, but using the
little 1x2 hinge tile as a hatch looked too cool not to build it like this





Some building details:

















As usual: Visit my flickr album for this MOC or the COBI Flickr User Group