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Old 01-06-18, 19:05
Grant Bowker Grant Bowker is offline
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Looks like the rectangular opening on the bottom of the box should have a screen bolted in place. Seems logical that it could catch the casings and let them cool off without dropping them all over the upper hull.
Is it possible the screen is a museum addition to stop the public from using the slot as a garbage can?
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Old 02-06-18, 07:37
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Well that's another question answered. I think there will be quite a few Vickers Mkv1a/b experts here by the time I have finished.
I am pretty happy with the turret outcome now that it is sitting on top of "WOMBAT" and also my son Andrew was very keen to put the ball bearing in place and put a lot of bolts and nuts on as well. He's a very good helper
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Old 02-06-18, 08:21
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Looking fantastic, if I win the lotto, I might knock on your door 😁
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Old 02-06-18, 09:56
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Simply amazing, won’t be long before we get video of her mobile and under her own power !
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Old 02-06-18, 15:11
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Well that's another question answered. I think there will be quite a few Vickers Mkv1a/b experts here by the time I have finished.
I am pretty happy with the turret outcome now that it is sitting on top of "WOMBAT" and also my son Andrew was very keen to put the ball bearing in place and put a lot of bolts and nuts on as well. He's a very good helper
Colin, so far the pics have been truly amazing, but now it's time to up the ante. How about a video of that turret going around?
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Old 02-06-18, 15:37
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Good evening, Colin.

Thanks for posting the latest photos. WOMBAT is becoming a brilliant looking vehicle once again. Congratulations on all your work to date!

What strikes me about the photos is how incredibly cluttered the front of the vehicle is, by todays armour standards. In that light, the capture bin for spent casings under the gun mantlet is a truly smart design. It definitely keeps everything in one convenient place for the crew to deal with coming out of action. You can well imagine what they would have to be dealing with otherwise, trying to fish casings out from around ventilation and access hatches, not to mention having the casings underfoot.

Out of curiosity, is WOMBAT’s last known operational base very far from you? I think it would be great fun to take her back there for a drive around after all her years away. Assuming, of course, the base still exists and is available. A sort of ‘Then and Now Trip’.

Sheesh! Now I am getting excited about what that big old Meadows sounds like in a Vickers when it springs to life! You will have to go live on line for that Colin. I will definitely have my bowl of popcorn and cold beer ready for the show!

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Old 07-06-18, 08:14
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Thankyou for your comments. Bruce I will do a video when I make the two traversing gearboxes and show how easy they rotate. At the moment Bowerbird rotates 360deg easily, Quiet and no obstructions but on Wombat there is one spot that is a bit sticky so I will lift it and powder chalk it to see where the problem is and grind some clearance for full rotation but apart from that they are good.

David, they certainly do have a very busy front on them and I think they still would have had the odd problem with a few empty shells inside getting caught in the wrong place and there would not be much room inside for two blokes having to bend down to keep it clean. The last operational base close to me that had these tanks is about 9 hours away so I probably won't do a trip there but I will endeavour to get them both in a formal display when they are both running.
I guess you could say they are formally back from the dead now that I have put their names back on them.
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Old 07-06-18, 08:18
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I will have to start looking at the mechanicals pretty soon as most of the look at parts are done. That's going to be interesting. I still have lots of internal parts to make and fitting the turret baskets with supports will be a bit of a pain but they all gotta be done.
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Old 07-06-18, 14:21
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Will you be able to do much preassembly of the power train outside of these tanks, Colin, or will all the bits have to go together inside?

If its the latter, I suspect it might be a cooler weather project.

David
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