I have begun my carrier's transformation

[RichardT10829]

Looks amazing Jon, and a vehicle manufactured in my home town no less.... the factory finally shut down last year, now owned by another manufacturer, end of an era

[colin jones]

Well done Jon, I can see you are now on the final stages of fabrication and it looks excellent. I could not imagine trying to make this in below zero temperatures. We don't ever get that low in Australia.
Great job.

[Jon Bradshaw]

I an still waiting for the barrel to come back from the machine shop but other than that it is pretty close to done. I honestly sit out there and look at it and can't find more stuff to do. Paint touch-ups are getting tedious.
These pics are a few weeks old but I will have the finished product put into a video and I will post the link here once it is complete.
I have added a real periscope from a Russian vehicle (funny writing near the cross hairs gives it something extra) as well as ammo racks and ready racks in the turret. The final stenciling on the inside and the stamping of the numbers into the plaque are all that's left to do. I hope to have it out for a real trial run this month and have already scouted out a place with hills and woods to run it in. If all goes well I will take it to it's first show on July first. A second in August is almost a sure thing. Then it will become a barn queen as I move on to my next project.
To compare, here again is the in service pic from the Latvian army. I want to find a similar spot to do a identical shot to compare.

[super dave]

Looks great

[RichardT10829]

Fantastic ! Love the camo

[Jon Bradshaw]

So I went out over the weekend and did some driving (and braking) on my tank. Here are some pics to show you all what I have built. I think the barrel looks really good. Could almost pass as a 2 pounder AT gun barrel.

[Peter Duggan]

Jonathon,

Looking forward to seeing it in the flesh this summer. Good luck working out the kinks.

Peter