Today has been one of those days that you look back on with a smirk & certainly a lot of satisfaction mixed with relief.
I went out looking for material to make a barrel, that was the entire mission.
Found lengths of aluminium in 1M sections, I needed 310mm long @ 10mm diameter, and 15mm long of 12mm diameter.
The barrel measured up as 10mm diameter which meant that to get a sleeve for it, I needed 12mm diameter but had to open the I.D. out to accept the 10mm barrel. I did consider a fishing rod section, but the dimensions were not quite right. Now I have a pink fishing rod with an LED lit up reel on it that I have no use for
After a bit of thinking and dry fitting I got the balance right.
Cannibalising the old BB unit to enable the new barrel to attach to the thing was not an easy task but I did have a win.
Lots of drilling & reaming to get the parts to slide & have clearance but without anything excessive was at least 4 gin & tonics and 5 Jack Daniels.......
Over all while not perfect, its a fair representation of the barrel with its thermal cover torn off and best of all I have recoil and flash & smoke from the barrel.
I regret not doing this to my T90 now.................
Chucked a first coat of Mr Surfacer 500 on and I will probably go over it again in the morning. really could have done without the extra hassle of needing to fill the holes that were for the ERA that I didnt want, the dimples still show. More Mr 500 should sort it.
Mucked around getting the barrel smoker tube and all the wires run & tested, then banged the hull securing screws in place.
I'm on for the outer detailing now
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HL JAGDPANTHER,HL TIGER 1,HL PzIII MUNITIONSCHLEPPER, HL KT OCTOPUS,HL PANTHER ZU-FUSS,HL STuG III,HL T34/85 BEDSPRING,
HL PZIV MALTA,MATORRO JAGDTIGER,HL F05 TIGER,TAMIYA KT,HL PANTHERDOZER,HL EARLY PANTHER G,TAIGEN/RAMINATOR T34/76,
HL AN-BRI-RAM SU-85
Do you remember the one some years ago that was quoted on Hobby Havoc, something about "better sex"? That one set off howls of laughter. I have long wished I had kept that post.
