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A Small Update is below, Updated 9/6/05, Page
2 will be getting an update soon. More Updates will be coming to page 1 as well.
Scroll down to see a picture of my son and I doing our WWII British LRDG Impression at this years Old Fort
MacArthur Days.
JD...........
Scroll down to see the Tim Kano's Mk.VIC, Not Yet Completed. UPDATE, See Page 2 For Finished Version of Both Tanks!
Want to see more? Click here: Please Visit Tim Kano's Action Figures At War site to find out more about these fine scratch
built creations.
Vickers MK. VIB Tank Built By Tim Kano at Kano Tank Works, Painted and Detailed By JD "Spooky" Finney, Project
In Progress..............
We are not a business, we're just two guys who play with really cool toys, nothing here is for sale.
Thank You,
The Management
I thought I'd put together this website to showcase a few pictures of the 1/6 scale British Vickers tank
built by Tim Kano and painted by myself. Tim is a master scratch builder and by checking out the attached pictures I
think everyone will agree with me on this one. below are pictures of a Vickers MKVIB tank and the beginning of it's
crew of 3 {Tank and crew are both in progress}, in the pictures I've started the painting process, by no means is this vehicle
done, I've a long ways to go. But it has reached the point where it looks reasonably put together, you'll get the basic idea
anyway. The camo is that of the Australian 7th Armoured Div., 1940/41. I'm working from a number of black and white
photos and color plates of a few tanks that served at the first battle of Tobruk, 1941 {The crew uniform is also modeled after
an actual crew, I used Dragon "Mark" Uniforms, they are only in the prototype stage, the picture I'm working from is
in the book Desert Rats At War by George Forty, page 56}. The tanks were painted in a two tone blue/gray and desert tan,
this camo would break up the out line of the tank while traveling in the open desert. It's a splinter type camo, basically
the same type splinter camo the Royal Navy used on their warships. The tank in these pictures is a Vickers MK VIB armed with
1x.303 MG and 1x.5 MG, Tim has built another version of the Vickers, a MK VIC armed with a Besa 15mm and a 7.92mm, which will
be painted all desert tan {also in progress, scroll down towards the bottom of the page}, these are light tanks to say
the least. This is basically the same suspension the British Bren Gun Carrier used. The Vickers tank has long been one
of my all time favorite vehicles, I know it isn't much of a tank when it comes to the great tanks of WWII, but I've always
thought the Vickers Tank had such classic lines, a great looking vehicle. Having this tank in 1/6 is truly a dream
come true, I'd like to send out a huge "THANK YOU" to Tim Kano for building this incredible scratch built vehicle, Tim, you
are the King my friend!
Enjoy
JD..................
Here's my LRDG Impression, Major, Royal Corps of Signals,
the same as Major Ralph A. Bagnold, founder of the LRDG. My son is doing a generic British trooper desert
impression. This was during a slow period of the day, so he's not in his full gear. For you uniform types,
about the black armbands. This was just after the tragic London Bombings this past summer, so they were worn to show
our solidarity.
Here's my son Garreth and I at this years 2005 Old Fort MacArthur Days, San Pedro California. I've dropped a few pounds
sense this pictures was taken, I've lost 20 lb., I have another 25 lb. to go. The whole family went, good times
for all.
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