AFV: Whippet Good

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#AFV: Whippet Good ##A-Folded-Vehicle (AFV) Series No. 4 ##When a problem comes along, you must Whippet This is another installment in the series of models known as *A-Folded-Vehicle* or AFV. As you’ll recall, this series of model vehicle “kits” can be printed on a 6- x 6-inch 3D printer bed. This enables you to obtain all of the parts for this model in a single printing session. ###The Model This is a 1:144+ scale model of the British World War I Medium Mark A Whippet tank. I call it a “plus size” model due to it being slightly larger than a true 1:144 scale. This enlargement was made to aid with assembly—big fingers and tiny parts don’t work well together...especially when working with glue. There are 21 parts in this Whippet kit. The complete model can be easily assembled in less than one hour. Testors Liquid Cement for Plastic Models (#3507) is recommended for assembling your model. Enjoy. ###Step-By-Step Please note that each assembly step is supported by a similarly named JPG photo. Step 1. Cement the bottom hull plate and the two engine cover plates to the right side hull. Watch the orientation of these pieces; the thickened edge of the engine cover plates and the bottom hull plate’s edge with the two suspension bumps (boxes) all face the rear of the tank. Also, the two engine cover plates should be slightly tilted towards the centerline of the tank--forming a small tent-like shape. Step 2. Glue the left side hull to the subassembly you built in Step 1. Step 3. Attach the fuel tank to the front of the two engine cover plates. Then flip the tank over and glue the forward bottom hull plate over the gap between the fuel tank and the bottom hull plate. Ensure that the open slot on the forward bottom hull plate faces towards the rear of the tank. Step 4. Glue the rear plate to the back of the bottom hull plate. Then attach the smaller bumper step plate to the rear plate. Step 5. Cement the four support plates to the inside of the bottom hull plate. Three of these pieces are attached to the rear stowage boxes. Just snip them loose and glue them in place. Step 6. Attach the slanted front armor plate to the sloped edges of the side hulls. Step 7. Attach the crew compartment to the support plates that you installed in Step 5. Step 8. Squeeze the rear deck underneath the rear of the crew compartment while the cement is still pliable. If it doesn’t fit, just cement it to the top of the rear bumper step. And make sure that the two pointy pieces face to the rear of the tank. Step 9. Remove the stowage boxes from the support plate runners and mount the square box on the rear ledge of the right side hull. Attach the open-sided stowage box to the rear ledge on the left side hull. Try to gently push this final stowage box as far forward as possible. Step 10. Glue the outside track covers over the right and left side hulls. And finally, the hatch for the crew compartment can be positioned either opened or closed. ##Some Oddities About the Whippet * It was powered by two Taylor 4-cylinder engines; the same engine used in London’s famed “double-decker” buses. * Each engine was independently geared from the other. * Both engines were mounted in the front with the four-man crew standing/sitting in a compartment at the rear. * The fuel tank holding 70 gallons of gasoline was mounted in the front protected with 14 mm-thick armor. * Weighing 14 tons, the Whippet could drive on flat ground at a top speed of 8.3 mph. --_AFV #7_, Medium Tanks Marks A-D, Ellis, Chris & Chamberlain, Peter; Profile Publications Limited, England. -- *Whip It* by Devo; 1980, *Freedom of Choice*; Warner Bros. ##At the Eleventh Hour, on the Eleventh Day, in the Eleventh Month an Armistice was signed ending World War I ###And Finally, If you’d like to support my 3D modeling endeavors, then please consider purchasing a copy of my new book about modeling. Buying this book enables me to continue publishing these FREE 3D models. The book can be ordered from Amazon in a softbound format ($24.95). *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 Or, there is also a brand new eBook version that works on Amazon Fire Tablets, as well as with the Kindle App for smart devices ($12.95). *Something’s Funny in the Air* - 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