M41 Gorilla
- c.rainford73
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I know you're quite an inventive and accomplished builder Mr Wibbly... Has anyone taken on a fully functional flail tank like a Sherman or a Churchill?
That would be very cool
That would be very cool
Tanks alot....
Re: M41 Gorilla
I thought I remembered someone, perhaps Frankie doing one.c.rainford73 wrote:I know you're quite an inventive and accomplished builder Mr Wibbly... Has anyone taken on a fully functional flail tank like a Sherman or a Churchill?
That would be very cool
Barry
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"Details make perfection, and perfection is not a detail."
Leonardo Da Vinci
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Of course Frankie has built one already... The master of the Sherman tankBarryC wrote:Found it.
viewtopic.php?f=23&t=20792&p=191013&hilit=flail#p191013
Tanks alot....
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Re: M41 Gorilla
Love it, Rob! You've managed something that's not just unique and interesting, but looks great too. Looking forward to your next build.
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Mudguards now done, and painted, I think it's just the rear lights and a couple of boxes to do now. I have new gearboxes and tracks on order from AliExpress, so no idea when they will arrive.
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Absolutely brilliant build Rob, I've been watching this whenever I could get access to internet and it is totally stunning. There must have been a huge amount of design work gone into this and the result is amazing.
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Thanks Alwyn, coming from someone with your CAD skills that is praise indeed. I somehow managed to dilute both of my bottles of US green, I will order some more so that I can paint the grainy surfaces (they don't show up in the pics), neat Vallejo is nice and thick and will act as a surface filler.
I reckon I also need to get hold of some US WW2 1/18 scale crew to man it, as they will bring it to life, but they are as rare as hens teeth nowadays. I have a Bulldog TK22 and will either use that, or have it as a static model and install an Arduino board so that it just has an IR battle system. Time will tell.
I made a few adjustments to my printers along the way, and could get even higher quality parts out of them now. Interestingly I bought an expensive and much hyped hotend, an ED3 and tried that in my Smartrap, but it was worse than my 2 year old original one. I then bought a Chinese Sintron one for £15, and it prints really well, vertical surfaces that are glass smooth. Go figure?? lol.
I reckon I also need to get hold of some US WW2 1/18 scale crew to man it, as they will bring it to life, but they are as rare as hens teeth nowadays. I have a Bulldog TK22 and will either use that, or have it as a static model and install an Arduino board so that it just has an IR battle system. Time will tell.
I made a few adjustments to my printers along the way, and could get even higher quality parts out of them now. Interestingly I bought an expensive and much hyped hotend, an ED3 and tried that in my Smartrap, but it was worse than my 2 year old original one. I then bought a Chinese Sintron one for £15, and it prints really well, vertical surfaces that are glass smooth. Go figure?? lol.
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Re: M41 Gorilla
So I can dump/give away my gear boxes and tracks then mate ?
Nice SPG by the way, clever use of 'voodoo magic' and plain skills
Nice SPG by the way, clever use of 'voodoo magic' and plain skills
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@Herman - I decided to get new ones, but had to get them from AliExpress as there seems to be a drought of HL spares here, my guess is the exchange rate is affecting things. So, yes you can give yours away to a grateful Aussie, your offer was much appreciated.
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