found thise ashtray on a flee market;any idea of wich nationality thise tank maybe ...would it so ever represent an existing tank??
The canon got broke at some point , but it have been restored...(lol!!)
found thise ashtray on a flee market;any idea of wich nationality thise tank maybe ...would it so ever represent an existing tank??
The canon got broke at some point , but it have been restored...(lol!!)
Judging by the length and size of the barrel I'd say that this isnt a real tank, I dont know if its just me, but do the front and the tracks of that tank remind anyone of a Snow-Trac?
Interesting little thing though
Thanks
Danny
It is probably a whimsical representation of a tank and not an accurate model. I would guess it is patterned off a 1920's to 1930's French Renault tank.
It is a nice little piece to have though. Are there any markins on the bottom or anywhere else, or does the tank lift off of the base?
No marks , tank doesn't lifts off.
Just noticed the detail pictures aren't that good.
The original casted barrel must have broken at one time and they drilled a hole in the turret and put thise enormous cupper tube in to give it his aspect back.
cheers
K
The suspension on it is very similar to a German PzKpfw 1
JEDEM DAS SEINE
zwergeis correct it is the chasis of a pzKpfw I with an enormous barrel. Possibly a joke item?
Yes, the barrel should be a lot shorter by 1/2 or even 2/3rds would look better on that little turret !
Still a neat item ................................... !
Are you a smoker Kris ? ?
Regards,
Steve.
I've been beaten to it, but yes the suspension design does look a lot like a Panzer I, it's probably just a sort of general representation of a tank, but the similarity to the PzKpw 1 might indicate a rough time of when the piece was made, since the PzKpw 1 was a current design in the 1930s-early 40s, so would probably be in the mind of someone designing a general sort of representation of a tank.
Not sure what the little tray would be specifically for, maybe a sort of stationery holder/desk ornament for someone who either served in a tank unit, or worked for a company dealing with tank part production? As for nation of origin, hard to say with no marks, but the Panzer 1 resemblance might say German, or another country who had a lot of Panzer 1s kicking about the place?
As for the gun barrel, going with the desk-tidy theory, maybe it was originally designed to hold a pen, with the bloody big gun barrel inserted by someone later for comic effect?
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