[MOC] Lego Technic RC Vickers M1937 Light Tank

[Tarix819]

Hello,

Here is my latest model, which unfortunately I didn't manage to finish filming before the New Year:

 

The model is of the Vickers M1937 Light Tank, a vehicle designed and produced by British arms manufacturer Vickers-Armstrongs in 1937. This was to be the fourth member of Vickers' line of commercial light tanks, coming after the successes which were the M1933, M1934 and M1936 (the latter which I have already built). The turret was to be enlarged, and a Vickers 40mm Anti-Tank gun fitted, providing the anti-armour firepower that the M1936 lacked. It had a crew of two men (Commander and Driver), and 9mm of armour protection. The vehicle only entered service for a short time in Latvia, before it was quickly outclassed by more modern designs. The only surviving vehicle remains at Kubinka Tank Museum in Russia.

 

I decided to build this Tank because it shared most of the components with the Vickers M1936, and I didn't have much time over Christmas to build, so I thought this would be perfect. I intend to also make building instructions for it, although this takes time, I decided to get the video out and then finish the building instructions afterwards.

Features:

-1:8 Scale, the vehicle weighs 5.6kg.

-High mobility - the vehicle is powered by four PF-XL motors for the tracks.

-The hull is powered by two SBricks and two battery boxes fitted with 14500 Li-Ion Batteries - this is unchanged from my previous two models (Vickers M1936 and Vickers Mk. E (B)) and provides a total of 22.2v for the hull.

-The turret is powered by one SBrick and one 7.4v Li-Po battery box.

-There are nine motors in total; three for the turret and six for the hull.

-The firing mechanism is powerful and features a recoil effect that functions even more smoothly than on my Vickers Mk. E (B) and A34 Comet. The spent shell casings are ejected into a collection tray inside the turret, and the magazine can hold up to four shots. This firing mechanism is a smaller, more reliable version of the one I fitted in the Vickers Mk. E (B).

-The engine is a Meadows ESTE Six-Cylinder, which I have accurately represented in the hull from the few pictures of this particular engine online.

-The headlights and rearlights are functional.

-The turret can be traversed 360 degrees and the main gun elevated and depressed a few degrees each way. The turret bustle at the rear is slightly raised as it was in real life, so that it does not hit the driver's compartment at the front of the Tank.

-Track tension can be adjusted using the track tensioners, which there is one for each track. This makes it easier to remove the tracks if need be.

-The suspension is a type of Horstmann suspension, with there being four bogies each with two roadwheels, fitted with coil-spring shock absorbers. The shocks are the extra-hard type, to support the heavy weight of the vehicle, though I have replaced the yellow part with the equivalent black part of each shock absober for aesthetic purposes.

-The two battery boxes can be removed through a hatch in the rear of the vehicle, and can be switched on/off through two hatches to the right of the turret. I didn't demonstrate this in the video, however I did demonstrate largely the same process in my Vickers M1936 video.

-The vehicle also has other details, such as a fire extinguisher, exhaust, vision slits, vents and hatches.

 

Pictures:

 

Edited March 8, 2021 by Tarix819
Clearing up: it fitted a Vickers 40mm Anti-Tank gun, slightly different than the 2-pdr Anti-Tank gun.

[Ivorrr]

Simply amazing! Love tanks and LEGO - this the perfect connection!