Fans of the Indiana Jones movie will remember the very big WWI-type tank in Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade.

The movie tank is a mock-up based on a civilian plant but it was a copy of a real tank: or perhaps inspired by might be a better description.




This is the tank: the British Heavy Tank Mk VIII also known as the International or the Liberty Tank as it was intended to manufacture them in the USA as well as the UK.




The movie designers added a turret to the top, presumably on the grounds that modern audiences know a 'tank' has a turret.

For those who want to model this bad boy - well now you can.






I give you 'The MkIX Beast' from Copplestone Castings.

It ain't cheap: a model this big will set you back  £40 when you add postage and another £6 if you wish to buy the baggage set to kit it out like the movie.