Excellent walk-around and drool over- Comet A34

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Excellent walk-around and drool over- Comet A34

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For anyone wanting extra details for a Comet build (Lee and others...) this guided tour of the beautifully (Dutch-) restored Comet is a must-see. :thumbup:
The Comet was,almost indubitably, the best British tank of WW2, until it's world-beating cousin, the Centurion (1945 on-) clanked onto the scene. The BAIV team did an outstanding job on the tank, and after that, they have also done a Lazarus job on another. :thumbup:
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Loads more restoration videos from the team here:
https://www.youtube.com/c/BAIVBV/videos
One of our members, Biertje, was lucky enough to have spent some time on the Celerity (?) project with the team.

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Looking at these examples, I'm even happier with the version of SCC15- British Olive Drab- 1944 vintage (available from MIG) I used on my Comet. In fact, there's nothing drab about it at all. :D
I love the sound of that detuned Spitfire Merlin engine- The Rolls-Royce Meteor :thumbup: :D
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Re: Excellent walk-around and drool over- Comet A34

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Thank you for sharing Roy :D I shall have a good watch later this evening when I got more time :thumbup:

Cheers,Lee.
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Nice to see that there is still some Tiger targets running about :haha:
That engine sounds great.
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Jimster wrote:Nice to see that there is still some Tiger targets running about :haha:
That engine sounds great.
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Yes, but these don't monoplise the skyline like the 88mm gunner's favourite easy-to-hit (or hard to miss) target: the Sherman. At least, the Cromwells and Comets were not only fast and manouevrable, but also they weren't skyscrapers, either. ;) like the Grant and the Sherman. :D
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Re: Excellent walk-around and drool over- Comet A34

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Model Builder 4 wrote:Thank you for sharing Roy :D I shall have a good watch later this evening when I got more time :thumbup:

Cheers,Lee.
Thanks, Lee!
I shall look forward to seeing your Comet, one of these days. :) I'm sure it's a top-notch example. I've sorted out the turret roof height on mine, so, the breech/recoil unit has all the space it needs. I've also begun applying unit decals; but that's for few days hence, on my Comet thread. :wave:
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