Stew based his build of the 1:35 Takom Mk.1 tank on three short films found on YouTube and two photos of the vehicle prior to its use in the Battle of the Somme.
He began by building a grenade screen with balsa and Eduard "mini" chicken wire and replacing the driver's cabin with a Panzer Arts resin set.
The tail assembly was further augmented with a balsa stowage box. A scraper to keep barbed wire off the wheels and a horseshoe was added.
A deflection shield was added under the driver's vision ports.
Since he couldn't duplicate the original camo pattern, Stew changed the tank's name from "OH I SAY" to "AUTOGOFASTA" as mentioned in David Fletcher's Osprey book British Mark I Tank 1916
Steering cables and hydraulic lines were added to augment the tail assembly
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