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11-06-09, 18:32
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will probably get slated off people for saying this but the track appears too tight on the real thing if you grab the track directly inline with the rear bogey axel there should be two inches of slack on the track (up and down) on a correctly tensioned set. however from the ones i have seen and in pictures of units during the war they had a wee bit more. its looking really good though Harold well done. do you think you will be able to fit the HL smoker and sound matrix in this ? also are you going to put fender skirts on or leave it open ?
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11-06-09, 19:03
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No I won't be useing the HL electronics as the sound is of a Tiger tank not a ford flathead motor and as for the smoker I don't think they are very realistic as any motor that smoked that much is really due for a motor job.
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12-06-09, 14:52
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hahahahahaha yeah your right......really noisy too those smoke units .
anyway congrats on a fantastic model ! Rich
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17-06-09, 10:16
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looking great ! the drivers ehxhaust heat sheild on the rear pannel (next to the box) should be mesh, and if that box on the back is the radio battery box, it would be mounted near the top of the rear armour in the middle, on the back of the box itself would be a tray to hold oil/petrol and on the back of that the number plate (if this is what the box is to reprisent, however if radio not fitted your good (she has no antenna's so i presume not
 ) looking fantastic mind good work !Rich ps i am not picking holes here just giving you a heads up in case you are bothered
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17-06-09, 14:26
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You referring to the half round things on the rear deck correct? should both be mesh or just the one? I do appreciate all the help I can get and I didn't take your comments as an attack but words of wisdom to help me make this carrier even better. I still have alot of ork to go on it. One thing is all the rivits. One friend said if I leave the rivits off it could a welded carrier. I only have one reference book called Universal Carrier 1936-48 The 'Bren Gun Carrier' Story
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17-06-09, 14:48
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i have that book too, but the ones you want are the carrier books vol1 and vol2 written by Nigel Watson, he has his own website and can deliver worldwide.
vol 1 is pretty much the intro of the carrier concept vol2 is later Mk carriers but has lots on the Mk2. yes the half round things on the deck is what i refer to, one is solid as you have it and one is mesh, the one that is mesh is on the drivers side, the otherone was left solid (on Mk1's anyway) because the cam net / tarp and bag rested on top of it. will post up reference shots from the mannual 2 secs. Ok these refernce shots are from the carrier ops instructions book UC-F1 and are for Mk1 but it may assist you.      
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