With so many variants of the Churchill having been made, if you have any interesting historical photos, post them here.
Kick off with my favourite - the Ark
Re: Churchill and the funnies
Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2021 2:58 pm
by Adrian Harris
Would be fun to build one of those, just to watch people's tanks fall off the side of it
Adrian.
Re: Churchill and the funnies
Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2021 5:55 pm
by Charles A Stewart
Do you think there could be the potential for optional "Kompact kit" development here?
Are those Bailey bridge wooden ribands I see, mmmh.
Charles
Re: Churchill and the funnies
Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2021 6:44 pm
by Jerry Carducci
Oh, a Kompact Toad kit would be just grand... and practical too.
I could use it to suppress any incursions by overly aggressive weeds in my backyard. I'd say the same for a Crocodile Kompact kit but then again I don't
want to be the cause of yet another year in which half of my state burns away...
Jerry
Re: Churchill and the funnies
Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2021 7:17 pm
by Armortek
Its all a cunning plan to sell more Universal Carriers
Churchill towing a striped out Universal Carrier called a Conger - used as a nitro glycerine ladened mine clearing system
Re: Churchill and the funnies
Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2021 7:26 pm
by Alex Easten
This is all too cool, could it be we'll see the return of the "Ultimate Panther" Modular style kit that we haven't seen in so long...so many possibilities!
Cheers,
Alex
Re: Churchill and the funnies
Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2021 8:36 pm
by Phil Woollard
That mine clearing device would work great with those new pyrotechnic devices I have. So much to think about!
..."Ultimate Panther" Modular style kit that we haven't seen in so long...
I think it was "universal", but "ultimate" sure is ok with me!
Re: Churchill and the funnies
Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2021 1:44 am
by Robert Reid
Congrats Armortek team on what will be an amazing kit.
What I predict is some really wild conversions, modifications and variants from this crowd!!
Going to be amazing!
RPR
Re: Churchill and the funnies
Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2021 1:17 pm
by Robert Reid
I know... this didn't have a Merlin in it.
But you know a Kompact Kit Meteor engine would be an amazing 'Tankey Thing" to make. How many people would like to have one of these on display with their RC tank? And it truly is a kit all by itself!!
..."Ultimate Panther" Modular style kit that we haven't seen in so long...
I think it was "universal", but "ultimate" sure is ok with me!
To be Fair we're both right really, the hull was called the "Universal hull" and the release was called the "Ultimate Panther". Yes Ultimate Churchill sure does sound good!
Cheers,
Alex
Re: Churchill and the funnies
Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2021 9:50 pm
by Alex Easten
Some more Churchill goodness. Top marks if you can spot "Cuckoo" the Coldstream Guards Captured Panther...
Re: Churchill and the funnies
Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2021 12:29 am
by Adrian Harris
Amazing how puny that 75mm gun looks.
Adrian.
Re: Churchill and the funnies
Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2021 9:19 am
by Phil Woollard
Great photos Alex and many thanks for posting them. You can clearly see the better pattern track links. Reply to my emails Adrian please I feel so left out
Re: Churchill and the funnies
Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2021 10:55 am
by Alex Easten
Cheers Phil, I've got plenty more on my laptop where the last batch came from lol.
Here's some more! I only found out recently that Churchills were sometimes mounted with hedgerow cutters, I was a bit slow on that one lol.
