Historian Builds Replica American Tank from WW1 for UK Museum

By Matthew Moss
via THEFIREARMBLOG.com web site

British historian Stephen Wisdom has built a full-scale replica of a World War One tank from fibreglass and wood.

The recreation of a French Renault FT light tank has been built for the American Museum in Bath, UK. Wisdom built the fibreglass tank around a wooden frame and fabricated plastic moulded parts to create a faithful model which is lightweight and easy to transport.

Stephen Wisdom's replica WWI FT tankHe moulded over 1,000 plastic rivets fixing them to the replica with glue before hand painting the tank to match the correct camouflage colours and even the colour of the French mud of the Western Front.

The replica tank will be part of the museum’s upcoming exhibit: Side by Side: America and World War I, which is going to run from the end of March to the 28th October 2018.

The exhibit marks the 100th anniversary of America’s first major military engagement during World War One.

Wisdom, also a trained artist, explained the idea behind the ambitious project:

"Everything we do is targeted towards big historical stories. They’re done just to tell these great stories. If we have these great props that kids can climb all over and see the size of, that’s brilliant. That’s why we built the tank, for that wow factor."

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