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Old Collingwood
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Thanks Ken, I just stuck the part of the phone lens close to the opening and fired away. OC. -
I quite enjoy browsing site for models on the net from Accurate Armour - Ebay. OC.
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Thank you kindly Mark, its a lot of imagination work - trying to work out how it all fits together in the real turret, would have been so much easier if they had made it a Full detail kits like it is with the M1, but guess not as much fun as bashing it this way. OC.
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Evening all - more progress - starting to construct the turrets inside walls as they re quite thick in the Challenger, I had to construct them using some odds and ends - joined together and shaped. Thought I would take a sneaky pic through the barrel mantlet...... OC.
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Thanks Mike, its tricky work as the Two tank interiors are quite different - so it takes a lot of kit bashing/fettling. OC.
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Looking good my friend, how you got those body decals to play ball is amazing. OC.
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Looking excellent. OC.
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Evening all, some good progress over tha last Two days, I started constructing the ammo storage area, this was a bit of scratch building exercise using the M1 kit parts - didn't turn out too bad but more needs doing to it, I also worked on the commanders seat including making a frame and backseat cushion, slowly getting more busy. I also built the top main turret part and cleaned up the edges, and again am using it by dry fitting. OC
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Hi Patrick, yep I have re model-ed that part as it just wasn't right, I was trying to show the cushion part pull up in a stowed position, but I dont thinj it does, there is a cover that covers the seat cushion while the comander is standing on it. Deffinatly an on-going project. OC.
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Evening all, a day of "fettling and fiddlings - measuring and adjusting" as the commanders seat was too low, also from the pics I have I discovered the raised area for the commander had the seat pad left in place with a cover that pulls over it, I had to make up about 4mm in hight so I basically just glued some plastic together and shaped and glued it in place, I then checked the commander figure - better this time. Next I made a step that goes in between the commander and gunnner - just a box affair shaped and glued. I foregot to take any pics so hope my wording explains it ok. OC.
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Same with the Early Lotus Esprit models - the door entrance handles came of a very basic British sallon car - the Austin Montego. OC.
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Sorry guys - im lost with this subject.😳 OC.
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Evening all, a good days work on the turret, I made a base and added the commanders adjustable seat, next was to create similar for the gunners seat/position, last was the loaders seat. To gauge the correct hight I made up one of the tanker figures I have brought, I tested it by dry fitting the turret roof and placing the figure through the commanders hatch. OC.
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Thank you kindly Brother. OC.
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Currently in the middle of researching what the turret floor was like in the Chally2 - what the seat hights where and what was around the floor under the turret traversing ring, and if the charge was kept seperate from the projectiles (that were kept in the turret rear) OC.
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"Hey..............Im only Ten"😁 OC.
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Evening all - back on the turret trials, I spent most of the afternoon working on shaping/cutting and bending some PE plates, these are just to enclose the turret from the Hull at the fornt and rear - took a bit of doing but aleast that stage is done, lots more to do yet though. OC.
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Very Nice work mate............bring on the decs......we will be waiting no fear about that no pressure.😊 OC.
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Great work Denis, looks very complicated - to me it looks like it takes another level of skill to combine a static display into a functioning one by means of the light units and wiring. OC.
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Indeed same as Denis said - lovely finish. OC.
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The inside actualy looks square not much evidence of the turret mounting/traverse ring - Again not my pics I found the video on the net - I just did screen shots from the different angles. Lots of pics .............. OC.
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Just found a load of internal pics - well video realy i did screenshots of, I have a lot of work to do.😲 OC.
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Your engines really are superb mate - just like the real things. OC.
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Your doing a fine job Jack, I found with my wood builds (ok only the Two) that wood can be so tempremental, and has a life of its own. OC.
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Looking really nice Bob, each step forward you take with the build the more beautiful she is looking. OC.
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